Region 2 Digital Library
Literacy Resources
Literacy Resources
FOUR BLOCK || INTELLITOOLS ACTIVITIES ||PICTURE SEARCHES||
WRITE TO TALK RESOURCES||GRAPHIC ORGANIZER SITES|| LINKS ||
FOUR BLOCK
- POWERPOINT BOOK TEMPLATE (this will open up as a blank document - be sure to save it as your book title)
- POWERTALK DOWNLOAD HERE
- website for more information: http://fullmeasure.co.uk/powertalk/
Day 1 GROUP BRAINSTORM as image
INTELLITOOLS ACTIVITIES
Search the Intellitools Activity Exchange for More...These are just our Favorites...
Activities to be added soon....
learningmagicinc - great source of Intellitools Activities! http://www.learningmagicinc.com/itoolsGoodies.html
Picture Searches
Literacy Support Picture Search from Slater Software
Pics 4 Learning http://www.pics4learning.com/
Imagine Symbols - Downloadable Symbol Sets http://www.imaginesymbols.com/
click the image to go to picsearch
Sign language Clip Art :
- ASL Clip art page of the alphabet
- Hand-drawn pictures of sign alphabet
- Gold Clip Art's Letters and Numbers
- Alpha Info Products offers some free animated clip art of signed words online (e.g., "cookie") and also has a larger clip art collection.
- ABCTeach.com has free clip art suitable for making bulletin board cards or learning flashcards
Write to Talk (2005)Dr. Caroline Musselwhite explores the integral relationship between communication and the writing process . . . and how easily that is overlooked for AAC users. She starts with structured writing and moves quickly to generative writing. She provides a wealth of examples of low tech and high tech strategies that will engage your students in writing. Webcasts
Related Materials
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Graphic Organizer Links
Scholastic.com - direct link to Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizer
www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers
www.graphicorganizers.com/downloads.htm
www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizers
www.edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm
www.freeology.com/graphicorgs/index.php
www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html
Links
Click here for materials from the presentation:
Technology and Augmentative Communication
Square Off with 4 Block and Early Literacy
Linking Technology to Marzano's Strategies
LESSON SENSE
UNC Charlotte Adapted Literacy Project - Literature Adapted with Writing with Symbols
Best Children's Picture Books Online - BigUniverse.com
the Awesome Highlighter >> Highlight text on web pages
Literactive - Teaching Children to Read
Browse Inside from HarperCollins Publishers
Easy Reader Intellipcs and Clicker book formats
-look at the Let's Mull It Over areas are great teacher PPT's to review the concepts of Four Blocks!
AMAZING FOUR BLOCK SCHOOL SITE http://classroom.jc-schools.net/read/
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Related assistive-technology resources are available on the SET-BC website
Interactive Literacy Activities for Students
READ FOR REAL
Read for Real delivers the best practices of targeted instruction for reading nonfiction. Through exciting, content-area reading, the instructional model teaches
- comprehension
- vocabulary
- fluency
Students will become proficient readers of nonfiction text as they
- develop and demonstrate comprehension skills by learning strategies to use before, during, and after reading.
- take ownership of new vocabulary by applying strategies that unlock the meanings of new and unfamiliar words.
- gain independence in accessing information from nonfiction texts through a scaffolded instructional plan.
- improve test scores by applying their strategies and skills to assessments and standardized tests.