Language A - Reading and Writing Resources Symbaloo
Tiles on the webmix below include technology sites and content resources that may be useful in developing curriculum for this course. If there is a site that would be useful to colleagues that is not on the webmix, or a link that doesn't work or isn't functional and should be removed, please email that request.
Beneath this webmix is a list of each of the tiles and the sites to which they're linked. Sites pertinent to the course are listed first - the gray and white tiled sites (that are common to all webmixes in all content areas) are listed after
Teal Sites - StandardsCCLS ELA - The EngageNY homepage for ELA standards
Grade 11 ELA Homepage - The Grade 11 ELA Engage NY page with links to modules and resources Shmoop Common Core Resources - This site analyzes individual standards, and provides sample questions that assess each standard Orange Sites - Tech SitesReadWriteThink - An excellent site with lesson plans, ideas and lots of interactive templates to help students with writing
Quill - A grammar site that creates interactive "worksheets" to quickly and easily teach, assess and provide feedback on skills Quizlet - This site has lots of different game-based methods for studying and practicing vocabulary and content-based skills Subtext App - This iPad app allows teachers to place notes and quizzes within a text Hemingway - This writing analysis program allows students to input their own writing, and it identifies their weaknesses and helps them fix them Essay Map - This is one of the interactives from ReadWriteThink that helps students plan essays Rewordify - Students can input complex text and it simplifies it for them Gray SitesTop Row:
CPP Mail - Access the district email system CPP Website - The CPP school district site CPP Curriculum - This is the link to the Curriculum Office site Staff Handbook - This is the Staff Handbook Weebly CPP Instructional Technology - Help in teaching with technology Second Row: The Matrix - Click this tile to access the Curriculum Matrix Unit Planner - Click here to access the Unit Planner IB OCC - This tile leads to the IB Online Curriculum Centre Teachscape - Use this link to access the teacher evaluation tool PDP Timekeeper - Check on your professional development hours |
Red Sites - Lesson PlansOpen Ed - This site houses a lot of common core aligned references, and also contains a tool that helps teachers build assessments aligned to the Common Core
ReadWorks - Along with lesson plans, this site also contains reading passages that are Common Core-aligned for practice and assessment Common Curriculum - Along with other resources, this site contains a lesson planning tool that helps teachers align lesson plans to common core standards Yellow Sites - Reference SitesMyReadingMapped - A blog link to a variety of resources matched with Google maps designed to match the reading - students can "see" the places they're reading about
Dictionary Bubble - Definitions and audio pronunciations Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus - Students can see words, their definitions, and related words in graphic organizer form Reading Comprehension - This site contains historical informational text pieces, with related tasks Interactive Graphic Organizers - Download writeable PDF graphic organizers for a variety of writing tasks My Vocabulary - This site is a source of vocabulary lists, assessments, games and lesson plans White SitesTop Row:
CPP Edmodo - Access the CPP Sub-domain of Edmodo CPP Library - Access the school library webpage (databases!) CastleLearning - Electronic assessment - all CPP students and teachers have accounts Glogster - Presentation tool with student/teacher accounts Sign-Up Genius - Simplify meetings, conferences and more Second Row: Planbook - Plan electronically with Planbook.com EasyBib - Create works cited pages, outlines and research - make accounts at school for premium subscriptions TurnItIn - Check for plagarism, grade essays online VoiceThread - Presentation tool, student accounts Remind101 - Communicate with parents/students via text without exchanging phone numbers |