New Links January 16, 2003

The Literacy Center (Jan 16, 2003)

The Literacy Center (which is a part of the Early Childhood Education Network) is a great website for early letter, number, color and shape concepts. It is also available in Spanish, French and German. Great online activities!

http://www.literacycenter.net/

Computer Go Fish (Jan 16, 2003)

A "go fish" style card game that teaches children the parts of a computer (not an online game).

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/cardboard/Card/C/ComputerGoFish/CompFish1.html

Pair It Book Activities (Jan 16, 2003)

Developed by our own MCPS teachers Alana Gray and Katherine Segal.

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/highlandes/agraywww/pairitbooks.html

School-Home Link Reading Kit (Jan 16, 2003)

This has 100 activities that can be printed out and sent hoe with students to foster literacy skills in Kindergarten students.

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html

Laying the Foundations for Reading(Jan 16, 2003)

This has 100 activities that can be printed out and sent hoe with students to foster literacy skills in Kindergarten students.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=22

Comprehension Instruction: What Works(Jan 16, 2003)

Reading comprehension is difficult to teach. This article by Michael Pressley gives some strategies to try when teaching reading comprehension to beginning readers.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=410

Reading and English Language Learners (Jan 16, 2003)

This article, by Beth Antunez , explores sucessful strategies that can be used when teaching ESOL students to read.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=409

National Library of Virtual Mathematics(Jan 16, 2003)

A great variety online manipulatives organized by math area and grade level.

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Online Base Ten Block Math(Jan 16, 2003)

Great to use for regouping problems.

http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html