Thursday, September 23, 2010

Back to school night!


What an incredible turn out! Look for pictures....posted soon.....I hope you all know how lucky you are to be so loved!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Literacy Centers

LITERACY CENTERS

DIRECTIONS:
• Identify the type of errors you made by looking at your Benchmark Folder.
• To help remediate your weakness, practice that skill by clicking on a link below under that skill. Follow the directions for each activity carefully.
• Print out the results page for each completed activity to earn back points on your benchmark assessment grade. Write your name on the results page and hand in!

Central Idea/Theme
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/120023.html
2. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1169917.html
3. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=main-idea-benchmark&quesnum=1
4. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes15/wallaceble/mainidea.html
5. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/main_idea/quiz1510.html
6. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html
7. http://atlantis.coe.uh.edu/archive/langarts/langarts_lessons/langles3/journald.html
8. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_sr_1/12/3145/805217.cw/index.html
9. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/0,7989,1832680-,00.html
10. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/0,7989,1832780-,00.html
11. http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/gettheidea/default.htm#page6

Literary Elements
1. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1314532.html
2. http://www.quia.com/quiz/270936.html
3. http://www.quia.com/quiz/449371.html
4. http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2309931a72b00.html
5. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=literary-elements_4
6. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes7/msreau/LiteraryElements.html
7. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr&width=500&height=300&ini=lesson1.ini&height2=296
8. http://sitepeople.com/HARPERENGLISH/TESTS_EXERCISES/LITERARY_ELEMENTS_TESTS/LITERARY_ELEM_1A.HTML
9. http://www.squeetus.com/robopork/quiz_lit.asp
10. http://www.edcreate.com/quiz/game.php?id=713
11. http://quizlet.com/60157/english-literary-terms-quiz-9-16-07-flash-cards/ (Click Learn or Test under Study OR Scatter or Speed Race under Play)

Inference/Character Judgment
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/43335.html
2. http://www.quia.com/pop/89733.html
3. http://www.quia.com/ba/41785.html
4. http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html
5. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/e/drawconclusionsp.cfm
6. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencel.cfm
7. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencep.cfm
8. http://www.hbschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_11.htm
9. http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsi-p.html (Click any Inference Activity)
10. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm
11. http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=2&que=1

Supporting Details
1. http://www.laflemm.com/dynamic/online_practice.php?practice_id=18
2. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/17/4414/1130236.cw/index.html
3. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_sr_1/12/3145/805256.cw/index.html
4. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_long_rw_2/43/11195/2866145.cw/index.html
5. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_long_srw_1/30/7798/1996414.cw/index.html
6. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=identify-supporting-details&quesnum=1
7. http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/fileadmin/technology/supporting.swf
8. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/27/7158/1832687.cw/index.html
9. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html
10. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html
11. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html
12. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html

Text Organization
1. http://www.quia.com/rr/349784.html
2. http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsa-h.html (Click Cause and Effect, Chronological Order and Compare and Contrast)
3. http://www.quia.com/mc/20632.html
4. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1137258.html
5. http://www.quia.com/rr/321552.html
6. http://www.quia.com/cm/406591.html
7. http://web1.asd.k12.pa.us/tp/cavs/6th%20Grade%20Reading.htm (Click Text Organization- An interactive powerpoint will open.)

Author’s Purpose
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/82118.html
2. http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsa-h.html (Click Author’s Purpose)
3. http://fcit.usf.edu/FCAT/strategies/ap/default.htm (Click Strategy Overview then Student Activity)
4. http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/reading_purpose.htm (Click 1 and work through all 10 activities)
5. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/0,7989,1130503-,00.html
6. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/authorpurposep.cfm
7. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/authorspurposep.cfm
8. http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip210a.swf
9. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/authorpur.cfm
10. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filename=kderitteauth
11. http://www.hbschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_20.htm
12. http://fcit.usf.edu/FCAT/strategies/ap/activity1.htm

Genre
1. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1044688.html
2. http://www.quia.com/jg/382369.html (Pick a game and play)
3. http://www.quia.com/hm/337032.html
4. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes7/carey_mcelroy/GenreQuiz2.html
5. http://www.mikids.com/Genres/quiz1.htm
6. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/genresp.cfm

Vocabulary/Meaning of Word (Context Clues)
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/35971.html
2. http://www.quia.com/rr/151544.html
3. http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/spanish/flash/wordmaster/051011_wordmaster_shell_spa.swf
5. http://theflashgames.blogspot.com/2009/03/original-word-burst.html
6. http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/ccdirect.htm
7. http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic01.html
8. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_1/0,1682,11856-,00.utf8.html
9. http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic02.html
10. http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=4253
11. http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=11&act=3&que=1
12. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
13. http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=11&act=3&que=1