Jamie A. Griffin
“Acrostic.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 May 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic.: this webpage explains what acrostic style poetry is.
Burkhardt, Joanna M., Mary C. MacDonald, and Andrée J. Rathemacher. Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-based Exercises for College Students. American Libr. Assoc., 2003.: This resource was designed for college professors to help college students with common writing misconceptions.
Chu, Samuel Kai‐Wai, and David M. Kennedy. “Using Online Collaborative Tools for Groups to Co‐Construct Knowledge.” Online Information Review, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, pp. 581–597., doi:10.1108/14684521111161945.: This journal article explores how teachers can use Google Docs or the Wiki platform in order for students to engage in collaborative online activities.
"Found Poems." Facing History and Ourselves. .: This webpage goes in depth to discuss what found poetry is. This website made me feel confident in understanding what found poetry was and how I could use it in my classroom.
Griss, Susan. “Creative Movement: A Language of Learning” Educational Leadership 51, no 5 (1994): 78-80.: This journal article discusses the importance of movement in schools and how it is beneficial to all students.
Hadaway, Nancy L., Sylvia M. Vardell, and Terrell A. Young. "Scaffolding Oral Language Development through Poetry for Students Learning English." The Reading Teacher 54, no. 8 (2001): 796-806. .: This journal article discusses how English language learners benefitted from daily poetry practice. The teacher in this article read and discussed poetry everyday with her students to explore how it affected English language learners.
Hasbrouck, Jan., Glaser, Deborah R. “Literacy Leadership Brief: Reading Fluently Does Not Mean Reading Fast”. International Literacy Association. 2018. : This resource is from the International Literacy Association. It gives clear and concise examples to what reading fluency really is. It goes beyond the idea that reading fluently means reading fast.
Heitner, Devorah. Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World. ROUTLEDGE, 2018: This this book is geared towards parents who are facing digital challenges with their own children, I found it very relatable to some problems that I face in my classroom.
Hurt, Natalia. "5 Keys to a Creative Language Classroom." General Educator Blog. February 02, 2019. .: This is a teacher created blog. This post suggests different ways to invoke creativity into the classroom.
Lanier, Jaron. You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.: This book by Jaron Lanier explores how our identities are affected by technology. He poses many strong questions about what has happened to human kind with the increase of technology.
Lenhart, Amanda. “Teens, Online Stranger Contact, and Cyberbullying” University of Maryland, October 2008. : this online presentation showed the results from a study on teens and cyberbullying.
Lewis, Tynea. "Five Senses In Poetry." Family Friend Poems. .: the familyfriendpoems website has many different categories of poems to choose from in their library. The site also has resources and ideas for teachers. This particular page discusses how to use the five senses in poetry.
Nia. "On The Internet, This Is Why Social Media Age Restrictions Matter." Eyerys. January 06, 2018. .: This webpage discusses age restrictions on different social media platforms.
"Play-based Learning: The Concept of Kids Learning by Playing." Portland. September 27, 2018. .: This is a blog from Concordia University-Portland. This post explores the importance of play in school after No Child Left Behind.
"Poetry Lesson Plans." NCTE Comprehensive News. .: this webpage is from the National Council of Teachers of English. It gives lesson plan ideas for poetry for all grades K-12.
"Reading Fluency: Speed, Accuracy, Expression, Oh My!" Scholastic. .: This resource from Scholastic explains the different attributes to reading fluency in the primary grades.
Sands, Crystal. "Why Children Need Poetry." HuffPost. August 07, 2017. : This article posted in the Huffington Post explores the importance of poetry in the primary grades. The article explores the relationship between how people feel about poetry based on how it was taught to them in school.
"Speech and Language Developmental Milestones." National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. October 04, 2018.: This webpage is from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. It shares how language develops at various stages over time.
Torres, Rui. Digital Poetry and Collaborative Wreadings of Literary Texts. P. 4: This text explores how the digital age has changed the way people read and write since these activities can now be done online.
Wasik, Barbara A., and Mary Alice Bond. "Beyond the Pages of a Book: Interactive Book Reading and Language Development in Preschool Classrooms." Journal of Educational Psychology 93, no. 2 (2001): 243-50. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.93.2.243.: This journal article discussed the results of a study on preschool students. Some of the students had regular exposure to read alouds and vocabulary lessons while the others did not.
"Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas - ReadWriteThink." Readwritethink.org. . This webpage discusses how to create a thematic poetry lesson based on a specific content area.
Notes
- Burkhardt, Joanna M., Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-based Exercises for College Students. Pg 38
- Burkhardt, Joanna M., Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-based Exercises for College Students. pg. 38
- Burkhardt, Joanna M., Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-based Exercises for College Students. Pg 40
- Sands, Crystal. "Why Children Need Poetry." HuffPost. August 07, 2017.
- Hadaway, Nancy L.,. "Scaffolding Oral Language Development through Poetry for Students Learning English." pg. 796
- "Speech and Language Developmental Milestones." National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. October 04, 2018.
- Wasik, Barbara A., "Beyond the Pages of a Book: Interactive Book Reading and Language Development in Preschool Classrooms."
- Hurt, Natalia. "5 Keys to a Creative Language Classroom." General Educator Blog. February 02, 2019.
- Heitner, Devorah. Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World. pg 3
- Hasbrouck, Jan., “Literacy Leadership Brief: Reading Fluently Does Not Mean Reading Fast”.
- "Reading Fluency: Speed, Accuracy, Expression, Oh My!" Scholastic.
- "Reading Fluency: Speed, Accuracy, Expression, Oh My!" Scholastic.
- "Reading Fluency: Speed, Accuracy, Expression, Oh My!" Scholastic.
- “Acrostic.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 May 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic.
- "Poetry Lesson Plans." NCTE Comprehensive News.
- "Found Poems." Facing History and Ourselves.
- Lewis, Tynea. "Five Senses In Poetry." Family Friend Poems.
- "Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas - ReadWriteThink." Readwritethink.org.
- "Play-based Learning: The Concept of Kids Learning by Playing." Portland. September 27,
- "Play-based Learning: The Concept of Kids Learning by Playing." Portland. September 27, 2018.
- Griss, Susan. “Creative Movement: A Language of Learning” pg. 78.
- Heitner, Devorah. Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World.
- Heitner, Devorah. Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World.
- Torres, Rui. Digital Poetry and Collaborative Wreadings of Literary Texts. P. 4
- Chu, Samuel Kai‐Wai, “Using Online Collaborative Tools for Groups to Co‐Construct Knowledge.” 581–597.,
- Chu, Samuel Kai‐Wai, “Using Online Collaborative Tools for Groups to Co‐Construct Knowledge.” 581–597.
- Lanier, Jaron. You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
- Heitner, Devorah. Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World.
- Heitner, Devorah. Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World.
- Lenhart, Amanda. “Teens, Online Stranger Contact, and Cyberbullying”
- Lenhart, Amanda. “Teens, Online Stranger Contact, and Cyberbullying”
- Lenhart, Amanda. “Teens, Online Stranger Contact, and Cyberbullying”
- Nia. "On The Internet, This Is Why Social Media Age Restrictions Matter."