Oasis Tutors Meeting3:00-4:00September 27, 2007Reading and Writing with Technology

1st Graders Lead The Wayhttp://www.powayusd.com/projects/EdTechCentral/VideoEditing/default.htm What do Good Readers do?

The Top 100 Books Students and teachers both have lists of the top 100 books of the century. Teachers List: http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html Kids List http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html

Scholastics Flashlight Readershttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/K_landingPage.asp

Jan Bretts Web SiteJan Bretts Web Site: www.janbrett.com Make The Hat into a Play: http://www.janbrett.com/the_hat_play.htm T-shirt transfers: http://www.janbrett.com/transfers/the_hat_transfers_main.htm

Book Adventures http://www.bookadventure.com/

Writing Shapeshttp://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html

PUSD Reading and Writing Resourceshttp://www.powayusd.com/projects/EdTechCentralnew/LanguageArts.htm

Capitalizing on Student InterestsKids are learning all the time: all day, everyday!Planned Learning just means we take our cues from student interests to provide resources and opportunities that vastly increase the likelihood that powerful learning will happen.Future doctor and college English Professor

How do you grow a Giant Pumpkin? This site has educational standards and resources specifically for schools. http://www.sadako.com/pumpkin/growing.html This is a forum for growers to share ideas tips, problems and solutions. http://www.bigpumpkins.com

eNature Cards http://www.enature.com eNature.com has a great feature that allows you to type in your zip code to generate regional field guides. (Plants, animals, birds, insects and more in your area!)

Becoming ExpertsSimply print the Poisonous or Poisonous and Dangerous cards for your area for your student to read. Students could become experts on Poisonous plants or animals. They could even write guidebooks for others.

Flashcards by Specieshttp://www.renaesroom.com/Hotflashes/hotflashes.html

Peregrine Falcon Nest Monitor InternsCould your kids become official nest monitor interns? Visit Raptors in the City for tools and a great newsletter! http://raptorsinthecity.homestead.com/ Visit the FalconCam http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php Visit PUSDs Falcon Quest for t-shirt decals and additional resourceshttp://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/EdTechCentral/FalconProject/default.htm

George Lucas Education Foundation (GLEF)Leapin Lizards!: Students as Data Collectors

The George Lucas Education Foundation has a tremendous collection of real-world learning projects. It is a great site to find resources on a variety of subjects that interest students and provide outstanding reading material. This article describes a group of students who have collected data on horny toads that completely changed current scientific knowledge about this lizard!http://www.edutopia.org/toad-tracking http://www.edutopia.org/naturemapping

Thank you for investing in the future by teaching children toread!