Teachers, use information from this site to plan before reading, during reading, and after reading activities for your students.

adlit.org/adlit_101

Teachers, use this site to search for helpful lesson plans that correspond to our Alabama Courses of Study.

alex.state.al.us/searchPLANS

Teachers, watch this brief video that explains carousel brainstorming.  It's a great way to have your students collaborate and move around your classrooms.

lessoncast.org

Teachers, explore presentations and materials by Tim Rasinski, Ph.D for teaching fluency.

timrasinski.com

Teachers, explore this site for lots of printable graphic organizers that can be used across the curriculum.

teachervision.com

Teachers, this site gives an overview of literature circles and has many helpful links for managing literature circles in your classrooms.

litcircles.org

Please contact me at vgripp@bcbe.org if you would like to have guest access to any of my five 6th Grade Moodle courses (Reading, Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science).  These courses contain learning activities, Discovery Education clips, quizzes, worksheets, direct links to websites, student forums, and boxes for students to submit assignments and projects. They are arranged by learning units and correspond to our classwork each week.  

learn.bcbe.org

Teachers, this site contains articles, video clips, and tip sheets in English and Spanish to help develop phonemic awareness. 

readingrockets.org

Teachers, watch this phonics video for tips on phonics instruction.

alex.state.al.us

Teachers, this site explains how reading workshop can be managed and has links to many helpful reading sites.

busyteacherscafe.com

Teachers, use this free site to print reading passages that will help your students practice comprehension strategies.  Answer keys are included.

www.readworks.org/lessons/grades

Teachers, use this interactive model to help plan effective and engaging lessons.

celt.iastate.edu/teaching-resources

Teachers, read this site for tips on tiered vocabulary.

www.learningunlimitedliered-vocabulary