http://netvouz.com/pdboyer/tag/reading?feed=rss pdboyer's bookmarks tagged "reading" on Netvouz http://www.readingquest.org/ ReadingQuest: Making Sense in Social Studies is a website designed for social studies teachers who wish to more effectively engage their students with the content in their classes. ReadingQuest is designed to provide you with the philosophical bases for sound comprehension strategy instruction, directions for a range of comprehension and content reading strategies, and printable handouts and masters for transparencies. You will be invited to think about how a social studies skills framework might help you choose the right strategies for your lessons. You are welcome to proceed through ReadingQuest in any order you wish; navigation buttons on the left side of the pages, and text links across the bottom of pages, will permit ease of movement through the site. pdboyer Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:36:18 GMT http://www.actionbioscience.org/esp pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/resource/readings.html pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/24280 Vocabulary List - Vocabulary.com pdboyer Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:29:41 GMT http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title= Flash interactive for making webs of understanding from science textbooks: Use this interactive to create free-form graphic organizers, similar to the cluster web shown in the picture. You can drag your ideas around in the organizer to arrange any layout and relationship that you want. You can use circle or box (rectangle) shapes to appear on your chart. Each layer on the chart will have a different color border for the shapes that you choose. pdboyer Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:33:00 GMT http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html Literacy interactive in which topic is selected and then the topic sentence (or idea) is clicked. If you're right, you get to uncover tiles that lead to solution of a riddle. Get to uncover number of tiles relative to tries it took to get it. Lots of science topics. Interactive from Harcourt School Publishers Interactive Whiteboard pdboyer Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:00:24 GMT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/booknook/1838 Teaching vocabulary using virtual thesaurus. Research-based discussion of learning vocabulary as a part of "Building Background Knowledge," Robert Marzano's book. Talks about affixes (prefixes and suffixes) and roots in learning words. pdboyer Sun, 10 May 2009 17:37:44 GMT http://www.rcs.k12.tn.us/rc/instruction/ttt/ttt.htm Builds meaning by arranging words and requiring students to compare/contrast; analyze written documents; use kinetic tactics by moving words around; powerpoint jeopardy; making brochures; timelines; read-a-picture; walk a mile; or make your case! pdboyer Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:59:34 GMT http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ Chicago's finest for astronomy education and field trips pdboyer Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:29:42 GMT