http://netvouz.com/url/40d43b843905f3e5816c214c8a88ea62?feed=rss Info about a link http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/devel/Dist_Indices/departments.htm This site offers excellent support for backward design curriculum dev. See departments for Understandings etc. See English Lang. Arts for great strategies also. jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:21:47 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/devel/Dist_Indices/departments.htm This site directly guides students. No direct link. Select Dept of Curriculum and Instruction. Select English Language Arts. Select Tools for Reading Writing and Thinking Literacy > Reading Strategies jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:16:44 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/devel/Dist_Indices/departments.htm Select Curriculum and Dev. then Language Arts (no direct link) Greece Central School District NY offers this site containing multiple strategies to help students interact with text as they read and take notes. See other GREAT links for curriculum development and other strategies Literacy > Reading Strategies jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:07:53 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/devel/Dist_Indices/departments.htm Greece NY school district provides an amazing site curriculum development based on Understanding by Design. See each grade or course. Scroll down to see all resources, including graphic organizers, See math glossary. Science and Math jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:57:23 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/devel/Dist_Indices/departments.htm Rubrics provide clear criteria for evaluating a product or performance on a continuum of quality. Rubrics are not simply checklists with point distributions or lists of requirements. Includes characterisitcs of well designed rubrics. Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:23:07 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/devel/Dist_Indices/departments.htm Excellent resource. No direct link. Select Curriculum and Instruction, Select English Language Arts, Select Tools for Reading, Writing and Thinking in Elem. or Sec. Graphic Organizers jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:15:34 GMT