Workshop
Activities
Read Write Think Scavenger
Hunt
Download and Print Word Document
Learn about available resources while navigating through Read Write Think
website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/
The Monster Exchange
Create a monster face and write a good description.
Exchange descriptions only. Draw your partner's monster using his or her
description.
Compare pictures and analyze each description.
Did you write a complete, accurate description? Did you read your partner's
description carefully?
http://www.monsterexchange.org/
More monster resources
Workshops4Teachers Blog
Post your comment about Instant Messaging
http://workshops4teachers.blogspot.com/
Picture Prompt Writing Activity Template
Download and Print Word Document
*Pics4Learning Website
http://www.pics4learning.com/
*Yahooligans Picture Slideshows
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/news/
*Writing Prompts
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/pdfGeneral/Prompts_BlowingAway.pdf
*Can Teach Writing Prompts
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
All About Me Example
All About Me Template
*Instructions for creating Hyperlinks
in Word from Internet4Classrooms
*Pics4Learning Website
http://www.pics4learning.com/
*Enchanted Learning State Maps
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/
*Authors and Illustrators on the Web
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/authors.html
Writing
for Others
The Monster Exchange
http://www.monsterexchange.org/
Make Your Own Alien
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/cool_stuff/alien/make_alien.html
Mythical Monsters
http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000928/
Bunyips
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bunyips/flash-site/index-flash.html
Switcheroo Zoo
http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm
VeggieTales
http://connections.smsd.org/nieman/veggietales.htm
How to Carve a Pumpkin
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7123/jack.html
On-Lion NY Public Library
http://kids.nypl.org/
Project Poster
http://poster.hprtec.org/index.php
The Monster Motel
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/motel/index.htm
Creative Writing - Kids on the Net
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/create/index.cfm#4662
Picture
Prompts
BackTalk! from National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/backtalk/
Bright Ideas for Writing from Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/brightideas/index.html
The Cartoon Factory from National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ngo/cartoons/more.html
Digital Photo Idea - The Important Book
http://www.canby.k12.or.us/Technology/Integration/kidpix/4Qkidpixlessons/Important3.html
Yahooligans Photo Slideshows
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/news/
Writing
Letters
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/
DogSled Mail
http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/smail/smail84e.html
The Iditarod for Kids and Teachers
http://www.iditarod.com/4-0.html
Iditarod - Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/index.htm
History in a Box
http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/histbox/welcom~1.htm#intro
Classroom Newsletter Template
from Microsoft
Letter Generator from ReadWriteThink
http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
Collaboration
The Monster Exchange
http://www.monsterexchange.org/
The Flat Stanley Project
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/
Flat Bobby Blog
variation on Flat Stanley
http://flatbobby.blogspot.com/
Global Schoolhouse Projects
http://www.gsn.org/gsh/pr/index.cfm
ePals
http://www.epals.com/
Postcard Geography Project
http://pcg.cyberbee.com/
The Teddy Bear Project
Example of one iEARN collaborative project
http://www.iearn.org/projects/teddybear.html
Stories
Art Safari from MOMA
http://www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/safari_menu.html
Writing Project Ideas from Stone Soup
http://www.stonesoup.com/main2/activities01.html
Blank Storyboard
Download Blank Storyboard Word document
Mouse Stories
http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/Beal/Curriculum/media/Lionni/lalonelionni.htm
Instructions for Interactive Storybook in PowerPoint
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/InteractiveStory.mspx
PowerPoint from Internet4Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm
StoryPlant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/story_plant/small_sound/standard.shtml
Sagwa StoryMaker
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/stories/storymaker/index.html
Tram Writing All Aboard
http://www.outbackonline.net/tram/tram.htm
Writing is Fun - Games for Writing
http://www.writingfix.com/forkids.htm
Create a Story Charts
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/createa.htm
Poetry
Write an I Spy Riddle online with Jean Marzollo
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jean_home.htm
Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
What Rhymes with Squirrel?
http://adifferentplace.org/poetry.htm
Poetry - Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm
Lesson
Plans, Activities, and other Writing Resources
Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Edsitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
An example from Edsitement
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Someone a Letter
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=294
Scholastic Writing
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/
Writing Bugs Writing assignments
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/writing_bugs.shtml
Better Letters from Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson281.shtml
Writing from 42Explore
http://www.42explore.com/writing.htm
Writing in a Box
http://www.teachersdesk.org/writbox.html
Who Could it Be?
http://www.teachersdesk.org/writwho.html
Paragraph a Week- 5th and 6th Grade
http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/par_week_program.html
A Message in a Bottle
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/tales/bottle.html
Suspense-Around
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmll/purple/dark/suspense.html
Shape Book Patterns from EduPlace
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html
Graphic Organizers from EduPlace
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/graphorg/
More Graphic
Organizer Links
Columbia Summer Academy Lesson plan ideas
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/elem.html
Writing Prompts and Journal Topics from Can Teach
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
Journal Writing Ideas from Teachers.net
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1492.html
K-5 Writing Prompts for Science and Social Studies
http://home.wsd.wednet.edu/WSD/learnteach/writingprompts.htm
Internet4Classrooms - Writing
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm#writing
Writing from EdSelect
http://www.edselect.com/writing.htm
Creative Writing from Bogglesworld
http://bogglesworld.com/creativewriting.htm
Kidspired Tales Collaborative Project
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~ptk1nc/kidspired2002/
Digital Camera Idea: Pinker than Pink
http://www.hits.org/lil_hits/pink/
Question of the Day from To Excel is Elementary
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/templates/questday.xls
Power Proof Reading
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm
Wacky Web Tales
http://eduplace.com/tales/
Wild and Wacky
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/wildandwacky/wildandwacky_0403/wildandwacky_0403.html
Crazy Mad Libs
http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/madlibs.right.html
Houghton Mifflin Fake Out
http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/
Lesson Plan Ideas for Writing from ETTC
http://www.ettc.net/writing/LessonPlanIdeas.htm
Pics4Learning Lesson Plan Ideas
http://www.pics4learning.com/lessonplans.php
Mrs. Silverman's WebFolio
http://kids-learn.org/
Kidspiration Reading & Writing Examples
http://www.inspiration.com/productinfo/kidspiration/using_kids/index.cfm?fuseaction=read_write
Canby School District Technology Integration-Kidspiration
ideas
http://www.canby.k12.or.us/technology/integration/kidspiration/kidspiration.html
Canby School District Technology Integration-Inspiration
ideas
http://www.canby.k12.or.us/technology/integration/inspiration/inspiration.html
Current Events Report Form
http://home.att.net/~teaching/misc/current.pdf
Writing Assessment
NAEP Subject Area: Writing
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/writing/
The Tools You Need to Assess Writing-Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/tools.htm
Rubistar Rubric-Maker
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
6 + 1 Writing Scoring Practice
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/scoringpractice.php?odelay=3&d=1
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