Make sure students are exposed to
different types of sources
Written
Visual
Visual with oral
Live performance
School Grounds
Neighborhood
Museums
Queens Museum of Art,
NY Hall of Science
Queens Historical Society
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Botanical Gardens, Central Park
Our Selves
senses, knowledge, understandings,
and experience
Interviews with family members,
classmates, faculty, professionals
Literary Books
Fiction, Drama
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Picture Books
Textbooks – Non-Fiction
Newspapers and Magazines
Primary Documents
Anthologies: Single/Multi-Genre; Single/MultiThemed
DVDs – movies/clips from movies
Music
Websites
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Research – Visual Search Engines, Websites
Sharing Knowledge: Wikis, Blogs, googledocs
Games, Competitions
Tools: Rubrics, Quizzes, Bibliography Makers
Textbooks are Useful For
• Basic information and overview
• Information relative to other information
• Teach and review features of non-fiction
•Table of Contents
•Glossary
•Index
•Subheadings
•Bibliography
•Sidebars
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•Text and style changes (bold,
italics, color, etc.)
 Books and anthologies can be used to help
students understand content, skills, Big
Ideas/Themes/Concepts, Enduring
Understandings.
 Magnet Library Books. Some
schools developed a magnetthemed Literacy library.
Some books can be used
across disciplines.
 Develop annotated
bibliography
Mentor Texts
Expose students to good writing.
Expose students to advanced vocabulary.
Help students read above their independent
reading levels.
Websites
Think about your audience. Is the
website beyond your students’
understanding or is it too simplistic?
Is the website biased ?
Teach about website reliability.
Always determine website reliability.
Websites for
Teachers
Teacher
Websites
• www.surfaquarium.com
•Differentiated Learning Styles: Visual,
Linguistic, Logical, Naturalist,
Kinesthetic, Existential, Intrapersonal,
Interpersonal, Rhythmic
•www.users.muohio.edu/romanots
•Multigenre Writing Site
•Rubrics for grading
•Research designs
•Social Studies and ELA
Websites for Teachers
 Rubrics
 Quiz Maker
 Creating webquests, and more
Writing Rubrics – www.thetraits.org/scoring.php
6+1 Traits of Writing – Education Northwest.
Download videos from Youtube - www.savevid.com
E-mailing large files
www.transferbigfiles.com
Green Websites for Teachers
Free on-line tool that provides teachers the ability
to upload and share sustainability-focused
lessons.
www.facingthefuture.org
Curriculum available for middle school math,
science, ELA, and Social Studies
http://shoutlearning.org/
Shout connects educators with rich content, tools
and expertise that get students to take action on
global issues.
Student/Teacher
VISUAL SEARCH ENGINES
http://search-cube.com/ - creates a cube with relevant
websites
http://www.quintura.com/
http://www.curriki.org/ - places to find/share units,
often created via UbD
http://www.yolink.com - must be downloaded. Shows
information in double window, zooming in on search
results
http://www.viewzi.com/ - allows for different views
and specialized searches
Student Science & Math Websites
• Ology – American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/ology
• Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu
 The Globe Program – http://www.globe.gov/science
 Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
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Middle School Portal
• http://msteacher.org/math/explore/default.aspx
Student Information Websites
• CIA
World Factbook –
•https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th
e-world-factbook
•Infoshare – demographics by zip code:
•http://www.infoshare.org
Teacher Support Sites
• Share and correct each others’ papers:
http://docs.google.com/
• Online painting software
http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/
• Create cartoons
http://www.toondoo.com/
• Create posters, movies, etc
http://edu.glogster.com/
• http://www.extranormal.com - Animation
What are your favorite sites?
What websites or resources do you know that would be
helpful for other teachers to use?
www.quia.com
www.usgs.gov
www.noaa.gov
Sources
“Anthologies” image:
http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks060
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Michael Leung’s Powerpoint - Resources