Readwritethink
International
Literacy
Association
This is the website I currently picked, http://www.readwritethink.org/. It is free and has many classroom resources for
teachers and students. The resources are designed for k-12 grades. There are
some resources for student interactive activities on this website. It uses the
Printing Press activity to help students learn how to create newspapers,
brochures, and flyers. It also uses an activity called Trading Cards Creator.
This tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy
knowledge in writing. These cards can also be used for practice reading and
even doing other reading activities. Another interesting activity I found in
this is the Acrostic Poem. It uses letters in a word to begin each line of the
poem. These are some of the activities under classroom resources.
On this website,
there is also a place for professional development. So it is a good place for
teachers.
One thing I’m
really interested in on these websites is the parent involvement and
afterschool part. These are some of the ideas I am looking for so I can
implement them at my school. I believe these extracurricular activities will
benefit the students a lot.
This site also
has a section for community stories. This is a place where the community
members can share their stories. This way the cultural practice is also
spreading through literacy. Community members might be sharing legends and
other cultural traits.
In conclusion,
this site is easy to explore resources and even printouts. There are videos
that are about literacy in action, presentation, etc. I would recommend using
this website for literacy activities for all grade levels where children will
be getting many different resources for literacy enrichment.
Hi Taylor,
ReplyDeleteI like how your site provides parental and community involvement. Thank you for sharing!