Updates

August 22

  • Added "Estimated Arrival" dates to Readers Workshop units page.
  • Added a second way to open SMARTboard notebook files (sent in by a web site visitor (MAC users method).

August 20

  • Added book resource site (for acquiring books for classroom library) link to FAQ page (book bins).
  • Added documents & links to Guided Reading page.
  • Copyright Exposed link added to copyright page.
  • Uploaded a video on how to save and unzip SMARTboard files.
  • Where'd You Get That Font? - Lettering Delights - Home Sweet Home

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August 5

Teacher Supply Sale:  http://s978.photobucket.com/home/jpalus13/allalbums  (email to purchase: jpalus13@gmail.com)

August 3

  • Added RSS Feed video link (YouTube video explaining what RSS Feeds are and how they benefit you!).
  • Added text/links to the Literacy page.

July 28

July 28

  • Uploaded (relinked) Poetry pictures.
  • Fixed Planning Guides link on main page.

July 27

  • Added RSS page.
  • Uploaded missing Word Work activity recording sheets.

July 25

July 20

  • Uploaded adding a WEB PAGE address to Google Reader tutorial.
  • Pay it Forward (This Guy GETS IT) -- a blog post about share and share alike.
  • Linked Lesson Plans page.
  • NOTE:  All lesson plans will be removed from the site this summer (end of August).  I am doing this for several reasons: (1) they are VERY large files and take up LOTS of space, (2) My "search" option doesn't work very well when they are on the site, meaning that when my site get's "spidered" it indexes the plans too, and that throws off the search index, making it pretty useless as a search tool, and (3) I plan to redo the way I do my plans, making them easier for me to create, maintain, and update. 

July 18

July 16

REFRESH the page 1st....then email if you can't find something or if something doesn't load correctly, etc...

§  Hope you don't get lost!  I've restructured many parts of the site.  =)  And, I'm still working on other parts.

§  Where'd You Get That Font? - Lettering Delights - Wisdom Blue (in honor of all the great librarians out there!)

§  Word Work and Fine Motor, and Alphabet activities are now in PDF downloads instead of web-based.

§  The BALANCED LITERACY page is your starting point for Shared/Modeled/Guided/Independent READING and WRITING.

§  I've combined all reading/writing Professional Reading books into ONE PAGE!

§  I've linked my Leveling Books page-- for some odd reason it wasn't linked before!  :(

§  Finally, I started an Anchor Chart page.  Not to say these puppies won't show up on other pages, but it's nice to have a "collection page" for them all!  At least I think so!  Enjoy!  This will be a work in progress for August (2010).

June 26

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April 17

  • Uploaded February, March, April, and May Lesson Plans
  • NOTE:  All lesson plans will be removed from the site this summer.  Probably at the end of the summer.  I am doing this for several reasons: (1) they are VERY large files and take up LOTS of space, (2) My "search" option doesn't work very well when they are on the site, meaning that when my site get's "spidered" it indexes the plans too, and that throws off the search index, making it pretty useless as a search tool, and (3) I plan to redo the way I do my plans, making them easier for me to created and maintain and update. 

January 26

January 2

  • Uploaded MAKING CONNECTIONS Reader's Workshop Unit
  • Added a SLIDE SHOW (What Every Educator Needs to Know) Link to the Copyright Page
  • Added More "High Interest Word Sheets" for Writer's Workshop & Work on Writing
  • Reformatted and Edited the FAQ Page
  • Uploaded December and January Lesson Plans
  • Uploaded BEE BOOK Star Words Sheet for Second Semester (contains all sight words)
  • Uploaded BEE BOOK Star Word Business Cards
  • Uploaded 2009 - 2010 Mini Office Documents (Additions/Changes): ABC & Star Word Chart, Color &  Names Strip, Etc.
  • Uploaded Reader's Workshop Schema/Connecting Lesson Resource: Wolves and Foxes in Stories
  • Uploaded  Reader's Workshop Frontloading Lesson Resource: 5 W's of Reading

December 6

November 16

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September 7