Resources for ELA Teaching and Learning Experiences

Resources for Designing Standards Based Lessons
The Writing Fix  

NYLearns: Educational Resources  
New York State Standards Downloadable standards documents for: ELA, MST, & Social Studies

Lesson Planning A complete guide for "how" to write lesson plans which include establishing purpose, writing objectives, and assessing student learning.

Grade-Level Gold A collection of the best resources available for each grade level.  Includes lesson ideas, plans, and resources.

Promoting Higher-Order and Critical Thinking Skills
Bloom's Taxonomy Includes a description of each domain as well as instructional strategies to promote those processes.  Strategies: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/strategy.html

The National Center for Teaching Thinking NCTT is dedicated to providing programs of excellence for K - 12 schools and colleges on teaching and assessing skillful thinking.  For a list of sample lessons: http://www.nctt.net/lessonsarticles.html

Habits of Mind Learn how to promote the 16 Habits of Mind in your students.

Critical Thinking 

Critical Thinking Consortium Contains resources for every grade level to teach and promote critical thinking across all curricular areas. Resources:http://www.criticalthinking.org/K12/k12class/trc.html

Project-Based Learning
The Project Approach Learn to create opportunities for students to engage in the study of real-world topics.  This web site covers those teaching strategies which will allow teachers to create this type of learning environment.

Project-Based Learning with Multimedia Includes lesson plans, sample student projects, and a breakdown of how and why to create a PBL classroom.

The Virtual Schoolhouse: PBL Learn how to design lessons which incorporate academic rigor, authenticity, applied learning, active exploration, adult connections and assessment practices.

Teaching Writing
The National Writing Project The mission of the National Writing Project (NWP) is to improve the teaching of writing and improve learning in the nation's schools.

Literature and Language Arts A compilation of hundreds of resources for teaching ELA by Kathy Schrock.

The National Writing Project Improve student writing through the improvement of teaching skills. 
Assessment
The Rubric Builder Build and share your rubric online.  View the hundreds of rubrics developed for assessing student writing.

Rubric Generator Includes sample rubrics for assessing student writing plus a tool to generate online rubrics.

Scoring Guide for Student Products Posted by NCREL, this page differentiates a scoring guide from a rubric and provides resources for evaluating 14 different types of written products. 
   
Note: Links on this page lead off of the web site controlled by the Le Roy Central School District.  While material has been reviewed for educational application, the LCSD is not responsible for content or changes made to these pages.
 
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