April is poetry month

April is poetry month.  Celebrate with Shel Silverstein

http://www.shelsilverstein.com/learning/

Reading Rockets - Poetry Month

Reading Rockets - April is National Poetry Month, 30 days of celebrating the joy, expressiveness, and pure delight of poetry. Learn more about the National Poetry Month, get to know some of our most well-loved children's poets in our video interview series, browse the many online resources listed here, and visit your local library or bookstore to discover wonderful new books and anthologies.

Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that o ffers a wealth of research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

http://www.readingrockets.org/

Newsela

Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. Register now to see the impact Newsela can have on your classroom. They even have a Spanish section of their website.  You can sort by grade level, reading standard, and languages.  https://newsela.com/

Orange Slice Teacher Rubrics - A Google Add-on

Here's something that might be interesting.  Check out Orange Slice, a rubric add-on for Google Docs.  Check it out in the Chrome store here.

A description from Orange Slices reads:

 OrangeSlice: Teacher Rubric increases the teacher’s grading productivity by eliminating repetitive clicks, presenting the rubric selections in an easy to use format and presenting the final grades in a consistent, professional format.  More time is created for the teacher to provide the needed constructive feedback their students need for success.

5 Reasons to Use Info Graphics

Infographics are everywhere!  So why do people use them?  Check out this LearnDash article titled Reasons to Use Infographics in ELearning.

Reasons to Use Infographics in ELearning

Here's a sneak peak.

1. Illustrating Statistics
2. Eliminating Unnecessary Details
3. When There's Too Much to Wrap Your Head Around
4. Helping Two Ideas Meet
5. Simplifying  a Process

Can Infographics help you?  Let's chat!

To This Day by Shane Koyczan

http://www.tothisdayproject.com 

One of my favorite spoken word poets.  The power of the words and the animation are moving.