Literacy Block

A Balanced Literacy Program http://www.decs.act.gov.au/schools/litlessons.htm Ideas for Literacy Block Activities.

Literacy Centres: Kindergarten http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/469.html Collection of literacy centre activities for Kinder.

Kinder Literacy Centres http://www.child-reading-tips.com/kindergarten-literacy-centers.htm Collection of links to ideas for Kinder Literacy Centres.

The CSI Literacy Framework: Grade 1 http://www.csi.uchicago.edu/msword/grade1.doc Ideas for a Literacy Block in Grade 1.

1st Grade Literacy Centres http://ttl2k.bhsu.edu/ttlinfo/The%20MDU/teams%20pages/Brenda%20Tipton%20-%20Expectations.htm These seven centres are literacy based including skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Literacy Centres http://www.kinderkorner.com/centers.html Ideas for Literacy Centres.

Star Literacy Centres http://www.msrossbec.com/literacycenter.shtml Collection of lessons plans for the literacy centres.

Literacy Centre Activities http://www.mrsballingall.homestead.com/literacycenters.html Literacy Centre ideas for infants.

Organizing and Managing a Literacy Centre http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/0350ch05.pdf Describes how to manage Literacy Centres in the classroom.

Literacy Block http://www.jenksusa.k12.ok.us/Main.pages/District/Curriculum.Instruction/diff.lessons/litbl.html Plan for a primary literacy block.

Structuring the Literacy Block http://www.discover.tased.edu.au/english/atkins.htm Teacher describes how she structures her literacy block for her Grade 3/4 class and outlines her classroom routines in reading, writing and spelling.

Learning Centres Using MS Word http://www.ictev.vic.edu.au/resources/ARP_Lorraine_Crawford.pdf. How to create a Learning Centre activity to be used in our Literacy Block using Microsoft Word.

Fun Online Activities http://web1.wimmeranet.vic.edu.au/kidsc/primeys.htm Activities for use in a Literacy Block.

Online Literacy Activities http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/requested_sites/readinglower1/readinglower1.html List of links to sites for online literacy activities.

Learning Centres http://www.teachingheart.net/LC.htm Various links about centres and printable centres that you may use in your classroom.

Centers http://www.proteacher.com/020065.shtml Large collection of links to Learning Centre Ideas.

Moneyopolis Game http://www.moneyopolis.org/ Maths game about managing your money.

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