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Flowery Teachers
Educating Students for Success in a Global SocietyFlowery Elementary School’s talented educators are dedicated to empowering and enriching all students. The language and culture of every member of the Flowery community is valued. To accelerate second language acquisition and academic achievement, teachers target students’ multiple intelligences, providing a range of activities that appeal to varying learning styles.
How to use the embedded tools on the SBA - from the Centinela Valley Union High School District
FlowerySoundbite
Common Core
ELA/ELD Links & Docs
Dale-Chall Readability Formulas
Dr. Anita Archer Strategic Literacy Videos
Dr. Kate Kinsella - Bolstering Academic Language and Reading Comprehension Using High Interest Non-Fiction (4-12 grades)
Interesting Things for ESL Students
KinsellaOralLangStrategies.pdf
Mentor Texts - interview with Ralph Fletcher
Read-Write-Think International Reading Association
MathematicsCalifornia's Common Core Content Standards for Math
California Mathematics Project
Clearinghouse on CCSS Resources
Inside Mathematics - recommended MARS Tasks and Problems of the Month organized by grade and content standard
Institute for Mathematics and Education - from the University of Arizona
Khan Academy - Developmental Math Videos and MORE
Math Reasoning Inventory - Marilyn Burns
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics
Overview of Common Core Standards - Teaching Channel
Resources for Common Core Standards
Silicon Valley Math Initiative
Tools for the Common Core Standards
Seal of Biliteracy
School district inititates new Seal of Biliteracy - Sonoma Sun article
Californians Together - sample board policies, award criteria, etc.
What is a LinguaFolio - from the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages
Spanish Language Arts
Gramática y ortografía en español
NontransferablesGuideK-1.pdf (grades K-1 to be revised to reflect the adoption of "Tesoros" and the CCSS; grades 2-5 to be completed during the 2012/2013 school year)
KinsellaOralLangStrategiesSpanish.pdf
Tesoros online - AKA ConnectED
Technology
Alphabetized LinksAcademic Vocab in Spanish & English
ACCENT RULES from Dr. Jill Kerper Mora
AR Book Guide - to organize and manage classroom and school libraries
Bilingual Web Resources for Teachers
California Learning Resource Network
California Reading and Literature Project
California Reading List (STAR reading list # required)
California Recommended Literature (K-12)
Common Sense Media Scope and Sequence
Content Based Language Teaching with Technology
Coss-cultural Language & Academic Development - Dr. Jill Kerper Mora
Curriculum Compacting pdf - by S.M. Reis, D.E. Burns & J.S. Renzulli
Differentiated Instruction - Marzano's Strategies
Differentiating Instruction - Enhance Learning with Technology
free educational videos in Spanish
Environmental Education for Kids - (in Spanish)
Fed Resources for Edu Excellence
Las formas geométricas - 1st grade geometry unit
GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design)
Helping and Modal Auxiliary Verbs - informational resource
Houghton Mifflin ELA Vocabulary Cards
Illuminations - resources for teaching math
Jeannine Heron - Let's Talk About Reading, Writing & the Brain
Journey North - a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change
Learning is Messy - teacher blog
Links to translated standards & documents from the California Dept. of Education
La migración de las Mariposas Monarcas
Multilingual Mania - "blogging the state of multilingual education in the new millennium"
National Geographic en español
National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center - thematic units in Spanish
Next Generation Science Standards
Pete's Power Point Station - free downloadable Power Point presentations
Resources for teaching and learning Spanish
Resources in Spanish & English to Encourage Parent Involvement
Schoolwide Enrichment Model - Reading - UConn
Socrative - (icon above) engage and assess students as learning happens
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
Spanish Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)
Teacher Reboot Camp - fantastic blog packed with teacher tech ideas & support
Teacher Resources from the Santa Maria Bonita School District
Time Toast - timeline creator
Vocabulogic - Bridging the Verbal Divide
VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies)
VTS subscription website (requires username and password)
Wolfram Alpha - computational knowledge engine
Worksheets from Super Teacher - includes games, too (for all subject areas)
World Language Resource Center
