Teachers pay Teachers is one of my absolute favorite things! I don't remember how I found resources before this. I love to search for free things! I can search by my topic and find some awesome activities. Once I find a read-aloud book I'll search here for activities to go with the book. There are even emergent readers! I love this site!
Amazon is great for finding read-aloud books. I love their 'look inside' feature. Once I find a good read-aloud book I will search my library (see below), my school's library and public library. Generally I can find the books in one of those two places. Since I am getting curriculum ready now I can keep a list of books to reserve from the library and when I need to have them. Hopefully this keeps me organized!
Library Thing is a great place to catalog the books for your classroom library. You can tag your books with different topics, or reading levels or whatever you want. I will search my books for a title, or topic. I can also search what other people have tagged as a certain topic. I have over 1,000 books listed!
Reading A-Z is great for leveled readers. I will have the books printed in color through BOCES. For K students I generally read the book then use the comprehension question cards as our discussion. I will mount them on cardstock and laminate them. For first and second grade I will print the worksheets, quiz and comprehension questions.
If I can't find a leveled reader on Reading A-Z I will check Hubbard's Cupboard. Her printable booklets are generally very good for K students. The books generally have a black and white student copy, and a larger teacher copy. I have the teacher copy printed on cardstock, laminated and bound. Then I will make comprehension questions and laminate them.
What are some of your favorite places to find resources?
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