Fusion Finds

• Free-reading.net: a wiki with early reading lessons, activities, a word generator, audio and video resources, and more; read about this link in Scholastic Administrator.
• Thanks to Cindy Brown, one of our 4TEC teachers, for pointing out the new Teacher Book Wizard on the Scholastic web site. “…which will let you level ANY book according to grade level equivalent, lexile framework, guided reading, or DRA! It will find titles for each of those criteria as well to better match students to appropriate text. I have used the e-catalog for a couple of years, but I believe this will be more helpful with our MRI focus.“
• AdLit.org is a site for parents and educators of kids in grades 4-12, about adolescent literacy.

Image Credit: cindiann

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Willard Staff: If you are not able to participate in one of the Google Docs workshops this month, or would rather learn on your own timetable, you are in luck. The Fusion: Google Docs webpage offers a handout and short video tutorials (screencasts) to lead you through using Goggle Docs in your classroom.

And, there’s more! If you want to earn 3 Salary Advancement Workshop hours while you work, you can enroll in the free, online professional development, Moodle course: Google Docs. This course uses the handout and screencasts on the Fusion webpage to lead you through the steps. Work at your own pace, when it fits in your schedule, from any computer with Internet access. Just in time learning, at your convenience!
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