English Language Arts Resources & Tools by teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA Collective resources and tools from ISS EDUlearn en-us 2020-07-04 11:55:27 UTC 2025-10-16 12:20:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads-usc1.storage.googleapis.com/9976/b1830903ab7ce48a387e2c3a00954673/ISS_Logo.jpeg Readworks.org https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224512 Differentiated reading articles and passages (K-12) for free]]> 2020-07-22 15:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224512 Feedback for Writing https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224875 Floop - kids take photos of their paper-based written work and teachers respond.  Good for younger kids who are not using Google Docs or other word processing apps.

]]> 2020-07-22 15:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224875 Public Libraries - Libby mitchmadigan https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224983 Many public libraries in the US offer online books you can read on a Kindle or other device.  Libby, One Drive, Amazon Books, etc.

]]> 2020-07-22 15:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224983 Flipgrid.com https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224992 Super easy way to capture student reflections ]]> 2020-07-22 15:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660224992 IXL https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225004 Amazing site with real time analytics for grammar, skills, etc. https://www.ixl.com/

]]> 2020-07-22 15:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225004 No Red Ink https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225329 2020-07-22 15:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225329 ActivelyLearn: https://www.activelylearn.com/ elizabethcox2 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225435 2020-07-22 15:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225435 Newsela https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225534 2020-07-22 15:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225534 CommonLit https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225580 2020-07-22 15:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225580 https://www.storyjumper.com/ tamathajimenez https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225585 2020-07-22 15:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225585 Raz Kids https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225705 2020-07-22 15:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225705 ActivelyLearn (https://www.activelylearn.com/) can embed questions, notes, media in short stories, essays, novels. elizabethcox2 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225710 2020-07-22 15:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225710 Flipgrid.com https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225744 Fun way for students to present their learning!

]]> 2020-07-22 15:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225744 Great for planning/generating ideas lynseyturner https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225756 https://www.mindmeister.com]]> 2020-07-22 15:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225756 Commonlit https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225787 2020-07-22 15:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225787 Writing Prompts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225819 https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/

]]> 2020-07-22 15:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225819 Epic! https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225827 Free reading collections]]> 2020-07-22 15:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225827 EPIC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225872 2020-07-22 15:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225872 ThingLink https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225884 2020-07-22 15:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225884 Words for Granted podcast shilpauparkar https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225911 2020-07-22 15:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225911 Literably.com https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225958 Online reading assessment that provides a full running record. ]]> 2020-07-22 15:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660225958 Capstone Books for ebooks https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226004 2020-07-22 15:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226004 flipgrid https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226048 2020-07-22 15:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226048 Lesson plans and free resources https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226348 teachit.co.uk]]> 2020-07-22 15:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226348 Capstone books for ebooks https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226558 2020-07-22 15:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226558 Reading a-z.com https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226779 2020-07-22 15:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660226779 Tutorial for Book Review- Using Adobe Sparks https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660227144 You can use Apple Clips or other presentation.]]> 2020-07-22 15:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660227144 Storymuseum - Becoming storytellers. https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/ https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660227407 2020-07-22 15:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660227407 brainpop.cpm https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660227585 great lessons in various subjects]]> 2020-07-22 15:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660227585 class dojo https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228185 2020-07-22 15:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228185 Slido https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228188 to insert surveys and polls into Google Slides]]> 2020-07-22 15:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228188 seesaw.com https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228489 2020-07-22 15:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228489 Visual writing prompts tied to CCSS lukas_gohl1 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228506 2020-07-22 15:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228506 SRI protocols (https://www.schoolreforminitiative.org/) https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228704 2020-07-22 15:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228704 swolff4 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228747 Epic!, Vooks, Raz-Kids, OpenLibrary, TumbleBooks, you can actually even set your iPad or iPhone up to work as a doc camera

]]> 2020-07-22 15:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660228747 Storymuseum - Becoming storytellers. https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/ https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229037 2020-07-22 15:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229037 Parlay https://parlayideas.com/ elizabethcox2 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229182 2020-07-22 15:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229182 Book Creator swolff4 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229929 2020-07-22 15:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229929 Bookcreator.com https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229988 2020-07-22 15:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660229988 FlipGrid swolff4 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230062 2020-07-22 15:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230062 Podcast for Kids! MsTucker_YIS https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230157 2020-07-22 15:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230157 Daily Language swolff4 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230341 2020-07-22 15:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230341 brooney637 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230370 2020-07-22 15:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660230370 Story time with Julie Andrews MsTucker_YIS https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660231344 2020-07-22 15:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660231344 Read Theory travelingtxteacher https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660233706 2020-07-22 15:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660233706 InsertLearning lukas_gohl1 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660234545 Insert instructional content on any web page.

]]> 2020-07-22 15:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660234545 Google Classroom https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660242744 2020-07-22 16:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660242744 ShadowPuppet (Puppet EDU) app https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660309188 Students are able to snap photos of each page of their books and share themselves reading it. ]]> 2020-07-22 17:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660309188 APPs https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660310654 Apple Clips
iMovie
Adobe Video ]]> 2020-07-22 17:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660310654 Matt Glover- Author & Teacher of Writing https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660311878 Works for all grades, but the focus is early years]]> 2020-07-22 17:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660311878 More Tips https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660365225 Common Sense Media]]> 2020-07-22 19:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660365225 Kahoot! https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660365660 Create interactive Quizzes]]> 2020-07-22 19:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/660365660 Self-Talk Stems/Bookmarks to Support Students' Thinking and Understanding lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661950798 As Ron Ritchhart says, the language we share and use with students primes, prompts, and patterns their thinking. To give students constructive and edifying ways to talk to themselves, model and discuss how and why you talk to yourself as you work to understand or be understood.  These bookmarks help to nudge self-talk and thinking dispositions.  I hope you find them helpful! Cheers, 
Laura Benson ]]> 2020-07-24 16:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661950798 Short & Spirited Texts for Growing Readers, Writers, & Learners lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661953326 Short and spirited texts give students reading experiences to practice working to understand in doable doses.  These also serve as mentor text models to support their own writing and crafting their thinking.  Sprinting to grow their capacities to marathon, if you will. ]]> 2020-07-24 16:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661953326 The Importance of Read Aloud...and some great how to advice! lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661956186 Lester LAMINACK]]> 2020-07-24 16:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661956186 Some Best Practices in Reading lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661957295 2020-07-24 16:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661957295 Puzzles, Stories, and Show & Tell: Teaching Students the Language of Thinking by Laura Benson lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661957949 2020-07-24 16:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661957949 Deep Thinking: Sustaining Students' Thinking Strategy Learning to Cultivate Their Agency & Independence by Laura Benson lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661958840 Apprenticing students in know why and how to generate understanding as thinkers and learners]]> 2020-07-24 16:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661958840 Intellectual Invitations: Helping Readers Grow with Differentiated and Supportive Grouping Practices lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661959737 Making small group instruction edifying and manageable ]]> 2020-07-24 16:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661959737 Better Readers lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661960789 Richard Allington]]> 2020-07-24 16:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661960789 Launching Writing and Writers Workshop Apprenticeship with Growing Grade 3 Writers lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661962862 Laura Benson]]> 2020-07-24 16:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661962862 Launching Writing Studies and Writers Workshop with Growing Grade 4 Writers lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661963392 Laura Benson]]> 2020-07-24 16:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661963392 Launching Writing Studies and Writing Workshop with Growing Grade 5 Writers lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661963787 Laura Benson]]> 2020-07-24 16:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661963787 Launching Writing and Writers Workshop with Growing Grade 1 Writers and Authors lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661964428 Laura Benson]]> 2020-07-24 16:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661964428 Launching Writing and Writers Workshop with Grade 2 Writers lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661964678 Laura Benson]]> 2020-07-24 16:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661964678 Resources for Writing Teachers and Writing Classrooms lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661965783 Ralph Fletcher]]> 2020-07-24 16:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661965783 The Way Writing Works lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661966738 Tom Romano]]> 2020-07-24 16:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661966738 Engaging Young Writers: Preschool - Grade 1 lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661967108 Matt Glover]]> 2020-07-24 16:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661967108 In Pictures and Words (Great Advice for Young Writers - and Beyond!) lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661967516 Katie Wood Ray]]> 2020-07-24 16:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661967516 About the Authors - Our Youngest Writers lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661968258 Katie Wood Ray & Lisa Cleaveland ]]> 2020-07-24 16:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661968258 Assessing Spelling in the Writing Workshop lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661969710 Katie DiCesear]]> 2020-07-24 16:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661969710 Assessing Writing in the Early Years lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661970572 2020-07-24 16:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661970572 Carol's Corner - Dr. Carol Wilcox lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661975977 Brilliant blog from a most generous and wise teacher-leader! Constant well of excellent book recommendations and literacy learning and teaching thinking offered here!]]> 2020-07-24 16:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661975977 Books in Their Hands: Guiding students to compelling online texts! lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661977208 Laura Benson]]> 2020-07-24 16:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661977208 Books in Their Hands lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661977752 Laura Benson]]> 2020-07-24 16:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661977752 Drowning in Data? How to Collect, Organize, and Document Student Growth and Performance lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661979192
Mary Shea, Rosemary Murray, & Rebecca Harlin
]]> 2020-07-24 17:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661979192 Supporting Parents as Valuable Literacy Learning Partners lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661986778 International Literacy Association (formerly IRA, International Reading Association)]]> 2020-07-24 17:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661986778 Effective Formative Assessment lbenson3 https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661989792 Dr. Karin Hess (follow her!)]]> 2020-07-24 17:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/661989792 Storyline online https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/710078654 famous people reading books

]]> 2020-08-31 20:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/710078654 Shifting the Curriculum Review Cycle to a Whole Program Review teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633641277 2025-10-15 12:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633641277 Three Key Elements to a Coherent, Guaranteed, & Viable Curriculum teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633643252 2025-10-15 12:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633643252 We Are All Literacy Teachers teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633647252 2025-10-15 12:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633647252 Literacy Look-Fors teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633649441 2025-10-15 12:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633649441 Literacy Lens: Effective Literacy Practices for Secondary Students teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633651121 2025-10-15 12:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633651121 Reading with Multilingual Learners teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633652187 2025-10-15 12:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633652187 Look Fors in Reading Foundational Skills and Writing teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633658684 2025-10-15 12:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633658684 Introduction to Literacy Leadership Teams (LLTs) teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633660210 2025-10-15 12:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633660210 The New Leadership Literacies teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633661648 2025-10-15 12:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633661648 Culturally Responsive Disciplinary Literacy Strategies Instruction teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633665019 2025-10-15 12:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633665019 ISS Template for Prioritizing the Common Core ELA Standards teachwatts https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633670056 2025-10-15 12:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/teachwatts/ISSELA/wish/3633670056