WeaverLearn
Learning Support Resources
Andrew Weaver is a Learning Support teacher and IEP case manager in the Indiana Area School District. He also is an instructor in the education department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Click HERE for resume.
WRITING
Writing Rubrics
Writing Lessons
1. Enjoy Your Writing
2. Master the Sentence
3. Build a Paragraph
4. Write an Essay
Prewrites
Models
LEARNING SUPPORT
Videos
Production of videos was halted in 2018-19. More videos may be added depending on future equipment availability and logistics.
Teacher Tube Links: Goal of English * Active Listening * 4 Essentials Sentence * Invasion of Fragments * Simple Paragraph * Simple Argument * Prepositions * Poetry * Libertea * Stormbreaker * Maniac Magee * Maniac Magee
School Tube Links: Active Listening * Preposition Song * 4 Essentials of Sentence * Simple Paragraph * Simple Argument
ELA Resources
10 Essential Questions & Big Ideas * What is ELA? Why Is It Important? * Active Listening 1 * Active Listening 2 * Active Listening 3 * Active Listening 4 * Active Listening REVIEW * Elements of Literature * Plot Diagram * Main Idea & Summarizing * 8 Parts of Speech * Six Traits of Writing * Figurative Language * 3 Figures of Speech - Review * Public Speaking: Intro * Public Speaking: I DO * Public Speaking: WE DO * Public Speaking: YOU DO * Handout: How to Get Your Point Across in 60 Seconds or Less * Speech Delivery Rubric * Debate Evaluation Rubric * Debate Preparation Guide * Please Do Now Sheet * Explicit Instruction Template (Weaver) * EI Lesson Observation Checklist * Reformatted PA CC Standards 6th * Reformatted PA CC Standards 7th * Reformatted PA CC Standards 8th * Differentiation Strategies * Teaching - Best Practices * Literacy & the Four Lenses of Learning
Links
Challenge Classes: Creating Instructional YouTube Videos * Using Technology to Increase Success * Debate
Using Tech Wisely: Center for Humane Technology * Common Sense Media
Online Dictionaries: Longman Dictionary * Wordsmyth Dictionary * NinjaWords
Online Study Tools: Quizizz * Quizlet Live * Kahoot * GCF Learning
Using Google Tools: ControlAltAchieve
Open Resource Images: Unsplash * Gratisphotography * Skitterphoto * Creative Commons * PhotosforClass
Open Resource Music, Sound Effects, and Video: YouTube Audio Library * Dig CC Mixter * ZapSplat * SoundBible * Free Music Archive * AudioNautix * FreePlayMusic * FreeSound * BenSound * Videvo Royalty Free Music * Videvo Royalty Free Sound Effects
Open Resource Media: Internet Archive * Public Domain Review * Flickr * Videvo Free Stock Video Footage
News for Students: Newsela * TweenTribune * NewsforKids * CNN10
Leveled Texts: CommonLit * ThinkCerca
High Interest: Wonderopolis * NuSkool * Storyline Online
Photo Writing Prompts: National Geographic's Photo of the Day * NASA's Image of the Day * NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day * World Press Photo
Skill Building: IXL Language Arts * OpenEd
Ed Tech: Free Technology for Teachers * EdShelf * EdSurge * Common Sense Education * Edutopia * Cybraryman Catalog * Emerging EdTech * Eliademy * EdPuzzle * PlanBoard * LiveBinders
Online Content: OpenEd * PowerMyLearning * LearnZillion * TV 411 * WatchKnowLearn * Wonderopolis * Standards Aligned Systems * Achieve the Core * Better Lesson * Busy Teacher * Scholastic Lessons & Ideas * User-Generated Content in Education * Houghton Mifflin English 1-5 * Houghton Mifflin English 6-8 * Intervention Central * Social Skills for Middle School Students * No Red Ink * Quill * ReadWorks * ReadWriteThink * Reading Rockets * Universal Design for Learning * LibriVox - Free Public Domain Audiobooks * Free Online Textbooks