Media Resources

The "best of"... Teacher's Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. These short digital videos, podcasts, and lessons are sorted by grade level, topic, and content area. Registration is required, but all the materials provided are free - there is plenty available for literacy educators, and the site is especially strong in science and math:
http://www.teachersdomain.org/

St. Patrick's Day

From the Kidsread website, an annotated list of children's and young adult books for St. Patrick's Day: http://www.kidsreads.com/features/020306-st-pats.asp

The blog A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy has a lovely round-up of Poetry Friday offerings from a couple years back that feature many St. Patrick's Day poems: http://yzocaet.blogspot.com/2007/03/poetry-friday_16.html

Expedition Mondays

Andrea Smith creates Expedition Mondays as a way to expand her students' exploration of nonfiction resources. The routine is a melding of routines from Poetry Fridays and First Facts Mondays, two popular activities in many K-12 classrooms: http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/835.cfm

Poetry Blogs

The Chicken Spaghetti blog has more on how Poetry Friday has spread across the "kidlitosphere." If you want some basic information and resources for this activity, you can find them at this link: http://tinyurl.com/cv669c

The blog A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy has a lovely round-up of Poetry Friday offerings from a couple years back that feature many St. Patrick's Day poems: http://yzocaet.blogspot.com/2007/03/poetry-friday_16.html