Literacy Strategies

LDC: Literacy Design Collaborative

OMG -- words cannot begin to describe this resource adequately -- whether you teach science, English, social studies, whatever. . . . this is a must see resource with writing prompts, lesson plans, templates, and other goodies.
http://www.literacydesigncollaborative.org/

Think Literacy Library

Awesome content-specific literacy lessons, strategies, videos, and more from the Ontario Ministry of Education.
 Dig DEEP into this site; there is layer after layer after awesome layer!
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/thinkliteracy/library.html#subjects

Adolescent Literacy

 This site has a wealth of ideas to use pre, during, and post instruction. You'll find literacy strategies, differentiation ideas, and formative assessments.
http://www.adlit.org/

BCS Balanced Literacy Moodle

This is a great site for accessing engaging literacy strategies (pre, during, and post instruction). You will also find presentations and tools from our district workshops.
http://moodle.buncombe.k12.nc.us/moodle/course/view.php?id=253

Foldables

Dinah Zikes shows how to create every foldable under the sun (with content examples)!
http://www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/cms/lib5/NC01000308/Centricity/Domain/4009/Foldables Manual.pdf