Teacher Resources

teachers.net/
www.pbs.org/teachers/

Smartboard Resources:

www.internet4classrooms.com/smart_board.htm
education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/ed+Resource/
eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/

Following is a list of teaching tools included in the IMS binder for quick reference:

Step 1: PRE-RESEARCH
1. Communication Ideas
2. Assessment Tools
3. Sample Calendar - Teachers
4. Sample Calendar - Students
5. Semantic Mapping Overview
6. Rules for Brainstorming
7. Interactive Mapping Activity
8. Types of Semantic Maps
9. Sample Story Map
10. Story Map
11. Descriptive Maps
12. Sequential and Chronological Maps
13. Enumerative Maps
14. Compare and Contrast Maps
15. Cause and Effect Maps

Step 2: PLANNING
1. Sample Thesis Questions
2. Activities for Categorizing Information (A and B)
3. Preliminary Outline
4. Working Outline
5. Outline Form
6. Map of the Brookwood Libraries
7. How to Use the Computer Card Catalog
8. How to Use Search Engines Effectively

Step 3: EVALUATING AND SELECTING SOURCES
1. Parts of a Book
2. Identifying and Using Parts of a Text
3. Title Page
4. Preface and Introduction to the Book
5. Table of Contents
6. Index
7. Separating Fact from Opinion
8. Exercise: Separating Fact from Opinion
9. Exercise: Judgment Words
10. Checking Your Facts
11. Sample Exercises: Checking Your Facts
12. Guidelines for Assessing the Difficulty of Reading Material

STEP 4: READING AND RECORDING INFORMATION
1. Sample Headcard
2. Making a Bibliography - Lower School
3. Making a Bibliography - Middle School
4. Brookwood School Bibliography Format (Upper School)
5. Sample Notecard.
6. Strategy Sheets for Paraphrasing
7. Paraphrasing
8. The Paraphrase
9. Documenting Sources
10. Using Parenthetical References
11. Guidelines for Interviews
12. Taking Notes from an Interview
13. Using an Interview in a Research Paper

STEP 5: ORGANIZING INFORMATION
1. Activities for Categorizing Information (A and B)
2. Activities for Prioritizing
3. Activities for Sequencing
4. Working- Outline

STEP 6: WRITING A DRAFT WITH ATTENTION TO RUBRIC
1. Sample Thesis Statements
2. Documenting Sources
3. Using Parenthetical References
4. Model for Substantiating a Claim

STEP 7: REVISING AND SELF-ASSESSMENT
1. Proofreading Strategies
2. Brookwood School Proofreader's Marks
3. Brookwood School Bibliography Format

ADDITIONAL TEACHING TOOLS
1. Support Services to Help Implement the IMS program
2. Related Web Site
3. Skills Map for Students