December Educational Resources

Writing Fix (Where the motto is -“WritingFix: Where getting a daily “fix” of writing is more important than fixing your writing”)

This excellent resource provides daily writing prompts (including right-brained prompts), writing lessons, 6 Trait lessons, interactive plot generator and so much more! If you teach writing … you are in for a treat … and so are your students.
http://writingfix.com/index.htm

Dream in Color

Scholastic is offering free storytelling lesson plans that will help teachers celebrate diversity. These standards-based lesson plans introduce children to the tradition of storytelling. www.scholastic.com/dreamincolor

SpiRIT Writing Contest

10th and 11th grade deaf and hard of hearing students are invited to enter the third annual RIT SpiRIT Writing Contest. Winners have the choice of a $500 cash prize or a scholarship to the Explore Your Future program at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. www.rit.edu/ntid/WritingContestNR