collection developmentThis resource contains bibliographical information and annotations for a selection of books organized by grade. A template for screening literature connections for social studies is included; teachers can use this to identify literature, videos, pictures, and music samples that best meet the learning outcomes of the new Social Studies program of studies.
FictionDB -- Your Guide to Authors & Books
Everything you need to know about fiction books and authors. Keep track of your book lists and series in one convenient place. Receive notifications whenever new books by your favorite authors are announced. Browse author book lists, pseudonyms, series, synopses, covers, reviews, and more.
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student servicesORC Support Site: Did you know that you can use a variety of ORC resources to create programming, promote print resources and increase circulation in your Library Learning Commons (LLC)? It's true! There are several digital resources in the ORC that school librarians can use to promote their print collections. It does not have to be either print or digital. Strengthen your Library Learning Commons programming by combining the power of print and digital!
This free online software tool calculates readability : Coleman Liau index, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, ARI (Automated Readability Index), SMOG. The measure of readability used here is the indication of number of years of education that a person needs to be able to understand the text easily on the first reading. Comprehension tests and skills training. This tool is made primarily for English texts but might work also for some other languages. In general, these tests penalize writers for polysyllabic words and long, complex sentences. Your writing will score better when you: use simpler diction, write short sentences.
It also displays complicated sentences (with many words and syllables) with suggestions for what you might do to improve its readability. Basic text statistics are also displayed, including number of characters, words, sentences, and average number of characters per word, syllables per word, and words per sentence.
Simplify Text with Rewordify: Rewordify.com lets you read more, understand more, learn more words, and teach more effectively. It simplifies English, teaches vocabulary, creates learning materials, and lets you create documents to teach a global audience. It has many more features, and it's all free
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How to create a research pathfinder see also Anatomy of a Pathfinder.
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The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) is a national, not-for-profit organization founded in 1976. We are dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers. Our programs, publications, and resources help teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents select the very best for young readers.
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