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 * [|www.readwritethink.org] **

**Assignment #1 ****site containment**
Readwritethink is partners with the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. It has a host of authors so lengthy that they’re listed in alphabetical order. Their mission is to provide high quality instruction in reading and language arts to parents and teachers. The material provided by readwritethink works with students in kindergarten thru 12th grade. This site is amazing. It has basic sections on: · classroom resources · professional development · information about the website · parent & afterschool resources

Once you pick a main topic, there are a new set of links appear. These links are refined by sub topics. I went into the classroom resources link. There are current event themes that are showcased on the main site pages. You can do a search of any topic. I looked into Groundhog’s Day. It brought up an event description, classroom activities, websites and other related resources. I even found a link to state standards for the topic of your choice. Oklahoma was one of the states listed. I was able to bring up the pass objectives on the Groundhog’s Day activities. Readwritethink provides a space to check out events happening this week like birthdays, holiday and special events. I spent several hours looking at what was contained here. I know there’s more to find. This site is on my favorites list.

**Assignment #2 ****classroom resources**
====I typed copyright into the search box. I came up with nine results for 6 thru 12 grades. I looked at “ [|The Statute of Anne, an influential early copyright law, went into effect in 1710] ”. This would be the place to start a unit on copyright laws because it was the beginning of copyright laws in the U.S. This link contained several good activities like doing a web search on copyright issues. It had four web links. One was Copyright Kids. This website included copyright basics rules for kids. A great place to start for collecting information. Students could create a booklet on copyright rules. Then their booklet could be used in other classes and assignments. Or students could create a board game using basics copyright rules for questions. They also could create a game show like jeopardy. Then divide up the class into groups and play. ====

There are several ways a teacher could assess student learning. At the beginning of the unit on copyright laws, the teacher could give a pretest for a baseline on student knowledge. Then a post test to measure the amount of knowledge acquired. A short paper on copyright laws would also be a good indication on what was learned. Students could create a flyer on copyright rules.