Literacy Lesson Ideas

Before using the examples provided, please refer to the FWISD Curriculum to ensure alignment.

The following documents are examples of how myON can be used in Literacy Stations.

Station and Reading Response Activities adapted for myON and myON News

Choice Boards adapted for myON and myON News

Secondary Literacy Circle with myON Project

Using myON for Research - Cross Curricular Activities

myON Projects

Projects in myON - The projects are easily added to rotations, search by title to assign to your students

See myON Projects Page for additional details.
Search for projects in the project cloud
- - Muses3 - Anything titled Muses3 are aligned with the TEKS, be sure that they are the updated TEKS! Most of the projects will state if they have been updated or not

myON Book Trailers (Video and Information)

List of Book on myON with Online Book Trailers to share with students

myON - Book Specific Resources

Book Series Activities

Cross Curricular Activities

STEM Book Activities
History and Social Studies
Science
Biographies of Scientists with Activities,
Science - Max Axiom Activities
Science BILINGUAL Lesson Plans with myON Books - books are available in English and Spanish
Guided Reading Lesson Plans for non-fiction (Science and Social Studies) texts - books are available in English and Spanish

Library Activities

Library Scavenger Hunts (Great for the Beginning of the Year)
Bookmarks (Capstone Publishing)

Genre Specific Activities

General Reading Activities

Online Engagement for Literacy

Also see page "Online Engagement with myON" page

List of ideas... (generated by peers)
Ditch that Textbook 1000's of ideas for online learning
Jamboard (google G-suite)
70 elearning Activities Templates and Tutorials
Activities for students in grades K-2
Innovative Blended Learning Ideas Book
Graphic Organizers for any book in myON (Google)
Infographic Templates in Google
Interactive Notebook (Adapted from Ditch that Textbook)

Virtual Field Trips

Free Virtual Field Trips (great for cross curricular instriction)

Virtual Field Trips and Activities from Summer 2020 Reading Challenge

Diversity, SEL, and Social Justice

Resources

Social and Emotional Learning Handout
Many myON News stories are aligned with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) SEL Competencies. Our content helps students develop skills in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship building, and responsible decision-making.
Search the following terms in myON:

African American

· africanamerican

· africanamericanhistory

· africanamericans

· blackhistory

· blackhistorymonth

· blacklivesmatter

Asian American

· aapi

· asianamerican

· asianamericans

· asianpacificamerican

· asianpacificamericans

· pacificislander

· pacificislanders

Hispanic

· hispanicamerican

· hispanicheritage

· hispanichistory

· latina

· latinamerican

· latinamericans

· latinas

· latino

· latinoamerican

· latinoamericans

· latinos

· latinx

LGBTQ

· bisexual

· gay

· homosexual

· homosexuals

· lesbian

· LGBT

· LGBTQ

· LGBTQIA

· queer

· transgender

Native American

· alaskanative

· alaskanatives

· americanindian

· americanindians

· amerind

· amerindian

· indigenousamerican

· nativeamerican

· nativeamericans

Women

· famouswomen

· girlpower

· heroicwomen

· importantwomen

· woman

· womanshistory

· women

· womenshistory

· womenshistorymonth

· womensinhistory

· womensrights

· womensstudies

Media and News Literacy (myON News)

News Literacy Project (secondary) *register for a free checkology account for the free lessons and Sift News for Educators