Welcome to Carl's Corner!
My name is Cherry Carl, and I retired in June, 2003, after 35 years as a teacher and Language Arts Specialist in Santee, California. However, I am continuing my role as an instructor at the University of California, San Diego, in the Reading Specialist Certification Program.
I wasn't ready to retire. Teaching is in my blood! (My mother always reminded me that when I was little, I dragged the neighborhood kids in to play school whether they wanted to or not!) I still have the strong desire to make a difference for teachers, parents, and students. I'm passionate about the joy of knowing how to read and write and want every child to have the experience of closing a book with a sigh, "Wow, that was a good book!" The only way they can do that is by having the necessary skills and strategies to become independent readers. Teachers and parents need to be aware of the all-important instructional tools and "promising practices." This website has been created to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts. Please feel free to download and print anything that catches your eye, but please make sure to leave my name on the poetry and worksheets!
以上是"CHERRY櫻桃老師"對自己和這個網站的介紹，而在下面Birdie老師則針對幾個英文老師較常碰到的教學主題做一些粗淺的介紹~~~
Alphabet Avenue
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/alphabet_avenue.htm
在這個連結裡，老師或家長們可以找到有關26個英文字母教學的各種相關免費下載資源。例如跟字母有關的歌曲、韻文，書寫練習的學習單，字母教學的活動或遊戲、字母教學的勞作或圖卡、字卡，非常豐富而多樣，當然對教學者而言是既方便又省時。
Holiday Highway
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/holiday_highway.htm
在這裡是屬於節慶教學相關的資源，有學習單、歌曲、小書、BINGO卡可供免費下載，以及相關教學活動的分享，非常實用喔，而且圖片(插圖)都相當可愛！
Themes Thruway
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/themes_thruway.htm
而在這裡是以各種主題為劃分，例如天氣、季節、食物、動物等等主題，內容也一樣包含了各主題相關的歌曲韻文、可下載製作的教具圖卡，及小書等等。
Little Book Lane
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/Little%20Book%20Lane.htm
Alphabet Readers
Books About Colors
Sight Word Readers
Word Family Readers
Writing Folder Books and Charts
Mother Goose Readers
Most pages require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat
在這裡則提供了Cherry櫻桃老師自編的所有小書(Reader)可供下載，非常實用！
Sight Words: Word Way, Too!
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/word_way,_too.htm
關於Sight words的教學，這裡則有相當多的資源可下載利用，只是需要花一些時間去挖寶。
其他有關自然發音Phonics的相關資源也相當的多，難以細數介紹，花些時間進去瀏覽吧！
謝謝Cherry老師將她的心血無私的與大家分享~~~~~
這個網站內的背景、插圖都是來自一個我相當喜歡的網站---Graphic garden，在我的舊網頁中，曾經也大量用了她的插圖呢！
連結如右~~http://www.graphicgarden.com/
