You
are a master teacher in Room 313 at Happy Valley Elementary. Things
are going smoothly today. All the students remembered their homework
and it is pizza day in the cafeteria. Then the principal stops by
and announces that the Superintendent is bringing a special visitor,
Senator
BigBucks, to observe the class during your reading lesson. Senator
BigBucks is going to appropriate $100,000 to the technology fund, but only
if you can show how technology helps improve student reading skills.
You only have 20 minutes during your lunch break to “dig for ideas.” Fortunately, your techno-godmothers, (Janey and Nina) have prepared an Internet Treasure Hunt to help you develop the perfect integrated reading lesson using technology. That will make you a Happy Valley Hero (and you might actually get a full lunch break someday!)
To develop the perfect integrated reading lesson using technology, start digging for ideas based upon the three purposes of reading:
Thank you Discovery School for the clip art!
http://school.discovery.com/clipart.
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Primary Grade (K-2) Read for Literary Experience Maryland Learner Outcome #1: Students will demonstrate their ability to read for literary experience by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from stories, plays, poems, and other works of fiction. Visit these sites and develop a plan for students to read for literary experience. 1. Rebus Rhymes at Enchanted Learning
2. Children's Storybooks Online
3. Folk Tales - select from a list of titles
4. ABC Teach – fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension activities
(requires Adobe to read PDF files)
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Read for Information Maryland Learner Outcome #2: Students will demonstrate their ability to read for information by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from articles, editorials, content texts, and other expository materials related to the content areas. Visit these sites and develop a plan for students to read for information. 1. Yak's Corner - A newsmagazine for the younger set. Select Yak
News to preview articles.
2. Yahooligans – a student friendly search engine locate to find information
specific to a topic.
4. ABC Teach – fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension activities
(requires Adobe to read PDF files)
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Read to Perform a Task Maryland Learner Outcome #3: Students will demonstrate their ability to read to perform a task by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from investigations or other sets of directions. Visit these sites and develop a plan for students to read to perform a task. 1. Select from the variety of hand craft directions at Enchanted Learning
2. Students can complete a Compass Rose
3. Students follow directions to play a game at Kids Domain. Select
Online Brain Games.
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Putting It All Together - A WebQuest In Search of Stellaluna’s Family - A WebQuest about the famous bat family.
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Intermediate Grade (3-5) Read for Literary Experience Maryland Learner Outcome #1: Students will demonstrate their ability to read for literary experience by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from stories, plays, poems, and other works of fiction. Visit these sites and develop a plan for students to read for literary experience. 1. Kids Mystery - mini mysteries for kids to read.
2. Stories to Grow By - a collection of 50 kid tested stories
3. Folk Tales - select from a list of titles
4. ABC Teach – fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension activities
(requires Adobe to read PDF files)
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Read for Information Maryland Learner Outcome #2: Students will demonstrate their ability to read for information by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from articles, editorials, content texts, and other expository materials related to the content areas. Visit these sites and develop a plan for students to read for information. 1. Time for Kids
2. Yahooligans – a student friendly search engine locate to find information
specific to a topic.
4. ABC Teach – fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension activities
(requires Adobe to read PDF files)
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Read to Perform a Task Maryland Learner Outcome #3: Students will demonstrate their ability to read to perform a task by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from investigations or other sets of directions. Visit these sites and develop a plan for students to read to perform a task. 1. A cross curricular reading activity at Math Problems of the Week.
2. Create a Graph - students follow directions to create a graph.
3. Puzzle Maker - students can build vocabulary by creating word puzzles
4. Visit MapQuest and follow directions to create a map of your
area.
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Putting It All Together - A WebQuest My Favorite Author - You are the Press Agent for a very successful
author. Design a newsletter/brochure/web site that answers the many
questions the fans have been asking.
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