a day with readwritethink.org: tools, apps, technology across the curriculum
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A Day with ReadWriteThink.
org:
Tools, Apps, Technology
across the Curriculum
ReadWriteThink.org, created by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), provides instructional practices and digital resources that support effective reading and language arts instruction for all learners.
Who’s Behind ReadWriteThink.org?
The National Council of
Teachers of English
The International Reading
Association
http://www.ncte.org
http://www.reading.org
How is ReadWriteThink.org Different from Other Lesson Plan
Sites?• Each resource on the ReadWriteThink site is based on the
NCTE-IRA Standards for the English Language Arts.
• Lesson plans are aligned to State Standards and the Common Core State Standards
• Each lesson plan includes a “Theory to Practice” section which cites an NCTE or IRA publication and is peer-reviewed by qualified educators in the field.
• Resources in the lesson plan are complete, and linked – ex. assessments, online texts, Web links, handouts, etc.
• We offer free student interactive tools and mobile apps.
What Does ReadWriteThink.org Have to Offer?
• Keyword and filter search
• Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources
• Online Student Interactive Tools
• Mobile Apps
• Classroom resources by grade levels
• Lists of the most popular resources
• RSS feeds, e-mail, sharing, and commenting
Let’s take a look at how
ReadWriteThink.org resources and
tools can be integrated
throughout the day!
Morning Meeting
ReadWriteThink.org Calendar
October 12
“Teen Read Week”
Language ArtsText MessagesPodcast Series
Episode 9 — A Conversation with John Green
Reading and Literature
With so many great YA titles being made into films, like The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent, The Giver, Maze Runner, and If I Stay, invite students to compare and analyze novels and
the movies adapted from them. They can then design new DVD covers and a related
inserts for the movies, reflecting their response to the movie version using the
lesson plan, “Cover to Cover: Comparing Books to Movies”.
While watching the film, have students “Think Critically about the Movie Adaptation: Effects and Preferences
.”
WritingIn this lesson plan, students
compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they
have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.
This process of recasting the text they are reading in a different genre
helps students become more insightful readers and develop
creativity in thinking and writing.
WritingStudents can create their poems
on paper, online or on a
mobile device.
This video demo shows you how the Word Mover app works.
Like to use apps? Check out our other mobile apps!
ScienceFor this lesson students examine the
differences between physical and chemical changes. After
understanding these changes, in small groups students follow
instructions for making popcorn, photographing each step. Then
students create a video using the SonicPics app to narrate their photos
and answer questions about this change.
Working with Pre-Service TeachersA student teacher observed
the popcorn lesson and expressed concern about
using technology with students. S/he hopes to learn
more about how to do this successfully.
Strategy GuidesTeaching with Technology• Bringing Lessons to Lif
e with Animoto• Speak to Me: Teaching
with Voki• Teaching with Zoomin
g Slideshows through Prezi
• Teaching With Glogster: Using Virtual Posters in the Classroom
• Using Glogster to Support Multimodal Literacy
• Online Safety
• Reading Online
• Teaching With Blogs
• Teaching With Podcast
s
• Reading on the Go
Social Studies/History
In this lesson, students will develop their understanding of
writing and local history by creating their own historical
markers. They begin by studying historical markers in their own
communities and then draft content for an unmarked
historical location.
Mathematics After a read-aloud from the book
Math Curse, students create their own word problems with answers
. Students solve each other's problems and then use the skills they've learned creating word
problems to complete a crossword puzzle.
HealthAfter researching nutrition and analyzing food advertisements
, students work in cooperative groups to create their own advertisements for food
products.
Interested in applying this knowledge and these skills
outside of school?
Health
Encourage children and teens to make healthful food choices by having
them explore the foods they eat and the ways those foods
are advertised.
Staff Meeting
Afterschool, I want to share the great resources from ReadWriteThink with my
colleagues at our staff meeting. I can share with them:
• Standards Alignment
• Site Demonstrations from the Video Library
• Promotional Materials
• Spanish Resources
Educator Involvement at ReadWriteThink.org
• Writing lesson plans, sharing teaching ideas, creating content for an out-of-school audience
• Contributing professional development materials
• Submitting video, audio or other technologies to enhance resources
• Joining the Review Panel
• Sharing their Story
What’s Upcoming
with ReadWriteTh
ink?
Connected Educator MonthIf you could revise a RWT lesson
right now, which one would it be?#ourRWT
National Day on Writing, Oct 20
#writemycommunity
NCTE Annual ConventionNovember 20-23, 2014
Find Us and Fan Us!ReadWriteThink.org on
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ReadWriteThink.org
ReadWriteThink.org on Twitter@RWTnow
In the Literacy in Learning Exchange
http://www.literacyinlearningexchange.org/group/readwritethinkorg
