Elizabeth Hopper hoppere@purdue.edu

Center for Literacy Education and Research (CLEAR)

mailto:hoppere@purdue.edu

Indiana correlation guides available ◦ http://www.doe.in.gov/standards/resources

New ISTEP test based on Indiana’s new standards will take place next spring

Technology enhanced requirements for new test necessitates a need for technology enhanced practice throughout the year; items may be purchased from: ◦ PARCC: http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/ ◦ Smarter Balanced: http://sbac.portal.airast.org/ ◦ CTB McGraw-Hill

http://www.doe.in.gov/standards/resourceshttp://practice.parcc.testnav.com/http://sbac.portal.airast.org/http://sbac.portal.airast.org/http://www.doe.in.gov/http://www.doe.in.gov/

0 Storyline Online – stories being read aloud by actors

0 MyOn Books – digital stories, sorted by level

0 INSPIRE – online database of articles (e.g., simple machines)

0 TeacherTube – brief, school appropriate videos (e.g. erosion)

0 Arcademic Skill Builders – synonyms, antonyms, & homophones

0 ReadWriteThink – create a flip book

0 Quizlet - vocabulary flashcard creator

0 Trash Typer – online typing game

http://www.storylineonline.net/http://www.doe.in.gov/hoosierreaders/myon-bookshttp://zu8fr6nk5e.cs.serialssolutions.com/?EMPTY_QUERYhttp://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=8c7acd20-e331-46c9-a8ce-82e9a032cca1@sessionmgr111&vid=1&hid=117&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=lxh&AN=95253013http://www.teachertube.com/http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=120701http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.htmlhttp://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.htmlhttp://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.htmlhttp://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/flipbook/http://quizlet.com/16227511/unit-3-exploring-informational-text-flash-cards/http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds/dinokids/games/trashtyper/http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds/dinokids/games/trashtyper/http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds/dinokids/games/trashtyper/

0 iStorybooks – different genres of books

0 Read Me Stories – narrates stories on screen

0 Reading Rainbow – books and games to accompany

0 Booksy – books for struggling readers

0 5th Grade Science – nonfiction content with questions

0 Primary Learning Games – sight Words

0 Monster Typer – typing app that builds from letters to words using upper and lowercase letters

0 Bluster – rhyming words, prefixes, and suffixes

Life Science ◦ Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life by Molly Bang

and Penny Chisholm ◦ Thea’s Tree by Alison Jackson ◦ Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story by Thomas Yezerski

Earth & Space Science ◦ The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry ◦ A River Dream by Allen Say ◦ A Storm Called Katrina by Myron Uhlberg

Physical Science ◦ The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont by

Victoria Griffith ◦ First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane

by Peter Busby ◦ A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super

Scientist by Emily Sohn (graphic novel) Science, Engineering & Technology ◦ 11 Experiments that Failed by Jenny Offill ◦ Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Scholastic Text Sets ◦ Grade 3

◦ Grade 4

Local librarian will collect text sets for you

Booksource

Reading A – Z (caveat – NOT the SAME leveling system as Foutas & Pinnell)

http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/teacherstore/nav/shops/Text Sets/4294377220http://www.booksource.com/Products/Level-M-Nonfiction-Science-Materials-And-Processes__MNF-SMP-spc-13-14.aspxhttp://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/http://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/http://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/http://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/

Writing - integrates reading, speaking and listening, & media literacy ◦ Persuasive

◦ Informative

◦ Narrative

Persuasive Informative Narrative

3.W.3.1: Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that state the opinion in an introductory statement or section; Support the opinion with reasons in an organized way; Connect opinion and reasons using words and phrases. Provide a concluding statement or section.

3.W.3.2: Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that state the topic, develop a main idea for the introductory paragraph, and group related information together. Develop the topic with facts and details. Connect ideas within categories of information using words and phrases. Use text features (e.g., pictures, graphics) when useful to aid comprehension. Provide a concluding statement or section.

3.W.3.3: Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that establish an introduction (e.g., situation, narrator, characters). Include specific descriptive details and clear event sequences. Include dialogue. Connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words. Provide an ending.

3.SL.4.2: Create oral presentations that maintain a clear focus, using various media when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details. 3.ML.1: Recognize the role of the media in informing, persuading, entertaining, or transmitting culture.

Persuasive Informative Narrative

4.W.3.1: Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that clearly state an opinion to a particular audience; support the opinion with facts and details from various sources, including texts; use an organizational structure to group related ideas that support the purpose; connect opinion and reasons using words and phrases; provide a concluding statement or section related to the position presented.

4.W.3.2: Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that provide an introductory paragraph with a clear main idea; provide supporting paragraphs with topic and summary sen-tences; provide facts, specific details, and examples from various sources and texts to support ideas and extend explanations; connect ideas using words and phrases; include text features (e.g., formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension; use language and vocabulary appropriate for audience and topic; provide a concluding statement or section.

4.W.3.3: Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that establish an introduction, with a context to allow the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience; Organize events that unfold naturally, using meaningful paragraphing and transitional words and phrases; use dialogue and descriptive details to develop events and reveal characters’ personalities, feelings, and responses to situations; employ vocabulary with sufficient sensory (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) details to give clear pictures of ideas and events; provide an ending that follows the narrated experiences or events.

To Persuade To Inform

• Design of Green Roof • Design of a Canal for Lafayette

Water Park • Simple Machines

• Bio Inspired Flower • Design Earthen Dam for

Lafayette Neighborhood • Designing Safer Roadways

Persuasive Informative

• Essay • Commercial • “Shark Tank” audition video

• Report • News broadcast

Refer to the science notebooks: ◦ Problem

◦ Goal

◦ Client

◦ End User

◦ Constraints

◦ Materials

Use already created and online resources: ◦ Read, Write, Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/persuasion-30034.html

Refer to the science notebooks: ◦ Problem

◦ Goal

◦ Client

◦ End User

◦ Constraints

◦ Materials

Use already created and online resources: ◦ PBS

http://www.studentreportinglabs.com/lesson-plans

Traditional Essay ◦ Rubistar.4teachers.org

Create a rubric (I never log in)

Scroll down to Research & Writing

Select Persuasive Essay bullet

Begin filling in all information

From the drop down menu, select temporary

Begin building rubric

Click “Submit”

Copy and paste into a Word document

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/http://rubistar.4teachers.org/