Showing posts with label Early Literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Early Literacy. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Kindergarten Collaboration

Kindergarteners using technology- who would have thought!? Well, I designed a literacy lesson that allowed my students to work in small groups and use technology to create a big book of their own. During shared reading we have been exploring the series of BIG BOOKS by Colin Hawkins. Students showed interest in creating their own books, so I figured- let's turn this into an extended lesson that integrates many early literacy elements. Here is a very brief description of the activities that culminated into a wonderful product of student learning:
1. Students create vocabulary list for their chosen word family and brainstrom story element ideas.
2. Students work together through the writing process as they write, revise and edit sentences.
3. Students add detailed illustrations and practice fluency as the record their narrations for their story.
 Here is the "-at" Team's BIG BOOK:
Here is the "-ug" Team's BIG BOOK

Monday, April 22, 2013

Little Literacy Learners

So I decided to try and create a mini website for my kindergarteners to use. As mentioned before, there are no computers in my classroom- so I try to bring in my iPad as much as possible. Check out what I am attempting to create....

                                                         Little Literacy Learners

So, after I begn creating this site I ran into another site that does just what I want- and even better. Here;s the link to that site. This site has games, stories, songs for all ages and grade levels. Tons of digital stories for commonly used books as well. KinderSite

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Diigo for Kindergarten

I have shaped my Diigo library into a useful tool that I will be able to keep and expand upon throughout my teaching career. My Diigo would be useful for other kindergarten teachers and those looking for early literacy ideas. Here are the tags you will find in my Diigo:
       * sight words                         * guided reading    
       * smartboard                         * reading workshop
       * kindergarten                       * early literacy
       * printables                           * technology
       * writing workshop               * resources
                                     * blogs