Transcript Webtools and More for the Language Arts Classroom

Webtools and More…
for the Language Arts
Classroom
Sharon Thurman
Jeanette Barreiro
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AGENDA
S Last Noun Standing
S Webtools and More… for Writing
S Webtools and More…for Reading
S Question and Answer
Last Noun Standing
S Why?
S Reviews nouns—definition and types
S Hooks participants
S How?
S Circle up entire class. Give a letter and a type of noun. (This is
where you will review definition).
S Choose a student to start. Each student gets five seconds to say
their noun. The noun cannot be repeated.
S After five seconds, if they can’t think of a noun beginning with
that letter, they are out!
S Last person standing wins—easy game!
Webtools and More…for
Writing
S Grammar
S Last Noun Standing—online game after class game LINK
S Vivid Verb
S Vivid Verbs
S Hot Fudge Monday (from Cottonwood Press, Inc)—turned
worksheet into game
S Vivid Verb Cheers– Awesome Hands On Activities for Teaching
Grammar (Scholastic, Inc)
S Revised a writing piece to add vivid verbs to writing
Webtools and More…for
Writing
S Grammar
S BBC Skillswise LINK
Sentence Structure
S Commas and other punctuation
S Parts of Speech
S Subject/Verb Agreement
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S Study Island
S Connected to ELA Common Core standards
S LINK
Webtools and More…for
Writing
S Grammar Continued
S Big Dog’s Grammar LINK
S Road to Grammar LINK
S Interactive Quizzes LINK
S Misplaced Modifier Cartoons (list of sentences on website)
S Idioms: LINK 1
LINK 2
S Comparatives/Superlatives:
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Video from Discovery Education: Harold’s Guide to Syntax:
Modifiers
LINK 1 LINK 2
LINK 3
Webtools and More…for
Writing
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Commonly Confused Words: There, Their, They’re story
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Blank Scripts
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Sentence Stretch/Sentence Crunch
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DOL
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Survivor
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Group Test
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Power Proofreading LINK
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Write your own sentences! (holidays and school events)
Culminating Project: Grammar Glogs LINK
Webtools and More…for
Writing
S Writing Contests
S Kentucky Department of Agriculture
S VFW
S FRA
S Wendell Foster Center No R Word
S Red Cross Real Heroes
S KCTE/LA
Webtools and More…for
Writing
S Other Activities and Opportunities
S China Pen Pal Letters
S Webquests (Pyramid Plot LINK)
S Revision/Editing Stations
S Writing Strategies LINK
S Wordle LINK
Webtools and More…for
Reading
S Guided Reading Activities
S Historical Figures Epitaphs (tombstone project)
S Defining Discrimination
S Patriotism LINK (connected to VFW/FRA essay contest)
S Christmas Challenge LINK
S The Book Whisperer by Donalynn Miller BLOG LINK
S Alternative AR Assessment
Webtools and More…for
Reading
S Vocab
S Scrabble
S Basketball Review
S Pictionary
S Taboo
S Sources for Great Reading Activities and Selections
S New York Times Education Section LINK
S Tween Tribune LINK
S Time For Kids LINK
Other Links
S Sharon Thurman’s Website (old one!)
S Goodreads LINK
S ReadWriteThink LINK
S English Companion Ning LINK
Contact Us!
S Jeanette Barreiro EMAIL
S Sharon Thurman EMAIL