EDLA 615

Students will read along and have a brief discussion about the book “All the Lovely Bad Ones” by Mary Dowling Hahn. After the informal discussion, students will work on a Halloween timeline to write about their favorite past costumes and how they’ve celebrated in the past. On the second day of discussion, students will reread independently and dissect the book as a class (ie. Setting, plot, main characters) and summarize the story. Story Map 

Grade level: 4 Topic: Summarizing and Narrating Standards addressed:  CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions). Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.5 Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes. Learning ...

Which ideas from the video reflect what the ELA teachers you interviewed are currently doing to integrate technology with their literacy instruction?  During my recent observation, I took the time to scan the room to see what type of material students have access to and what type of environment is promoted for a healthy learning. One of the key initiatives in the classroom is the act of kindness and being a model student. Each day, students are asked to complete a do now for the moment or day in which they write, communicate or physically do one act of kindness. This mantra is similar to the global literacy, also known as global awareness. By instructing students to share with a different partner each day, kids are promoting a healthy learning environment.   How can you help change their instructional practices to include the use of technology and the Internet in their literacy and content-area curriculum?  During my first observation, students worked in stations...

     New literacies provide a fun and engaging alternative to learning with the ever changing technology driven world. With the incorporation of technology, student engagement increased significantly and teachers are able to provide extensive feedback and monitor student's educational growth. According to the New Literacies and 21st Century Technologies Position Statement , "New literacies are central to civic economic and personal participation in a global community". Essentially, in order to continue shaping the future, it is vital to introduce technology to allow students to be creative and receptive of technology. New literacies allows teachers to be challenged to find new and innovative ways to incorporate technology into lesson plans. This level of creativity will in turn spark the imagination of students and sharpen their skills. In order for new literacies to play a key role, teachers must be open to continuously keeping up to date with new developments and softwa...

Interview an ELA teacher to learn how technology is integrated in their teaching to facilitate young learners' language and literacy development, what technologies (name a few), (his/her challenge(s) in integrating technology in the teaching of ELA/Emergent Literacy/Literacy and share your interview transcript with us.  ELA Instructor: Tarrah  Vallely Amber Charter School: Grade 4 1. What technologies do you utilize for developing literacy amongst students? At Amber, we utilize a number of technology programs within our curriculum to promote literacy among students. A couple of the programs we utilize on a daily bases are Brain Pop in which they have game learning. In addition, we utilize a blog in which students can upload their writing pieces, this is a great way to have students reflect on the growth of their writing. A few of the teachers at Amber also use quill which is a program used to strength reading and writing skills. 2. What are some of your ...

      1. Who is responsible for which portion of the Standards?  Describe  your understanding of the 5 essential components/Key Features of the Standards,  Reading:   http://www.showme.com/sh/?i=   38235  (scope and sequence, leveled books, appropriate ebooks, “new literacies”       ELA instruction is broken down into 5 essential components (reading, writing, speaking, listening and language) and taught by one instructor for K-5 grades. Reading focuses on the text complexity and comprehension growth of a student, essentially the goal of reading is to increase student’s comprehension of complex text. Students must showcase the growth of connecting ideas between text and utilizing text evidence to support their ideas. Finally, students should be able to identify inconsistencies and poor reasoning in texts.       2.   Key Features of the Standards,  Writing.       ...