0.4 Reading/language arts kidspiration in the elementary school  (Page 3/3)

http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/oryszak/Create3bears.gif or http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/oryszak/

•An important skill for students to learn in third grade is how to pick a“just right”book. As students become more confident and capable they use certain strategies that aid them inhow to be a good reader. One of these important strategies is for readers to ask questions before, during, and after reading the text. A good example of using Kidspiration to utilize this strategy is found at the website listed below. Teachers have the opportunity to model a question web allowing students to ask questions before, during, and after a story. After reading the selection teacher can go over how questions were answered in the text. Teachers may use this activity for guided practice of allow students to complete the question web independently while reading.

http://www.inspiration.com/LessonPlan/Question

•Students can use a Venn Diagram to practice their rhyming words. In this example students read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. They are asked to think about the rhyming words. Students then use Kidspiration to complete their Venn Diagram independently. Teacher checks work, prints out finished diagram and include it in their Language Arts journal for rhyming practice.

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACIMDRhymingWordsGreenEggsAndHam1.htm

•In second and third grade students are all working on improving their comprehension. Kidspiration offers a way to organize your thoughts and information about a story. The title and author of the story should go in the center. Students can summarize the plot in the“What is happening in the story”section. Other categories could include“What is the writer trying to say?”“Who are the main characters?”and“Where does the story take place”. In the web there will be a combination of pictures and text. When you switch to the writing view there are more details about each subject. This can help students to analyze what they have read and review between readings. A good example can be found here:

If you go to this website and click on The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe example at this link... http://www.inspiration.com/Examples/Kidspiration#Reading_and_Writing

•Kidspiration can also be very helpful for teaching word study. In this lesson the teacher is focusing on the“ea”sound. The students will work together and they will get to see many words in the "ea" sounds. The students will explore the words and discovery how many different sounds and words these vowels are in. The partners will match the object to the matching sounds using Kidspiration. On their worksheets, students will get to write down all the words that they heard on Kidspiration. Kidspiration is an organized and easy way to allow all children to hear the sounds and develop a letter/sound connection.

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACIKidspirationEASounds12.htm

Tips for teachers

•Plan ahead for these lessons. Go through what you expect the students to do and make an example.

•If you are struggling with basic directions the tutorial found here, which provides simple instructions of how to navigate, label, save and many more helpful tips:

http://summit.k12.co.us/SummitTechnlogy/TechnologyImages/KIDSPIRATION.pdf

•Have plenty of examples planned so if students are struggling to find answers you can guide them.