ReadWriteThink

I wanted to share a site that has been around for years, but I ran across it again the other day, and I noticed that they have added some new features.

http://www.readwritethink.org

I really like the Student Interactives!  This site doesn’t allow students to save their activity, so you must allow time to complete it and print.  Some are games that won’t require printing.  From the home page, hover over the Classroom Resources Tab, then choose Student Interactives. There are many ways to explore…by grade level, by learning objectives, search, etc.  There are plot diagrams, story maps, book cover creator, and timelines.  Check out all of the poetry options on the main page on the “Featured” tab.  Cool stuff!

 Please post a comment below if you integrate this site into your instruction.  Melanie or Laura will give you a star for it!  

Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck - "Presentation Software to Set Your Story Free!"

Here is a sample Haiku Deck that I made this summer to demonstrate how you can use the app with vocabulary:



Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad

It is a FREE app on the iPad. You can add lines of text on top of a picture. There are many templates to choose from and the gallery of pictures that you can use in your Haiku Deck is AMAZING!

There are many ways to use Haiku Deck - Vocabulary applications, research projects, slideshows and much more. You can easily create a Haiku Deck slideshow of your students at a field trip or working at school and send the Haiku Deck link to your parents.

Here is Angie Stallbaumer's page of Haiku Decks she recently created with her students. They demonstrated their mastery of Science vocabulary words.
Stallbaumer's Haiku Decks

One last thing - Haiku Decks are easy to get off of your iPad. Just make sure your students are logged into your Haiku Deck account while they create their presentations on the iPads. Once they are finished, log in to HaikuDeck.com and your students' projects will be there waiting for you:) You can take the web versions of their projects and email them to parents or embed them into your wiki or website.

Enjoy Haiku Deck! If you have any questions about it, or you have an idea for project and would like some support with it, please let me know! I'm always happy to help.

Posters with Quotes

I came across this on a blog I subscribe to, and I thought it had tons of possibilities!  Recite  http://www.recitethis.com Here is the link to the site, but when a backpack ad comes up, click on the button on the top right to go on to the site. It is a website that you can turn text into a poster that can be printed or saved…just right click on the image and so a “save as.”  It has many styles to choose from.  And, it doesn’t require a log in!

Ideas:

• Have students summarize a book.
• Have students reate an advertisement.
• You or your students can quote a character from a book.
• Have students design a book cover.
• You can design instructional quote.
• You can reinforce classroom management tool by designing a poster.
• You could upload your own image and have students place adjectives all over it.
• Have students design a poster with a short poem they composed.

Here are a couple more similar sites...

http://www.pinwords.com - Can upload your own image, no log in

http://quotescover.com - Has quite a few ads, not as user friendly for kids

Please let Laura or Melanie know what uses you come up with for these cool sites!