Integrate technology into a reading and craft lesson by making a digital version of a Leaf Man on Pic Collage or Pic Collage Kids. Last week my girls and I were attempting to gather some leaves for an upcoming project at their school. They were reading the book Leaf Man by Lois
DIGITAL COMICS ON THE IPAD WITH PICCOLLAGE
One of our members of the Facebook community, Tech with Us, posted looking for some app ideas for making digital comics on the iPad. Because our community is seriously awesome, many educators responded with ideas. (Did you know any tech-interested teacher, administrator, educator, and coach
EMOJIS IN THE CLASSROOM
Using Emojis in the classroom is a fun way to tie recognizable visual elements into activities that all students will enjoy. I've rounded up 10 ways you can use Emojis in the classroom, including a free a Emoji character emotion reading anchor chart and writing activity, and free Emoji matching
Making Inferences on Google Slides
Use Google Classroom to practice making inferences on Google Slides during reading using a free digital interactive notebook. Set Up the Free Google Templates First I created a new assignment on Google Classroom. I attached a copy of the slideshow below and assigned each student their
UPGRADE READER’S THEATER WITH THE IPAD
Reader's theater is an engaging way to practice fluency, but add an iPad to it and suddenly students are begging for the next rehearsal! I'm going to share with you 3 simple ways to upgrade a typical readers theater classroom performance using the iPad. Set up Reader's Theater First you need
Nonfiction Text Features on Google Slides
Use Google Slides to find and share nonfiction text and graphic features spotted on the web. Be sure to download the FREE capture tool direction sheets to help students take digital snips from websites and the FREE slideshow for students to edit. What Are Nonfiction Text
USING TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP A READING CULTURE
Developing a reading culture in my classroom is one of my big goals during reading workshop. A reading culture is the way you present, celebrate, and share reading and books in the classroom. We use monthly digital reading log templates to share books we love, want to read and more. The
LITERABLY AUTOMATIC RUNNING RECORDS
Literably is a free app and website for reading assessment. Students read the passages on the app or site aloud and Literably will automatically complete and score a running record for the student. Wait...automatic running records?!?! Seriously, it totally works. My students read the