Integrated Tech Lesson #1
During 4th quarter one of our genres for writing is poetry. So I decided to try the poetry on Readwritethink.org. I made a jump code for them, so it was easy to get to. The site was easy for them to navigate . I let them choose any of the themes that they wanted, but they had to create free verse poems. Then they brainstormed key words or phrases about their theme. Next they wrote their poems. After they wrote their poems; they printed them and took them home to share with their families. The students absolutely loved it! Since they loved it so much I allowed them to use this site to create more poems during their independent work time. This brought new life to the Daily 5 and the kids were excited that they were able to work on poetry again. I will definitely use this lesson again next year to teach poetry, and probably add acrostic poems to the list.
That's exciting that the kids liked it so much! Extra bonus that now you can add it to your Daily 5. It's so nice when you can find an app that students can use independently. Do you know if you can share the final product digitally or do you have to print the final product?
ReplyDeleteReadWriteThink is a great site with so many resources! I used it today and also made a jump code for a Diamante poem. It works really slick!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear the students were able to independently use ReadWriteThink interactive lessons with poetry. I love this! I have the same question as Susan - how are final products shared?
ReplyDeleteKeke- I had the same experience with my students. I could not believe how engaged AND quiet they were as they typed their poems. After I printed them out, I took a picture of all their poems and uploaded them to SeeSaw so the kids could record their voices reading their own poem. It was really cute. I need to explore ReadWriteThink some more because they do have great lessons and resources.
ReplyDeleteKeke - thanks for sharing this. I used it as an option in our after school tutoring program. The kids and tutors loved it.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to share these with families! Great work!
ReplyDeleteLove when you can find an app the kids absolutely love, are engaged, and can do independently with a finished product. I like how you incorporated it into your Daily 5. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great website of interactives to use with 5th graders as well. We used this site when studying poetry vs. prose. We looked at line breaks and white space in poetry and how it affects the meaning and the way a poem is read. I also used a diamonte interactive and it was great. Kids do love poetry!
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