technology ppt poetry
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Poetry:
4th Grade UnitTara Rice
Spring 2014
Technology Integration Poetry can be a meaningful and vital
experience for helping students learn to express their emotions and ideas through writing. Studying poetry allows students to critically think and analyze various forms of figurative language.
By integrating technology into a poetry unit, students will be provided with the opportunity to use online blogs, podcasts, videos, and other interactive technological experiences to enhance their understanding and become engaged in learning.
Internet Content The internet provides many sources of relevant and
helpful information related to poetry that can easily be
used within a 4th grade unit
This presentation will include various reliable online
sources related to the topic of poetry
Blog Mrs. Warner provides a website and blog for her 4th
grade classroom. She offers a great post on poetry
which includes tons of resources of various types of
poems which can be implemented in a 4th grade poetry
unit!
Podcast Poem of the Day is a Podcast available for free on
iTunes which provide classic and contemporary poems
each day read aloud by poets and actors.
Teachers can use this Podcast in the classroom to
allow students to hear different poems from day to day!
This can also lead into a group discussion or a quick
group activity. Teachers can pick and choose
numerous poems which are appropriate for the
classroom.
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTT-ZEqPlU
YouTube can provide students with videos of poems
read aloud with pictures and background music to help
display a poem in an engaging way
Internet Resources Poetry Foundation:
Provides various poems, poetry news, videos, articles etc. which can be used throughout a poetry unit
Readworks.org
provides teachers with unit ideas, lessons, reading passages, and worksheets that are all aligned to the CCSS.
ReadWriteThink.org
Readwritethink.org provides teachers with tons of resources regarding an entire month long poetry unit! Lesson plans, classroom activities, and other technological resources are available
Kidspiration
Teaching Materials
Scholastic provides over 400 various printable poetry worksheets!
Here is an example of a poetry worksheet which students can complete to strengthen their descriptive writing among poems.
Teaching Materials iFridge Poet is an app
which can be used on iPads or iPod touches to allow students to create their own magnetic fridge poetry!
Students will be able to compose their own creative phrases and poems through this engaging technological resource
Teaching Materials Pinterest
provides teachers with various resources and links to numerous websites for enriching activities, lesson plans, and other creative classroom possibilities.
Teaching Materials Readwritethink.org
provides a lesson plan and
activity to help students
create their own acrostic
poems
Subject-specific Internet-based
Resources Edsitement:
Provides many lesson plans and activities for various
subjects which can be implemented in classrooms K-12
Example: Can You Haiku? Lesson Plan and Activities
Uses of the Internet:
Online Archives The Children’s Poetry Archive:
Allows students to search various topics and read many
corresponding poems!
PBS:
PBS.org provides a collection of poems written by kids.
Students are also able to write and publish their own
poems through the website
Uses of the Internet:
Interactive Sources Scholastic Poetry Idea Engine:
Scholastic provides an online poem generator (which is
also compatible for Smartboards) for an engaging
opportunity for students to produce all types of poems!
Web 2.0 Game classroom provides different language arts and
math games, lessons, and worksheets for collaboration
in the classroom!
The thesaurus game can help 4th graders strengthen
their vocabulary and produce more descriptive poems!
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