Reading+Activities

**Reading and Writing Examples** Students:
 * Who am I?** (Kerpoof.com)
 * Select a topic (generated by teacher or on own. [[image:bulb.jpg width="28" height="32"]]Could use a Google Form to list choices.
 * Research item online and write down all facts they can gather.
 * They keep their topic a secret.
 * Draw an original picture of topic/item at [|Kerpoof.com]. Don’t let others see their drawing.
 * Write a descriptive paragraph about their topic incorporating facts they have researched. [[image:bulb.jpg width="28" height="32"]]Could put their story on the SMART Board for all to see.
 * Post the pictures around the room.
 * Each reads their paragraph aloud (Others can read along silently from the SMART Board as it is read aloud.)
 * Class guesses which picture matches the story.


 * Map It!** (Mapquest.com)
 * Go to [|Mapquest.com]
 * Enter a beginning and ending address, and find the directions. This could be from school to home, or between places being studied in Pennsylvania, for example.
 * Hide directions and print the map.
 * Exchange the map with another student.
 * Students use the map to write directions. (May need directions from teacher regarding how many steps to write, etc.) [[image:bulb.jpg width="38" height="38"]] Could use a word processor, or write online at [|Google Docs.]

Students (this could be a small group project):
 * The Road to the Academy Awards** (Google Docs and a wiki)
 * Read a book and write a summary. [[image:bulb.jpg width="38" height="38"]] Could use a word processor, or write online at [|Google Docs.]
 * "Cast" their characters by selecting students for roles in their movie.
 * Take digital pictures of students in the roles.
 * Give students (or group) a page in a class [|wiki] where they can add the pictures and summary to make a "movie" scrape book.

Give students their own page in a wiki where they can write reflective responses throughout a lesson or unit of study. Possible uses:
 * Writing Reflective Responses** (wiki)
 * Older students use as a response to a literature reading.
 * A reflections on what one has learned in any subject area with directed questions from a teacher.

Use the discussion in a wiki to post an opinion based on a reading. While this isn't a threaded discussion, each can create multiple posts in response to a prompt from a teacher, or create a new discussion on a page starting with their own statement.
 * Discussions Online** (wiki)

Discuss possible story themes. graphic organizer. Write an outline for the story (storyboard?) Take digital pictures to tell the story. Upload the pictures to [|MixBooks.] Write captions to tell the story.
 * Write a Storybook** (MixBooks)