Beyond the Book: Matching Reading Standards & Technology-Rich Thematic Projects   Annette Lamb alamb@eduscapes.com   Some kids love to read and others would rather be biking. Promote a love of reading. There are all kinds of reading. Even for bike riders… Sometimes you need to read the map or manual. Return to Workshop Index Return to Eduscapes Reading Standards & Tech-Rich Themes Reading Goal Technology Goal Not isolated skills Applies reading & technology strategies independently and flexibly The Basics: Reading Comprehension Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathmann http://eduscapes.com/42explore/safety.htm http://www.state.il.us/kids/isp/bikes/knowbike/default.htm http://www.radrider.com/comic-book/index.html http://www.bikehelmet.org/index2.html Demonstrate Understanding Write, Draw, Retell, Demonstrate Learn the Tricks Reading above reading level. Using a Table of Contents Using an Index Skimming Interpreting http://www.sikids.com http://www.bicyclingmagazine.com/   Apply the Skills Select and use information Critiquing, Synthesizing http://learning.usd383.org/tlcf/tlcf2000/webquest/alswebquest/webquest.htm http://www.elko.k12.nv.us/scelem/Frontpage.html   Communicate Ideas Reading Discussing Writing Sharing http://library.thinkquest.org/J002670/   Start with Reading Standards Understand complexity of the text: ideas, insights and reflections Comprehends beyond the literal, to the personal, critical and/or evaluative responses. Connects to experiences, texts, concepts, issues, cultural settings. Add in Technology Standards Information Skills Evaluation Skills Communication Skills Add in Content Standards Social Studies Science & Math Industrial Tech Business Fine Arts http://eduscapes.com/reading Book as Focal Point English: Fables History: Depression, Railroads, Communication Music: Jazz Science: Rocks Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy Check out the example at http://eduscapes.com/reading/bud/   Locating Standards Standards & Matching Lessons National Groups State Level Resources Grant Projects http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/gninf/standards.html http://www.readingpath.org/states.html http://www.pde.psu.edu/connections/reading/reading.htm   Reading Purposes Reading for: Literary Experience Information Perform a Task http://www.pde.psu.edu/connections/reading/rIhand3.htm Reading for Literary Experience Read: novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays Explore human condition Understand author perspective Engage in vicarious experience http://edsitement.neh.gov/ The Arthurian Legend English Social Studies Geography Art The Standards Recognizes a British literature selection as a reflection of its cultural, social, and historical context. Develops criteria for format and visuals to support written or oral presentation. http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/Arthurian_legend.html http://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/welcome.html http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/   Reading for Information Read: magazines newspapers, texts, encyclopedias, catalogs, books Interpret features:headings, tables, graphics Skim for information The Chicago Fire History outcome Reading outcome Evaluation, Critique, Comparison, Debate The Great Fire, Jim Murphy http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/eval_eyewitness.html http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/ http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/intro/gcf-index.html   Reading to Perform a Task Read documents, directions, recipes, maps, art projects, warranties, memos, forms Understand purpose/structure Select, apply, apply information http://www.learn2.com/learn2_everyday.asp Reading Stances Initial Understanding Developing Interpretation extend, focus, link, infer, concluding, cause/effect Responding Personally connect to personal info Responding Critically critique, appreciate elements http://www.wvaworldschool.org/html/lesson/litunits.html http://www.wvaworldschool.org/html/lesson/lplans/langarts/jwghs/twain.htm   The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Reading & History How does the story reflect the time? Reading, Writing, & History Write a tall tale set in a western setting http://malakoff.com/jumpfrog.htm http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/index.html http://marktwain.about.com http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/amerikanistik/projekte/west/markt.htm http://eduscapes.com/42explore/oldwest.htm http://eduscapes.com/42explore/oldwest2.htm High Level Connections Write a tall tale based on a real person from the old west Compare Mark Twain with today's humorists http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0012/feature5/index.html http://phc.mpr.org/content/how_i_write.shtml   Why Read? Pedaling for Performance Pedaling for Pleasure Match Standards & Resources Selecting Web-based Narratives Text structure idea organization, sequencing, headings Vocabulary labels for ideas and concepts Helpers visuals, typography, structure http://Kids.MysteryNet.com/   Use Story Maps Setting -when and where Characters -people or players Initiating event -establishing action Conflict/goal -the focal point Events -attempts to address goal Resolution -goal outcome Theme -the main idea Kidspiration Selecting Web-based Informational Texts Description -idea+detail/examples Chronological -ideas in sequence Comparison/Contrast -ideas similar or different Cause/Effect - ideas + support http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/pb_primary.htm Kidspiration   Thematic Approach: Irish Potato Famine Combine: Narrative & Info Text Reading Combine: Paper-based Computer-based Nory Ryan's Song, Patricia Reilly Giff http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/noryryan.html http://www.dole5aday.com/encyclopedia/potato/potato_menu.html http://www.dole5aday.com/encyclopedia/potato/potato_history.html http://www.cavannet.ie/nature/spuds.htm http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kearny/kelp/kelp_page_1.html http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish_famine.html http://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Irish/Famine.html http://www.ifgc.org/ http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/ http://www2.magmacom.com/~jward/famcont.html http://www.boston.com/partners/famine_memorial/ http://www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html http://students.ncwc.edu/HIS344/ddailey.htm   Technology & Reading Instruction Before Reading Anticipate meaning During Reading Construct meaning After Reading Refocus, reflect reconstruct, extend Big Machines, Karen Wallace http://www.butler-machinery.com/kids.html http://www.kidsfarm.com/equipment.htm http://www.cattle.guelph.on.ca/kids_cattle/beef_everywhere/equipment_01.html http://www.komatsu.co.jp/kikki/special/e_index.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/J001646F/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/ Predictable Book The Lot at the End of My Block, Kevin Lewis   A Dozen Ideas: Get headed in the right direction Find Help Author and Illustrator Websites Online Lessons and Ideas http://eduscapes.com/ladders/index.html   Online Book Reviews Use facts from a story Critique a story Write for an audience http://www.worldreading.org/ http://sunlite.bamaed.ua.edu/ReadWriteNow/ http://www.bookhive.org/bookhive.htm   Publisher Websites Understand author perspectives Discuss story elements http://www.simonsays.com/subs/txtobj.cfm?areaid=183&pagename=newalice http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/ http://www.berenstainbears.com http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/   Online Literature Identify literary styles Identify story elements http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/ http://www.storyplace.org/   Simple Comprehension Review story elements Demonstrate basic comprehension http://www.bookadventure.com http://www.kidsreads.com/   Personal Experience Relate text to personal, experience Alphabet City, Stephen Johnson http://www.fwsd.wednet.edu/cam/riley/Alphabet%20Project/finding_letters_everywhere.htm   Culture Connection Make cultural, geographic, historical connections http://www.mitsubishi.or.jp/e/children/New%20Pages/newwin99.html http://www.mitsubishi.or.jp/e/children/New%20Pages/Ma/Ma.html   Reading Collaboration Retell a story Collaborate on retelling Understand how characters reflect our life Create a predictable story Create visuals to support writing George Ella Lyon, Together http://www.fwsd.wednet.edu/cam/riley/together/together.htm   Connect to History US between the Wars Appraise the economic, social, and political changes of the 20s & 30s. Analyzes literary movements and periods of US literature as a reflection of the American experience. http://WWW.LearnNC.ORG/learnnc/scos.nsf/homepage http://www.learnnc.org/   Varied Readings Online Reading Books Movies Langston Hughes Poetry The Great Gatsby Inherit the Wind http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=84 http://www.levity.com/corduroy/harlem.htm http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade20.html http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/C005846/introduction/introduction.htm   Standards and Themes http://eduscapes.com/42explore http://eduscapes.com/42explore/choclat.htm http://www.freezone.com/brain/chocolate/cover.html http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/choc.html   Web-Based Reading Reading Printing Copying Note taking Visual mapping Women's History Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women, Cheryl Harness http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/womenenc.htm http://www.firstladies.org/Flbib2.htm http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/aa2.html http://www.greatwomen.org/ http://www.umkc.edu/imc/adamsa.htm http://nimbus.ocis.temple.edu/~rkarras/kgraham.htm http://www.hoover.nara.gov/gallery/AmericanWomen/colony-country/adams.htm http://www.britannica.com/women/articles/Adams_Abigail_Smith.html http://longman.awl.com/history/primarysource_6_1.htm http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/analysis/analysis.html http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/first_ladies.html http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/ http://www.hoover.nara.gov/gallery/AmericanWomen/AWindex.htm http://www.assumption.edu/whw/ http://www.inspiration.com/diagrams/ed/eleanor.html   People Theme Projects Read biographies Build timelines Compare photographs Compare people between eras Examine primary document Build character concept map http://eduscapes.com/42explore/biographies.htm   Reading and Technology - Why web-based reading and online activities? Read, Read, Read - The more you read, the better you get. http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third6.html   Collaborate - Reading is more fun when you share! http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic1.htm   Make it fun - Students become more involved in personal stories. http://www.searsportrait.com/storybook/index.html   Do It Daily - Build vocabulary through ongoing, online activities http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/bwwod.pl   Create with Online Tools - Storymakers, Poetry creators, Puzzlemakers http://www.planetzoom.com/MagnetPoetry/poetry.htm   Address Info Overload - Focus attention http://teacher.scholastic.com/newszone/index.asp   Challenge Students Skim Use menus Use dictionaries Use visuals Beyond the Book - CD-Audio, KidPix, HyperStudio, Web Polka Bats and Octopus Slacks, Calef Brown http://www.rhymezone.com http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/poetry.htm http://www.mecca.org/~graham/day/poetrypost/ http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/ Wear Your Helmet Anticipate Problems, Be Prepared preselected websites, activities Balance Activities On computer Off computer Individual Team Match Reading Standards Content Standards Technology Resources Thematic Learning Focus on Fun Return to Workshop Index Return to Eduscapes Created by Annette Lamb, 6/01