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Grade1, Writing Benchmark I: Use available technology and information resources to reinforce and support writing in all content areas (COS 15, 23)

Lesson Plans: What's the Difference? Beginning Writers Compare Letter Writing with Email E-mail is increasingly popular among beginning writers who find electronic communication highly engaging. Educators also consider e-mail a powerful medium for literacy learning, but e-mail style and conventions differ from traditional writing. Students explore the differences between e-mail and letter writing and experiment with their own messages. Write Right Back: Recognizing Readers Needs and Expectations for Email Reply E-mail is well-suited to teaching audience awareness—understanding what readers need to know to make sense of a reply message and using the reply function as a way to contextualize replies. Apple Writing Early-fluent and fluent readers will create shape poems/stories using a word processing Classroom ABC Book This lesson incorporates the digital camera and desktop publishing into a class book that is enjoyable and educational to make and upon completion it will become a treasured part of your classroom library. Squirmy Worm Research This lesson encourages students to use the Internet to collect information about worms. It allows for whole group exploration, as well as partner or small group research. The students will use expository material to read and write about a topic. Rain, Ice, Steam: Using Reading to Support Inquiry About the Water Cycle After exploring the different parts of the water cycle, students demonstrate the knowledge they have gained by working in groups to write and perform a play. Mysteries of the Past - An Artistic Expedition Pack your knapsack and join a quest through time as students embark on an artistic expedition. This unit provides students with experiences in the basic Art Elements, Abstract Art and Arts of Ancient Egypt.

Resources: Grammar Glossary: Choose a grade level, then click on a word for a definition and a link to more examples. Includes audio I Spy: Online word play games for all grades Language Arts Games: Online language arts games for all grade levels Poetry Playground: Funny poems, games, contests, streaming audio and more Game Station: Writer's Block Here kids join together to build a story block by block! Chateau Meddybemps' Young Writers Workshop: Have your students create stories and submit for online publishing.
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