Jo Murphy
Assignment 3 CECS 5500
July 19, 2000
Cross referenced
with Technology Applications (TA) TEKS
And Relevant
Websites for both
3.6 Reading /fluency. The student reads with fluency and understanding in texts at appropriate difficulty levels.
D. The student is expected to self-select independent-level reading such as by drawing on personal interests, by relying on knowledge of authors and different types of texts, and/or by estimating text difficulty
3.7 Reading/variety of texts. The student reads widely for different purposes in varied sources.
A. The student is expected to read classic and contemporary works
B. The student is expected to read from a variety of genres for pleasure and to acquire information from both print and electronic sources
C. The student is expected to read to accomplish various purposes, both assigned and self-selected
4. Information acquisition. The student uses a variety of strategies to acquire information from electronic resources, with appropriate supervision.
B. The student is expected to select appropriate strategies to navigate and
access information on local area networks (LANs) and wide area
networks (WANs), including the Internet and intranet, for research
and resource sharing.
WEBSITES:
Go Places with Suse MacDonald http://create4kids.com/
Learn about this author. Also, there are worksheets that go with her books.
Carol Hurst’s Literature Site (reviews) www.carolhurst.com/
This is a collection of great books for kids, classroom ideas and activities that go with them, other curriculum areas, and themes.
Robert Quackenbush www.rquackenbush.com/
This author is a favorite of third graders. This website has many links to
help with an author study of him and his work.
Children’s Literature (reviews) www.childrenslit.com/home.htm
Reviews of books and students can “meet” with authors/illustrators.
Index to Internet Sites—Children’s and Young Adults’ Authors and Illustrators http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
This site has links to a large number of children’s authors and is perfect for Author Studies.
Jan Brett www.janbret.com/
This author has a wonderful website. It could be that her work is too young for third graders, but they could use her style as a pattern. It is unique.
The Purple Crayon www.underdown.org/reference.htm
This site has information for young authors about using search engines, indexes and sites that specialize. It is sort of a how-to-research an author site.
Internet Public Library www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor
This site has features of a public library on the Internet.
3.10 Reading/literary response. The student responds to various texts.
A. The student is expected to respond to stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation in discussion (speculating, questioning), in writing, and through movement, music, art, and drama
B. The student is expected to demonstrate understanding of informational text in a variety of ways through writing, illustrating, developing demonstrations and using available technology
3.14 Writing/purposes. The student writes for a variety of audiences and purposes and in various forms.
C. The student is expected to write to communicate with a variety of audiences
3.18 Writing/writing processes. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-
initiated and assigned writing.
E. The student is expected to demonstrate understanding of language use and spelling by bringing selected pieces frequently to final form, “publishing” them for audiences
11 Communication. The student delivers the product electronically in a variety of media, with appropriate supervision.
A. The student is expected to publish information in a variety of media including,
but not limited to printed copy, monitor display, Internet documents, and video
B. The student is expected to use presentation software to communicate with
specific audiences
WEBSITES:
Children’s Book Council www.cbcbooks.org/navigation/autindex.htm
This site has an Author Illustrator Link that takes you to a listing of approximately 100 children’s authors that are published by their member publishers. There is also a featured author monthly.
Janet Stevens www.janetstevens.com/
This is a marvelous illustrator’s web page. She gives many tips and pointers on how she draws certain categories of things. Great links for third grade.
Judy Blume www.judyblume.com/index.html
This website has a Writing Tips
link that is great for young writers.
Many other great links also.
HyperStudio Network www.hsnetwork.com
If you use HyperStudio Software, this is a great resource for teachers.
E-mail Storytellers www.iste.org/L&L/index.html
Toy Talk Link – This activity combines toys with technology to teach students multiple literacy competencies, including writing, reporting, reflecting and responding.
The Global School House www.gsn.org/
This site is an online collaborative learning site with links to collaborative projects and communication tools for students, teachers and parents.
Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachtech/
This address has several interesting links. One is to Teaching with Technology. This links then to Author Author, which is about turning your classroom into a publishing center. There are also several links about integrating technology into the curriculum.
Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers www.essdack.org/tips/index.html
This site gives teachers tips about creating websites, power point presentations, and software as well as other online resources.
Just in Time Training www.open.k12.or.us/jitt
This is a training site done by the state of Oregon to help teachers become familiar with the web and how to use it for teaching and learning.
Microsoft in Education www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/
This is a huge site with many links. The most useful were Certificate of the Month Club for Elementary, Productivity in the Classroom and Teacher Activity Guides.
3.10 Reading/culture. The student reads to increase knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of culture.
A. The student is expected to connect his/her own experiences with the life experiences, language, customs, and culture of others
B. The student is expected to compare experiences of characters across cultures
11 Communication. The student delivers the product electronically in a variety of media, with appropriate supervision.
C. The student is expected to use presentation software to communicate
with specific audiences.
WEBSITES:
Celebrating Cultures with Tommie de Paola
www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages
This is an interactive lesson about books by Tommie de Paola.
This website is about de Paola’s books of people from other cultures.
Aaron Shepard’s RT Page (reader’s theater) www.aaronshep.com/rt/
On this page, children’s author Aaron Shepherd offers his resources for
reader’s theater, including the acclaimed multicultural script series, Readers Theater Editions.
Leo and Diane Dillon www.best.com/~libros/dillon/
Another great website of illustrators. There is a biography and great links to authors. Several African folk tales were illustrated by these two.
Mike Artell
http://hometown.aol.com/suzieal1234/page/index.htm
This website was difficult to get to from where I started, but this is an author/illustrator who writes fiction and non-fiction about things kids love. He also writes about the Cajun culture.