Language Arts in the Elementary classroom
Integrating Technology into the Writing Classroom
Learn how to use online tools in writing. such as Diigo. (https://www.diigo.com/about). Click on the picture above. More information about Diigo is given below.
There are many ways to assess students in language arts. You may choose the traditional paper and pencil tests based on material learned in class. Moreover, you may also group students to assign them projects centering around certain Common Core Standards. There are also many tools in technology that you may use for assessment including: Edmodo.
Penzu is a great site for students to create their own online journals. These journals can be used for any subject area: math, science, language arts, or social studies. Students can embed pictures and other media into these journals.
More Games and Activities!!!!!!
Watch a Youtube video about sing a hamburger graphic organizer to organize your writing. Listen to a phonics video and fine une your language arts skills by playing "Sentence Monkey" and other games on ESL Games Plus. Also, create a free account on Read Works and practice reading.
Fishbowl Discussions
Fishbowl discussions allow students to engage and to interact. The teacher is merely the facilitator.
Assessing Reading Proficiency
Reading comprehension should not be confused with reading accuracy, another very common form of reading assessment. In a reading accuracy assessment, a child is asked to read a passage of text clearly, without making any mistakes. The mistakes that the child does make are analyzed to find clues about the child’s decoding strategies (not comprehension strategies). Very often, an assessment combines these two different assessments into one assessment — the child reads a passage out loud while the teacher makes note of errors the child makes (sometimes called a "running record"), and then the child is asked some comprehension questions about the passage. However, it is worth noting that a beginning reader’s comprehension usually suffers when he or she is asked to read a passage of text out loud. When children read orally, they usually concentrate on reading accurately, and do not pay as much attention to comprehension of the content. Oral reading accuracy does give insights into decoding skills and strategies, but that is a separate test. A reading comprehension test is most accurate if the child is not reading for an audience.