https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n EDUC 6818 Literacy Portfolio en-us 2017-12-11 06:47:30 UTC 2025-09-28 01:23:35 UTC hello@padlet.com nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215041576 Using Sight Word Flashcards teaches students how to read and speak fluently. To read and speak fluently, the reader has to be able to read the card slowly and quickly. If the student struggles with being able to read the sentence, the teacher can have him move to another one in the color set or to a completely different set of flashcards.]]> 2017-12-11 14:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215041576 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215045415 2017-12-11 15:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215045415 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215046998 These decoding drills, in the form of mini-flashcards, can be used to help students understand words with short e, short u, and many more other sounds. Once a student has gone through each and every labled card, the student can then tackle the last card which has a couple of words with different short vowel sounds. It's almost like a final review flashcard at the end.]]> 2017-12-11 15:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215046998 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215050056 For this activity, students would have a worksheet with four boxes in each row. The first box would show a picture leaving the next two boxes for the student to glue/paste the multisyllabic word cut outs that match the picture. Then the student would have to write the word in the fourth and final box. Once they've done that, students would then have to tap out the word as they sound it out.]]> 2017-12-11 15:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215050056 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215052341 For this activity, the students would get a worksheet with a picture to the left of what each sentence represents then the students have to color or highlight which words would make the sentence that best connects to the picture. Once a student colors in the words to make the sentence, the student then has to say the sentence out loud while following the path, or maze, the sentence makes. This can be seen as the student has to be flexible in order to complete the task, which is one of the strategies for fluency that our textbook mentions to be extremely helpful on the topic. If the strategy is focused on flexibility, then it puts the students to change directions at any time, self-correct, and adapt to a continuous train of thought while doing the activity.]]> 2017-12-11 15:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215052341 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215055128 2017-12-11 15:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215055128 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215057264 In this activity, students have worksheets where they have to figure out which bossy R sound is in each word, which is below its corresponding picture. They would have to figure out if each word as an ar, er, or, ir, or ur sound in them. Once they have figure out which Bossy R sound it is, they used a marker to draw and color a dot on that sound.]]> 2017-12-11 15:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215057264 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215060045 In this game, students will have to try to knock out an ice block without making the little figurine in the middle fall. Once they knock the block out, the student has to tap out the word before proceeding to the next player. I think that this would be a fun review game towards the end of a lesson.]]> 2017-12-11 15:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215060045 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215062862 In this activity, students will take blocks with letters drawn on them to create a word, which they will then have to ta out or pound out. This is an interesting activity because it keeps the students engaged and they can even try creating multisyllabic words with the blocks. In our textbook, Cohen brings up the point that the literature on emergent literacy recommend phonemic awareness activities that young children should practice at an early age to improve their reading achievement (Ch. 3). This activity is perfect for this theory because children would have an easy time building words with the blocks versus trying to write the words out. ]]> 2017-12-11 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215062862 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215066147 In this activity, students will take dry erase boards and draw three boxed on them with a plus sign in between the first two and an equals sign in between the second and third box, It would look something like "__+__=__". Once that is done, students will take the dice and roll them. One one die is a letter on the other is endings such as -at, -ed, -et, etc. Once they have rolled the dice, they will have to fill in the blocks with the corresponding letters or sounds then combine them together to create a word. Last but not least, the student will then have to tell me if the word is real or not. This will teach students how to pronounce and hear the different phonemes, whether it is a real word or not.]]> 2017-12-11 15:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215066147 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215070929 Read Alouds
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Independent Reading]]> 2017-12-11 15:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215070929 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215071617 In a guided reading activity, the teacher works with a small group of students on their reading and guides them so that they stay on the right path. In this activity, the teacher would point to each word, like "First", and the students would have to tell the teacher what happened first in the story. This is also very universal and can apply to all books.]]> 2017-12-11 15:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215071617 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215074755 In a read aloud activity, the teacher reads out loud to his or her students. In this activity, the students will have to draw what they think is going on in the story based off of what the teacher has read aloud to them. This will help them will learning to focus on the important details when reading or listening to a story and it helps students learn to multitask.]]> 2017-12-11 15:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215074755 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215077010 In a shared reading activity, the teachers and students read together and it is a highly interactive and effective practice. In this activity, the teacher will create an anchor chart with sticky notes that have questions on them. Each color represents whether the question is about before the class reads, as the class reads, and after the class finishes the book. The teacher will ask someone to volunteer to get a sticky note from whichever color/ part of the story that the class is unto. Once it is picked, the teacher will ask the question to the class and proceed to listen to answers.]]> 2017-12-11 15:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215077010 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215082113 In an independent reading activity, students choose and reads a book that they wish to read. In this activity, students will read their independent reading books and as they read, they will go to the questioning stars cups and pick out a star to answer. Essentially, there are questions for before, during, and after the story written on a star.]]> 2017-12-11 16:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215082113 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215084559 2017-12-11 16:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215084559 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215085645 In this activity, the teacher will create an anchor chart with his or her students about the sounds that some endings make. For instance,the ending -ed doesn't always make the same sound. This anchor chart can be created with the students and the teacher can have a list of their own words they thought of in case students have a hard time coming up with words.]]> 2017-12-11 16:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215085645 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215090082 For this activity, students would talk word stamps and push them into the sand to leave the imprint of the letter they wanted. As they did that, they would match the cards in the sand indicating the picture and works that they are try to stamp out. As the students stamp it out, they say each phoneme in the word and then says the word as a whole while preparing for the next word]]> 2017-12-11 16:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215090082 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215091801 In this activity, students will take a paperclip and place it on the paper spinner that's on the worksheet. Once they've done that, they will spin the paperclip to land on an beginning. As he lands on the beginning sounds, he will go through each list of endings and match them up in order whether they are real words or nonsense words. Then when they are all done, they will go through each word tapping them or and then count up all the words that they created.]]> 2017-12-11 16:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215091801 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215092797 In this activity, the teacher takes a bunch of paint sample strips and writes rhyming words in each color. The teacher will then pick a color sample strip and the student will have to tap out each word on the strip. This helps students comprehend rhyming words while being able to decode each word with minimal difficulty.]]> 2017-12-11 16:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215092797 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215097482 2017-12-11 16:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215097482 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215098326 In this activity, students will have to complete a simple worksheet that asks them to list the words that they know, have never seen before, words that they are familiar with, or words that they think they could teach someone. The teacher can display a word or two in each group and these students can take a couple minutes to look at the word and decide which column this word belongs in for them. This provides the teacher with an idea of how to gage her students' vocabulary.]]> 2017-12-11 16:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215098326 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215100656 In this activity, students will have to find the list of words with the -an ending. Once that is done, students will then need to figure out which word would complete each sentence at the bottom of the page. This is a fun and simple activity that can be a good start to a lesson on vocabulary.]]> 2017-12-11 16:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215100656 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215102521 In this activity, students will have to correctly match the word that fits with each definition. This activity is good as a review for the students on some vocabulary words. ]]> 2017-12-11 16:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215102521 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215104410 In this activity, there are giant flash cards that depict pictures and their corresponding sentences below them. The students will have to figure out which out of the three options is either the synonym of the underlined word or the antonym. This will help students understand the different between antonyms and synonyms while discovering more words that they can add to their vocabulary.]]> 2017-12-11 16:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215104410 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215107617 Integrating technology in the classroom through the use of laptops, tablets, and smart boards are just a few of the simple ways to explain it.
It can also be done through...]]> 2017-12-11 16:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215107617 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215108235 If you are lucky enough to have a Smartboard in your classroom, take advantage of it. Smart boards are some of the most helpful technology that one could have in their room. As our textbook stated in Chapter 10, "teachers can use many different applications in all content areas, including literacy". These tool can be universal if one really thinks about all of the possibilities it can have. Plus Smartboards are very eye-catching for students. For one, students love to draw on the board if they can. Secondly, it is a larger screen which can help students read better. Slideshows are great as well because they help you to organize your thoughts while keeping it entertaining for those who are watching.]]> 2017-12-11 16:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215108235 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215109965 Another useful tool is the keyboard. Some students can not read the letters on the keyboard because they are so tiny. Another reason behind different colored keyboards is that some are meant to depict which key each finger on a person's hand is supposed to press down on. These keyboards can basically help students become stronger readings and stronger when on the computer.]]> 2017-12-11 16:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215109965 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215111621 This is a piece of technology that I never thought of using before. If your school or classroom has iPads. students can scan these codes and go to the attached link. It could assist with online reading or online scavenger hunts.]]> 2017-12-11 17:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215111621 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215113364 As we have discussed in class, this is a fun and educational site where you can make your own quizzes, or use someone else's, and have your students answer questions pertaining to important lessons. This can be used as a review game or as a pre-assessment to see what your students might know already. This can also be used to teach or review comprehension, fluency, and phonemic awareness.]]> 2017-12-11 17:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215113364 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215116145 2017-12-11 17:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215116145 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215117676 In this activity, students learn how to retell a story through the use of their fingers, which represent a different key point of retelling the story. This is important because it is a fun and simple way for students to remember the key parts of a story that one should remember.]]> 2017-12-11 17:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215117676 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215118788 In this activity, there are popsicle sticks, with words or phrases on them pertaining to key parts of a story, in a cup. Once we finish reading the story, the teacher can ask each student to pull one of the popsicle sticks  and do as it says. Once they are done, we can come together as a class and go over what everyone said. as our textbooks stated in Chapter 6, "The activity require that the student read for one or more purposes..." This activity calls for students to be able to recall a specific moment or theme in the book in order to complete their task, therefore, pushing the reader to read for more than just one purpose.]]> 2017-12-11 17:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215118788 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215120493 One of the most important aspects of comprehension is asking questions when necessary. This worksheet provides students space to write down any questions that they may be having about the story that the class is reading.]]> 2017-12-11 17:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215120493 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215123183 Graphic Organizers are extremely helpful when you are focusing on comprehending a story. Students can sort out their thoughts on t the paper while keeping it organized so that they do not struggle to remember or forget what they wrote or read about.]]> 2017-12-11 17:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215123183 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215125043 2017-12-11 17:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215125043 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215126082 In this activity, students will go to a literacy center that has an activity where they pick a picture out of each row and create a story out of the pictures. This will give the students a chance to free write and the teacher can see how far they have come in their learning.]]> 2017-12-11 17:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215126082 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215128478 This chart provides a set of questions that each student must be able to answer during reader's workshop. This teaches the students to be accountable for their actions or, in this case, whether or not they wish to read and follow along.]]> 2017-12-11 17:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215128478 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215130194 This chart provides students with a couple bullet points on how to make reading fun. I think that this would be used within the first session or so of readers' workshop or literacy centers. ]]> 2017-12-11 17:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215130194 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215132079 In this activity, students would be in their literacy centers and they would create their own questions for them to answer once they have read the story or passage. This provides students a chance to think of their own questions, which will make them wish to answer them more, and give them a chance to do the reading in hopes f answering them.]]> 2017-12-11 17:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215132079 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215135313 Essentially the Writing Process consists of 4 or 5 steps (Depending on how one looks at it):

Prewrite/Brainstorm
Draft
Revise
Edit
Publish

Writer's Workshop basically teaches students these steps and other tips on how to become great writers]]> 2017-12-11 17:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215135313 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215135761 This is one of the techniques that I used back in school when learning how to construct a paragraph, however, we constructed a "sandwich" not a "burger". I feel like making these methods fun will allow for students to have an easier time comprehending the method or strategy that is being taught to them.]]> 2017-12-11 17:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215135761 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215136920 This chart is a simplistic version explaining to writers the writing process that one must use to be an effective writer. By following this chart, students have an easier time understanding how the writing process works.]]> 2017-12-11 17:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215136920 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215138215 These charts list all of the things that writers can write and explains why some writers might write. Explaining this to students as they are still developing can go a long way. For instance, in the concrete operational stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development theory, Piaget believes that students begin to think about their thinking more and work things our mentally in their head. This chart would explain the emotions that a writer goes through and this could get the student to think about their writing. This also ties in with Chapter 7 in Cohen's textbook which emphasizes on establishing clear rules for the writer's workshop and the emotions that a writer can go through goes with it.]]> 2017-12-11 17:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215138215 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215142286 This chart helps students learn how to describe what they or a character is saying or feeling without blatantly saying it. Essentially, it helps writers learn how to adapt their way of writing into higher level thinking]]> 2017-12-11 18:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215142286 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215146153 2017-12-11 18:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215146153 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215147818 Music is something that many people utilize in order to learn. Some people need to listen to music to concentrate and other people need to listen to the information in song form in order for them to fully understand it. In Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, he mentions the Musical intelligence, or being music smart, as one of the intelligence. Throughout his theory, he explains how everybody learns different and that you can not always teach a class one way because there could be handful of students who will not fully comprehend you. Using concepts such as songs when teaching a lesson can engage students and keep them focused on what point of said lesson.]]> 2017-12-11 18:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215147818 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215151862 Rhyming Stories, or books, are a great way for students to learn and expand their vocabulary. For instance, A Cat in the Hat is a great rhyming book. In fact, most Dr. Suess books are great for that matter because students are taught at a young age through these books and slowly adapt to higher level books with ease.]]> 2017-12-11 18:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215151862 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215153871 Books, in general, help all readers learn how to become stronger readers. For instance, The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfizer was one of the first books that I remembered reading and truly enjoying at a young age.]]> 2017-12-11 18:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215153871 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215155296 Magazines, like National Geographic Kids, are some of the best tools for students to learn from. Not only are students learning how to be stronger readers through the various levels of vocabulary used in them but students are also learning about important events that are going on in the world. The magazines focus on pleasing children's interests while assisting them in their academic growth.]]> 2017-12-11 18:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215155296 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215158545 2017-12-11 18:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215158545 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215162836 As I have previously stated, babies can learn at a very young age. Using tools such as sensory bins can help a child become more intwined with their senses, which can lead to exponential cognitive and social growth. In Lev Vygotsky's Social Development Theory, he believes that social interaction plays a huge role in a child's cognitive development. Therefore, adapting the use of a sensory bin into play at an early age may assist in the baby's cognitive and social growth because the baby is receiving interaction and attention from not only a person but from all of his or her sense as well.]]> 2017-12-11 18:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215162836 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215165616 In this activity, a child is learning how to tell the difference between basic colors on the color wheel. While this may not seem that big, it is. A child is learning at a young age the difference between colors meaning that that child can adapt to learn numbers and the alphabet early on before most children do.]]> 2017-12-11 18:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215165616 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215167154 Developing a game or activity early on while a child is just learning the differences between nouns, verbs, and adjectives is extremely useful. As a kid these meanings are very confusing to remember and comprehend. Developing sorting games like the one shown below can really educate students on the differences which will make it easier for them to utilize this information in school.]]> 2017-12-11 18:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215167154 nikkifornal https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215169377 Teaching Rhyming at a young age is what allows children to grow and adapt during the early stages of development. Kids find rhyming to be fun and will even began to say nonsense words but they enjoy rhyming. Not combining that with rhyming books and there is a whole list of vocabulary that a student could be learning now instead of later.]]> 2017-12-11 18:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nikkifornal/e0dh9dru4j4n/wish/215169377