TRIMESTER ONE

UNITS

- Building Good Reading Habits (Book 1)

- Word Detectives

- Learning About the World: Reading Nonfiction (Book 2)

Literacy with Seesaw

Seesaw can be used for literacy. Students can use the Draw, Photo, and Microphone features to show what they know, or teachers can push activities to their class to strategically target concepts. Check out these Activity links and resources:

Green Screen

Kids can use the green screen special effect to practice reading fluency. 

Green Screen is an effect that replaces a green-colored background with a new background. 

The green screen is available on iMovie. There are also various iPad apps (e.g. DoInk) that easily create the green screen effect.

Green Screen Phonics Bat.mov

Fluency Practice With Shadow Puppet

Shadow Puppet is an app that allows the user to create mini-slideshow movies. It's a great option if you'd like to hear students record their voices as they read several pages of text, or if you'd like students to publish their writing. Shadow Puppet movies are easily shared to Seesaw or the iPad Camera Roll.

Shadow Puppet Movie.mp4

Character Study with Chatterpix

Chatterpix is a fun app that allows students to make any character "talk" in their voice. Students can upload their own images or drawings, or they can use Chatterpix's library of avatars. It's a fun way to practice fluency, publish writing, or act out a scene as a character.

Chatterpix example.mp4

Fluency Practice with Flipgrid

Flip is a video posting site that allows users to post quick selfie videos. It's a great way for students to practice fluency, recommend books, and/or show what they know.

TRIMESTER TWO

UNITS

- Fluency, Phonics, and Comprehension (Book 3)

- Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons (Book 4)

Character Study with Seesaw

Seesaw can be used for literacy. Students can use the Draw, Photo, and Microphone features to show what they know, or teachers can push activities to their class to strategically target concepts. Check out these Activity links and resources:

Character Study with Flipgrid

Flip is a video posting site that allows users to post quick selfie videos. Students can post videos acting out scenes as characters from their books based on teacher prompts (e.g., "What would you do if you were _______?"). 

TRIMESTER THREE

UNITS

- Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons (Book 4) (Cont.)

- Nonfiction Book Clubs (If… Then… Book)

Book Clubs Study with Flipgrid

Flip is a video posting site that allows users to post quick selfie videos. By creating a Topic for each book club, your students can participate in virtual book clubs. Students can post videos acting out scenes as characters from their books based on teacher prompts (e.g., "What would you do if you were _______?").