Category: Language arts
#15: A Holiday Letter for Grades 2-6
This holiday letter can be as simple (for 2nd graders) or sophisticated (middle school) as your students can handle. There are a gamut of skills–
- text
- borders
- pictures (from the internet, from clip art, from a separate file folder on your school server)
- different fonts, font colors, font sizes
I’ve included a grading rubric to guide students in accomplishing as much as they can. Start with the basics (text, a border, some pictures) and add more skills as students get used to the early ones: (more…)
#112: 10 Ways Twitter Makes You a Better Writer
I wrote a post on how Blogs and Wikis make students better writers–teachers too for that matter–and wanted to follow it up with how tweeting improves writing. Then I found Jennifer’s summary. It pretty well covers what I’d say:
- You learn to be concise
- You learn to be focused
- You have time to check for grammar and spelling
#24: A Holiday Newsletter in Publisher for Elementary School
This is another great holiday project for 5th graders (see the holiday calendar here). Publisher templates lay out the columns, headings, articles. All students must do is fill in with their topics and pictures. Be sure that they delete the extra pages at the end before printing. (more…)
#34: How to Teach Dolch Words with KidPix
Reinforce Dolch words and sentence structure with KidPix text tool and drawing options.
Before you start this project, be sure to go through How to KidPix I and How to KidPix II. (more…)
Free Lesson Plans That Mix Tech and Ed
Over the years, I’ve developed a list of lesson plans that nicely integrate technology into core classroom subjects like, science, language arts, spelling, math, 
history and more. To share them, click here, on Free Lesson Plans.
When you get to the page, you’ll find 112 options. They all don’t have links. The ones with links I’ve posted. The others, I’m planning to. For the entire book of lessons without waiting, and arguably clearer than the reproduction in the blog allows, go to the Store and select either volume of 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom.
As you start this school year, feel free to ask questions of Ask a Tech Teacher. They’re probably the same one many others are curious about.
