Common Core–Writing

Description

236 pages, 28 projects, over 200 Common Core standards, for grades K-8

How to Achieve Common Core with Tech—the Writing Strand is a four-volume series that focuses on using technology to meet Common Core standards in Language, Math, Reading, and Writing.

This volume–Writing–includes twenty-eight projects for K-8, each showing how technology makes achieving Common Core writing standards intuitive, time-saving, and exciting for students with a natural love of all things digital. Lessons cover 208 Common Core Standards in speaking/listening, language, reading, math and writing. Lesson topics include:

1. The Debate
2. Digital Book Report
3. Digital Newsletter
4. Digital Trifold
5. Event Sequences
6. Digital Timelines
7. Digital Storytelling
8. Write with Twitter
9. Digital Letter Writing
10. Write with Tables
11. Write with Graphic Organizers
12. Write with Magazines
13. Develop Details
14. Basics: Keyboarding
15. Basics: Word Processing
16. Web-based Writing Tools
17. Digital Note-taking
18. Presentation Boards
19. Discussion Boards
20. Internet Research
21. Plagiarism
22. Brainstorming
23. Genius Hour
24. Blogs
25. Digital Greeting Cards
26. Digital Quick Writes
27. Digital Quick Stories
28. Write an Ebook

Each lesson includes

1. Common Core standards addressed
2. NETS-S Standards addressed
3. Vocabulary used
4. Time Required
5. Grade level recommended and suggested background
6. Essential Question
7. Big Idea
8. Materials required and teacher preparation
9. Step-by-step directions
10. Help with tech problems
11. Extensions—how to differentiate and dig deeper

Curious? Here’s a preview:

CCSS–writing preview