Reading

Reading Lesson Plans with Technology [|Whose Shoes]  [|Read "Gugi Gugi"]
 * Corresponding Sunshine State Standards: LA.1.1.7.1 The student with identify a text's features (e.g. title, subheadings, captions, illustrations), and use them to make predictions and establish a purpose for reading.
 * Adaptations: Allow students to use Inspiration or Kidspiration to create graphic organizers. PowerPoint presentation containing hyperlinks can also be made to assist students in searching the internet; presentations can be adapted for students experiencing difficulty with fine motor skills (placing the hyperlink on a larget circle rather than a small word). Students can also be allowed to use a word processor or audio recording device to record their thoughts.


 * Corresponding Sunshine State Standards: L.A.1.1.7.3 The student will retell the main idea or essential message
 * Adaptations: The adaptation is the website (books are read aloud by actors or authors). Have studetns retell in their own words what the story was about. To have studetns check for their own understanding or deepen their knowledge, there are ideas for extra activities on the site.