Main Idea: 1st Grade UnitMelanie Chervin

Technology Integration Rationale

It is important to integrate technology when teaching students the main idea. The students will be able to interact through blogs and share their thoughts with each other. I will project a short story on the Smartboard so the students will be able to circle clues of the main idea. Technology will further enhance the students ability to understand the main idea.

Internet Content

All of the technological resources used in this presentation directly relate to the topic of main idea. All of the websites in this presentation are valid and reliable.

Blog

Mrs. Laymance taught main idea to her first graders in a very fun and interesting way! The students had to figure out the main idea of a non fiction story by looking at the facts.

http://adventuresoffirstgrade.blogspot.com/2013/02/whooo-loves-main-idea.html

Podcast

I can play parts of this podcast that I think will help the students understand main idea

Students will be able to listen to this podcast as much as they want to ensure they understand the main idea

https://soundcloud.com/veronicasmarykay/main-idea-and-supporting

Instructional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVvsmFaxJ7c

Youtube provides teachers with instructional videos on various topics that can be used in an elementary school classroom

Internet Resources

www.Readwritethink.org This website is a great resource because it has a ton

of different lesson plans and utilities for teachers to borrow

www.Readingrockets.org Readingrockets.org provides teachers and students

with tons of reading strategies and resources

www.Englishforeveryone.org This website is an excellent amount of sources for

reading comprehension which is essential for understanding main idea

Kidspiration

Teaching Materials

Scholastic.com

Scholastic.com is a great material to use because it has many lessons and worksheets that will help the teacher and the students

Teaching Materials

Pinterest.com

Pinterest has a ton of great worksheets and idea that teachers can borrow!

Teaching Materials

App for ipadThis app on the

ipad is beneficial for students to find out the main idea of a short story in an interesting way. This app is colorful and fun; it is something they will enjoy

Teaching Materials

KindleThe kindle is a great

material for students to use because they can read short stories on it and highlight what is important in the story

Subject Specific Internet Based Resources

Online Children’s Storybooks:http://www.magickeys.com/books/links.html

This website is an excellent resource that has many different types of books split into categories. It is very neat, organized, and has a ton of helpful stories when learning main idea

Uses the Internet

Interactive source: http://www.dovewhisper.com/0_1st%20Grade%20New%20Site/1st%20Grade_Main_Idea_Details.html

This website has tons of games that help students figure out the main idea! It is very interactive and very fun!

Uses of the Internet

Online archivehttp://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showth

read.php?t=112596

This archive is a great resource because its open to teachers to discuss what books they like to use when teaching main idea

Web 2.0

GameClassroom is an excellent website for students to play educational games to help them further understand the main idea

Slideshare