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Students will turn in final paper copy to put on board for others to view. Students will read their story to a family member at home.
3. Project Based Learning and Student Engagement Strategies
writing product.
4. Connection to Standard Course of Study
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.
5. Assessment Strategies
their story. The teacher will assess by observation and students participation or involvement. Teacher will

1. Lesson Summary and Hand It In vs. Publish It Summary
Hand It In:
entire week. Students will receive a checklist of skills they have to meet to receive all the possible points. The students
Publish It:
The lesson is to create a writing product using The Amazing Word Tamer. The teacher will lead students through a tutorial of using the Word Tamer.
Students will turn in final paper copy to put on board for others to view. Students will read their story to a family member at home.
3. Project Based Learning and Student Engagement Strategies
writing product. Students will build self-esteem during PBL.
4. Connection to Standard Course of Study
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.
5. Assessment Strategies
participation or involvementinvolvement. Teacher will also determine if they home with students.students.The teacher will maintain a checklist on each student with these skills. As teacher observes the skill, the student will get a check. Students will receive a grade on the number of skills demonstrated. Parents will

Students will turn in final paper copy to put on board for others to view. Students will read their story to a family member at home.
3. Project Based Learning and Student Engagement Strategies
during PBL.
4. Connection to Standard Course of Study
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.

The lesson is to create a writing product with correct grammar conventions .The students will work on this project the entire week. The students will receive remediation on setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will be given a writing prompt. The students will brain storm together to determine the story components. The students will begin the writing process. Students will choose from a word bank to help construct the story. Students will be given a checklist with the following components: setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will then create a draft. Students will then take draft and create final writing product. Students will edit final writing product with teacher.
Publish It:
Word Tamer.
This is a tutorial to help students in using the Word Tamer website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztObqTxECE
is http://www.wordtamer.co.uk/.
The
The ringmaster leads Voice Thread.
http://www.screencast.com/users/snobles/folders/Jing/media/6243267b-1e04-4c03-8dc5-b794b1a65f9f
Teacher introduced Voice Thread and how to use it. Students, using Voice Thread, created a slideshow and read the story.
Students will turn in final paper copy to put on board for others to view. Students will read their story to a family member at home.
3. Project Based Learning and Student Engagement Strategies
writing product. Students will build self-esteem during PBL.
4. Connection to Standard Course of Study
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.
5. Assessment Strategies
at home. The Voice Thread link will be sent home with students. Parents will also be notified to check Ms. Nobles classroom website to see T.J.'s Adventures on line.

The lesson is to create a writing product with correct grammar conventions .The students will work on this project the entire week. The students will receive remediation on setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will be given a writing prompt. The students will brain storm together to determine the story components. The students will begin the writing process. Students will choose from a word bank to help construct the story. Students will be given a checklist with the following components: setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will then create a draft. Students will then take draft and create final writing product. Students will edit final writing product with teacher.
Publish It:
Word Tamer.
This is a tutorial to help students in using the Word Tamer website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztObqTxECE
is http://www.wordtamer.co.uk/. This is a tutorial to help students in using the Word Tamer website.
The
The ringmaster leads their story. This tutorial explains how to get Google pictures and how to create a Voice Thread.
http://www.screencast.com/users/snobles/folders/Jing/media/6243267b-1e04-4c03-8dc5-b794b1a65f9f
Teacher introduced Voice Thread and how to use it. Students, using Voice Thread, created a slideshow and read the story.
Students will turn in final paper copy to put on board for others to view. Students will read their story to a family member at home.
3. Project Based Learning and Student Engagement Strategies
and using GoogleGoogle,Microsoft word, and Voice
4. Connection to Standard Course of Study
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.

The lesson is to create a writing product using The Amazing Word Tamer. The teacher will lead students through a tutorial of using the Word Tamer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztObqTxECE
Tamer website.
The ringmaster leads students in remediation on setting, plot, character, genre, and wild words. In each area the students will play a game choosing the words that they want to use in each area. The students save their choices in each area. The students take their work in each area and using Microsoft word create a writing product. Students will regard the spell and grammar check to correct mistakes. The teacher will review the final project and post on classroom website. Students then Google pictures to go with their story.
http://www.screencast.com/users/snobles/folders/Jing/media/6243267b-1e04-4c03-8dc5-b794b1a65f9f
http://voicethread.com/?#u2156602.b2350167.i12447650
Hand It In
at home.
3. Project Based Learning and Student Engagement Strategies
writing product.
4. Connection to Standard Course of Study
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.

The lesson is to create a writing product with correct grammar conventions .The students will work on this project the entire week. The students will receive remediation on setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will be given a writing prompt. The students will brain storm together to determine the story components. The students will begin the writing process. Students will choose from a word bank to help construct the story. Students will be given a checklist with the following components: setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will then create a draft. Students will then take draft and create final writing product. Students will edit final writing product with teacher.
Publish It:
The teacher ledwill lead students through Word Tamer. The
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztObqTxECE
The students will Tamer website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztObqTxECE
The ringmaster leads students in remediation on setting, plot, character, genre, and wild words. In each area the students will play a game choosing the words that they want to use in each area. The students save their choices in each area. The students take their work in each area and using Microsoft word create a writing product. Students will regard the spell and grammar check to correct mistakes. The teacher will review the final project and post on classroom website. Students then Google pictures to go with their story.
http://www.screencast.com/users/snobles/folders/Jing/media/6243267b-1e04-4c03-8dc5-b794b1a65f9f
http://voicethread.com/?#u2156602.b2350167.i12447650
Hand It In
to view. Students will read their story to a family member at home.
3. Project Based Learning and Student Engagement Strategies
to it. The students will, using Voice Thread, create the final website project. This allows the students time to learn skills on the computer and using Google and Voice Thread. Students have then created and published their writing product.
4. Connection to Standard Course of Study
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.
5. Assessment Strategies
in Word Tamer.Tamer and the use of Voice Thread. Students will read the story to a family member at home.

Publish It:
The lesson is to create a writing product using The Amazing Word Tamer. The teacher led students through a tutorial of using the Word Tamer. The students will work on this project the entire week. The students will do this assignment as a group of eight. One student will be the "driver" of the computer. This "driver" will change daily until the assignment is complete. The website address is http://www.wordtamer.co.uk/. This is a tutorial to help students in using the Word Tamer website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztObqTxECE
their story.
http://www.screencast.com/users/snobles/folders/Jing/media/6243267b-1e04-4c03-8dc5-b794b1a65f9f
Teacher introduced Voice Thread and how to use it. Students, using Voice Thread, created a slideshow and read the story.
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.
5. Assessment Strategies
the program. .Teacher will observe students retention of tutorials. The teacher their story. They did struggle with this activity. The teacher will assess by observation and students participation or involvement if they comprehend the new concepts presented in Word Tamer.

The lesson is to create a writing product with correct grammar conventions .The students will work on this project the entire week. The students will receive remediation on setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will be given a writing prompt. The students will brain storm together to determine the story components. The students will begin the writing process. Students will choose from a word bank to help construct the story. Students will be given a checklist with the following components: setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will then create a draft. Students will then take draft and create final writing product. Students will edit final writing product with teacher.
Publish It:
address is http://www.wordtamer.co.uk/ . Thehttp://www.wordtamer.co.uk/. This is a tutorial to help students in using the Word Tamer website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztObqTxECE
The ringmaster leads their story. Teacher
http://www.screencast.com/users/snobles/folders/Jing/media/6243267b-1e04-4c03-8dc5-b794b1a65f9f
Teacher introduced Voice the story.
2. Sample Student Project
Publish It

The lesson is to create a writing product with correct grammar conventions .The students will work on this project the entire week. The students will receive remediation on setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will be given a writing prompt. The students will brain storm together to determine the story components. The students will begin the writing process. Students will choose from a word bank to help construct the story. Students will be given a checklist with the following components: setting, plot, characters, and genre. The students will then create a draft. Students will then take draft and create final writing product. Students will edit final writing product with teacher.
Publish It:
Amazing Word Tamer.TheTamer. The teacher led students through a tutorial of using the Word Tamer. The students will classroom website. Students then Google pictures to go with their story. Teacher introduced Voice Thread and how to use it. Students, using Voice Thread, created a slideshow and read the story.
2. Sample Student Project
Publish It
Competency Goal 5. The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. 5.04 The learner will compose two or more paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate, and logical sequence.5.03 The learner will demonstrate understanding of the different kinds of sentences.
5. Assessment Strategies
final project. I observed students manipulation of the computer as they found pictures to go with their story. They did struggle with this activity. The