First Grade with Forester: Rhyming Games Screencast

Intended Audience:

Learning Objectives:

RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.1.10 With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
W.1.5. With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
W.1.6. With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
SL.1.a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
SL.1.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL.1.6 Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.

Rationale for Instructional Approach and Media:

In first grade, we do a poetry unit. My screencast would be used to show students how to access and play rhyming games to practice the skill at school and at home. Students would be exposed to a variety of poems throughout the unit. They are required to identify rhyming words and/or word families. They will also produce their own “screencast” using the Draw & Tell App where they will illustrate their chosen poem/rhyme and then record themselves reading it aloud.

First Grade with Forester