TIPS Literacy on the Web - February, 2003

TIPS Volume 3, No. 6
February, 2003

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Editor: Jeffrey L. Jones,
District Tech Resource Teacher
jjones@fayette.k12.ky.us

This website is intended for the instructional use of students and staff of Fayette County Public Schools.

TALK
Literary Book Club

In The News

http://teach.fcps.net/talk/lesson_display.asp?lessonID=80

Your View of the News Current events provide interesting and engaging topics for discussion and reading. In this lesson you may opt to use the site, View of the News, in a variety of ways.

Submitted to TALK by: Cathy Brandt
Grade Levels: All
Technology Tools: Microsoft PowerPoint, Inspiration, Internet
Content Area(s): Social Studies, Language Arts
Keyword: news

We would love to include your technology based literacy activities on this site as well! If you would like to submit your own lessons, use our submission page, or you can contact Adam Brewer by email for assistance with any part of the site.

Submitted by Mike Johnson

Attention, Teachers! The Literary Book Club now has interactive, online chats! From here, teachers can schedule the opportunity to have their class chat online with another class about a book they have read. The site coordinators may also organize special chats that anyone can participate in. As chats are scheduled you will see when you log in. Click on the title of the chat to enter that room and talk with the other class. All chats are monitored by LBC committee members.

Below is an example review from the Literary Book Club. Have your students submit their own book reviews! All grade levels welcome! Instructions are on the site.

Attention, kids! Students with featured reviews get free books!

Title:	Noodles Makes a Boo Boo	Reviewer:	Tavone grade 3
Author:	Jones, Marcia	Teacher:	Littrell, Amy
Illustrator:	Ware, Chris	School:	Russell Elementary

Review:
Have you ever heard a story about robots? Well, I have and the robot breaks dishes,and gave a dog a new hair-do,and made the toys fall.

This story takes place at home and school.

The characters were Noodles, Danny, Bailey, Dad, Mr.Falkner and Boo-Boo.

Noodles and Danny enter a science fair. Noodles project was a robot. Danny's project was testing to see if Baily the dog would go fetch different kinds of balls. Boo-boo would always mess up what Noodles and Danny told Boo-boo to do and then Noodles would do adjustments. Danny wins the science fair. I thought this book was funny because the robot got into lots of trouble.

Submitted by Adam Brewer