Tools+-+ELA+Common+Core



**How does your ELA Standard drive what Technology Tool you plan to use?** **Let's brainstorm and find tools that will meet these standards and create a digital learner.**

Database Technology Resources
"Relieve yourself from the pressure of knowing all the ins and outs of every tool. Instead, empower your students by challenging them to become experts who teach one another (and you!) how to use new programs," by Jennifer Bartlett from //[|High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom.]//

__//**Reading Standards Literature:**//__
 * **RL.5.7**. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

__//**Reading Standards for Informational Text:**//__
 * **RI.3.5.** Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
 * **RI.4.7.** Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

__//**Writing:**//__
 * **W.K.6.** With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
 * **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.
 * **W.2.6.** With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
 * **W.3.6.** With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
 * **W.3.8.** Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
 * **W.4.2.**Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
 * Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 * **W.4.6.** With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
 * **W.5.2.**Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
 * Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 * **W.5.6.** With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
 * **W.5.8.** Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

__//**Speaking and Listening:**//__
 * **SL.K.1.** Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about //kindergarten topics and texts// with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
 * **SL.K.2.** Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
 * **SL.1.1.** Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about //grade 1 topics and texts// with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
 * **SL.2.5.** Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
 * **SL.3.2.** Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
 * **SL.3.5.** Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
 * **SL.4.5.** Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
 * **SL.5.1.** Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on //grade 5 topics and texts//, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * c. Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
 * **SL.5.2.** Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
 * **SL.5.5.** Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.