Welcome to Literacy Night Activities

1. Activity One-Switcharoo Zoo

(Here is the link to do the activity but watch the tutorial on the right first!)
http://www.switcheroozoo.com/zoo.htm

1. Instructions-watch the tutorial below to create an animal and make a story!

2. Read and/or Listen to online stories here:

a. Scroll down for older kids and young adult stories:http://www.magickeys.com/books/

b. Story with questions to answer:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm

c. Alice in Wonderland http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/classics-alice-1.htm

d. More online stories: http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000259.shtml

e. BookFlix online stories for K-2

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2. Instructions: Watch this tutorial to find out how to record your thoughts about what you watched! (You might have to right-click and run active x to run the video. You can double click it to go full screen once it starts playing.

3. Perpetual Story Station

3. Add to the stories on the computer and see what the finished story is like. (do this in the lab on Word) or try these online stories, choose one and add on...
http://mybabymonsters.com/

4. Create a Story

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm

5. Literacy Links-games and activities

Kindergarten http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_k_lang_new.htm
1st Grade http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st_lang_new.htm
2nd Grade http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd_lang_new.htm
3rd Grade http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_lang_new.htm
4th Grade http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_lang_new.htm
5th Grade http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_lang_new.htm

6. Read Write Think Activities

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/

7. Record a review of a book you have read. If you can't think of one tell what you thought of the football players and cheerleaders reading
Oh, The Places You Will Go today at the assembly.

See Audacity tutorial on #2 above to learn how to record yourself using this free program.

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