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//**__EdTech 2009__**// ** Enhance Your E/LA Curriculum with Thinkfinity! ** // Jennifer Hicks & Kate Kanach, ITRTs Hanover County Public Schools // [|Thinkfinity Educators' Page]

//Below are links to examples of Language Arts lessons found on Thinkfinity.org. Lessons are divided by grade levels (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12) and category (reading, writing and technology, and cross-curricular science, math and history/civics/social studies). Remember, this is just a very small sample, and only of lessons! Be sure to also explore the interactives, primary sources, worksheets, reference materials, media and assessments!//
 * //__Sample Thinkfinity Resources__//**
 * K-2**
 * Reading – [|Reading Everywhere with Dr. Seuss]
 * Writing – [|Creating a Wall Story]
 * Research – [|Using Web-Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research]
 * Technology – [|3, 2, 1…Blast Off! Vocabulary Instruction Using a Virtual Trip to the Moon]
 * CC Math – [|Draw a Math Story: From the Concrete to the Symbolic]
 * CC Science – [|Rain, Ice, Steam: Using Reading to Support Inquiry About the Water Cycle]
 * CC History/Civics/SS – [|Pueblo Pots]


 * 3-5**
 * Reading – [|Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Genre Study]
 * Writing – [|Using Writing and Role-play to Engage the Reluctant Writer]
 * Research – Research Building Blocks: 6 Lesson Unit
 * [|Examining Electronic Sources]
 * [|Hints about Print]
 * [|Organize This!]
 * [|Skim, Scan, and Scroll]
 * [|Cite Those Sources!]
 * [|Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments]
 * Technology – [|Sharing Favorite Books Using Interactive Character Trading Cards]
 * CC Math – [|All about Multiplication]
 * CC Science – [|Earth Verse: Using Science in Poetry]
 * CC History/Civics/SS – [|Promoting Cultural Values through Alphabet Books]


 * 6-8**
 * Reading – [|Developing Searching, Skimming, and Scanning Skills with Internet Bingo]
 * Writing – [|Improving Students’ Writing Using Online Workshops]
 * Research – [|Wading Through the Web: Teaching Internet Research Strategies]
 * Technology – [|Technology and Copyright Law: A “Futurespective”]
 * CC Math – [|Mathematics and Children’s Literature]
 * CC Science – [|Protecting Earth’s Wildlife]
 * CC History/Civics/SS – [|Comparing Electronic and Print Texts about the Civil War Soldier]


 * 9-12**
 * Reading – [|Reader Response in Hypertext: Making Personal Connections to Literature]
 * Writing – [|Blogging with PhotoVoice: Sharing Pictures in an Integrated Classroom]
 * Research – [|And the Question Is…Evaluating the Validity of a Survey]
 * Technology – [|Paying Attention to Technology: Exploring a Fictional Technology]
 * CC Math – [|You Paid How Much for That Ticket?]
 * CC Science – [|Understanding Wilderness]
 * CC History/Civics/SS – [|What Are My Rights? Exploring and Writing about the Constitution]


 * //__More Thinkfinity Resources!__//** [[file:Thinkfinity_Brochure.pdf]]