Poetry+in+Storybird+(2nd+Grade)

by Jessica Rust and Chris Pugh =Standards=
 * Language** **PHA 0201.1.10e** Identify and produce rhyming words.


 * ISTE NETS** **1.** **Creativity and Innovation** **b**. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

=Lessons= TSW...
 * 1) Click on the icon for StoryBird - Orange Chair. (Teacher: Download the ZIP file [[file:Storybird - Girl.zip]] onto the student computers to access the website.)
 * 2) Click at the end of the address. If you do not need pictures of girls for your poem, erase the word "girl" from the address, replace with the word you need, and hit the RETURN key on the keyboard to see pictures tagged with your new topic.
 * 3) Click on pictures to enlarge. Click and drag to move them and reveal others beneath. When students find the pictures they want, they should drag them to the workspace.
 * 4) Click in the text box and type a poem that will correspond.
 * 5) To print, take a screen capture. On a Mac, hold the SHIFT and COMMAND(Apple) keys then press the number 3. This will take a screenshot of the whole screen.
 * 6) Quit the browser.
 * 7) Look on the desktop to find a file name "Picture//#//.png". The number changes for each new screenshot. Double-click to open it.
 * 8) Click and drag a selection box around the picture and text box in the center.
 * 9) Click on TOOLS and choose CROP.
 * 10) Click FILE and PRINT, then print.