(Cindi+&+Tonia)

Digital Academy: Final Project =Overview =
 * · The students will use EasiTeach to sort their Words Their Way Spelling words into appropriate categories.
 * · Then they will complete a “Guess the Covered Word” activity using some of these words.

**Part 1: Project Summary **

Plan a lesson, a series of lessons or a unit that implements technology to enhance student learning. Prepare a summary of your lessons that includes the components listed below.

 You should also be prepared to talk about these questions during the final Digital Academy session.

**Content **
 * Use letter-sound correspondence knowledge and structural analysis to decode words.
 * Blend phonemes (sounds) of letters and syllables to read unknown words with one or more syllables.
 * Use knowledge of common word families (e.g., -ite or-ate) to sound out unfamiliar words.

**Pedagogy**
 * Hands-on engagement

**Technology**
 * EasiTeach

**Part 2:**

1. Read the words together 2. Discuss commonalities, spelling/sound patterns 3. Generate categories to sort words 4. Small groups sort words

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> **Part 3:**

OR Identifies categories and sorts some words appropriately. || Identifies categories and correctly sorts all words. ||
 * = =1= ||= =2= ||= =3= ||
 * Identifies appropriate categories, but does not sort words appropriately. || Sorts words by commonalities, but not into appropriate categories.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> **Part 4:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> View attached file for sample sort. Used EasiTeach version 1.01