North East ISD Educational Technology
First Grade Language Arts
| Language Arts TEKS | NEISD Technology Standards | ||
| 1.5(C) | understand that written words are separated by spaces |
N1 | Log on to the network using personal username |
| 1.6(C) | produce rhyming words and distinguish rhyming words from non-rhyming words (K-1); | N2 | Log off of the network. |
| 1.8(B) | use common spelling patterns to read words | N6 | Print to a networked printer using printer icon or selecting Print from the File menu. |
| 1.12(E) | draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions | B1 | Use My Computer to navigate to available drives. |
| 1.13(C) | respond through talk, movement, music, art, drama, and writing to a variety of stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation | M1 | Open an existing presentation on the student-shared directory. |
| 1.17(A) | write his/her own name and other important words | M7 | Insert clipart. |
| 1.19(E) | use available technology to compose text | ||
Directions:
This lesson lets your students practice relating sounds and spellings for special letter combinations.
1. Save the Tongue Twister Template (PowerPoint) to the student server.
2. Have students access the template from the student server.
3. Have them type their first name on the title slide after by.
4. Have the students click and drag the red circles on the slide to circle the letter combinations for each tongue twister.
5. Have the students insert a picture from clipart that matches each tongue twister.
6. Students can print their final product to make a mini book. To do this, have the students print the presentation out as a handout, 6 slides per page.
**You can change the template with tongue twisters of your own to work on specific letter combinations your students need practice with. Or, for a fun Christmas activity, change all the tongue twisters in the template to Christmas Tongue Twisters. For great ideas, go to Rosie's Christmas Tongue Twisters!
For more information on Tongue Twisters with special letter combinations, see page 54 of Month by Month Phonics for First Grade by Cunningham and Hall.