“All About Me” – a Starfall.com web site and the PIWiki Web Site of the Week
This weeks PIWiki Web Site of the Week is a Starfall web site called All About Me. This web site can be used to meet the following New York State Performance Indicators:
- Students comprehend and respond to literary texts and performances.
- Students gather and interpret information from children’s reference books, magazines, textbooks, electronic bulletin boards, audio and media presentations, oral interviews, and from such forms as charts, graphs, maps and diagrams.
- Students read aloud accurately and fluently, using phonics and context cues to determine pronunciation and meaning.
Here is a summary of the web site:
- Designed for K – 2 students
- Students can manipulate the story by making choices
- Students can read the story in a variety of ways
- By clicking on the ear icon – this will read the whole sentence.
- By clicking on individual words that they are struggling with
- Without clicking
- Students can customize:
- their age
- their hair
- their face
- their pajamas
- The designers of the site then enable students to choose from the following options:
- What is my pet?
- Where do I sleep?
- Which is my toy?
- About my body.
- The following vocabulary is addressed:
- head
- body
- leg
- hand
- arm
- neck
- foot
- About my bathroom.
- The following vocabulary is addressed:
- bathtub
- toilet
- mirror
- shower
- sink
- About my kitchen
- The following vocabulary is addressed:
- microwave
- stove
- oven
- sink
- refrigerator
- About my livingroom
- The following vocabulary is addressed:
- chair
- lamp
- television
- rug
- couch
- All segments of the story can be printed and shared
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