Books Brown, Brenda. Weather Weenies. Scotland: ePub, 2013. eBook. Print. Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley.

New York: Harper Row, 1964. Print. Lumley, Jemima. The Journey Home from Grandpas. Cambridge: Barefoot Books, 2006. Print. Say, Allen. Grandfathers Journey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1993. Print. Singer, Marilyn. On the same day in March. New York: HarperCollins, Inc., 2000. Print. Websites http://www.animoto.com: Is a website that pictures can be inserted, captions added and music selected to create a slide show for a presentation. I selected this website/app because it is user friendly for 1st graders to create a quick snap shot of their creations in class that is interactive and visually stimulating. Students love to share their creations with the class and this website provides the opportunity for presentations to be given to the class in about 30 seconds. https://www.flatstanley.com : Is a website dedicated to everything Flat Stanley. I selected this website to help the students with the creation of their own Flat Stanley by providing examples. I also kept this site bookmarked as a good resource for the Flat Stanley project. http://www.mentormob.com : Is a website to create online lessons. I chose this site because I wanted to create a reversed flipped classroom so students and parents could reference the online lesson to create a family project about a trip they took. This site is a great way to organize a lesson into steps and is very user friendly that students and parents alike could navigate. This site also allows videos and slide show presentations to be embedded into the lesson. http://www.mindmeister.com: This website is a great tool for creating web maps and graphic organizers. This website is great for brainstorming and organizing research topics that is beneficial for all learners especially visual, EL students, and students with special needs. I chose this website because it is relatively user friendly and with my assistance students will be able to create their own web map. For this lesson the students created 4 web maps with a partner on the 4 seasons and included the different types of climates. This website allows for saving the different web maps and under the same username, I would be able to show the students via ELMO all the web maps created by each pair of students as a whole group presentation.

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http://www.scholastic.com : This is the official website of scholastic books which includes all kinds of resources for students, parents, and teachers. I chose this site because it has a great classroom map creator for the students to use to create the map of the current classroom as well as to create a map of how they would like the classroom to look. http://www.softschools.com: This website provides free resources in all subject matters for students K-12. I chose this website because it can easily be navigated by 1st grade students and the game chosen for this unit is interactive and can be viewed and applied several times so that the content may be learned through repetition. This website can be bookmarked and used for several different subjects for games and learning through repetition such as with vocabulary and math facts. iPad Apps Doceri Interactive Whiteboard App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doceri-interactivewhiteboard/id412443803?mt=8

This app is an interactive whiteboard app that can be written on directly with your finger or a stylus. I chose this app because it has a picture of the world map to be able to write on to label the continents. This app also allows pictures to be embedded and written on so we were able to take pictures of our chalk created world maps and then label more locations using this app. Flat Stanley Learn the States App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-states-flatstanley/id632991688?mt=8

This app is a game that has Flat Stanley launched to different locations on the map of the United States. I chose this app so the students could be exposed to not just the world map but also the map of the United States. This app allows the students to visit different areas of the U.S. and labels the different cities and states by highlighting them. Talking Tom and Ben News App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-tom-ben-news-foripad/id444947784?mt=8

This app is used to create voice recorded newscasts with two animated characters as newscasters. I chose this app so the students could collaborate and create a newscast together about their classroom map. This app also allows pictures to be embedded from the iPad camera roll so the students could personalize their presentations. Venn Diagram App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/venn-diagram/id666981188?mt=8

I chose this app to use because it is a user-friendly app to create Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast information. I selected this app to use instead of using a worksheet to incorporate technology into the classroom and students love to use Unit Bibliography EDUC 526 Borges 2

the iPads. Also this app allows for Venn Diagrams to be created, saved to the camera roll, and emailed so that the students work can be referenced later. Weather Channel App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-weather-channel-foripad/id364252504?mt=8

This app tells the current weather location of any location as well as 7 to 10 day forecasts. I chose this app so the students could see how the weather outside is displayed through temperature readings as well as how forecasters predict the forecast for the upcoming week. Video Clips: Climates Around the World Clip http://youtu.be/ZouWWVyz9v8 I chose this clip because it was a great video about how different regions of the world have different climates. This clip helps the students understand that weather and climate are different. Flat Stanley Slide Show http://vimeo.com/38453307 I chose this video slide show because it is an example of what the students will be doing for their family trip project and their final Flat Stanley project. I selected a video to show the students that was not done by me to show the students how Flat Stanley has adventures all over the world. How to Create a Weather Vane http://youtu.be/vLocxTAjNvY I chose this instructional video clip to help the students create their weather vanes. This clip included everything we needed to know to create the weather vane and is easily paused at anytime to give the students time to finish each step. How to Write a Letter http://youtu.be/DqJs5am0m7c I chose this video clip because the author did a great job on explaining how to write a friendly letter that is engaging for children. I chose not to do my own instructional video for this lesson because I found this clip that had everything that the students needed to understand to write a letter. PBS Navigation Clip http://youtu.be/Bj1veZY5hrY I chose this clip that is animated with Curious George as the main character showing about what navigation is. I selected this clip because it demonstrates all aspects of navigation through the use of maps and landmarks which is a perfect anticipatory set for the lesson on creating a map.

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Postcards Slide Show http://youtu.be/BMtdO8pZy-0 I chose this video slide show of different postcards as a visual for them to understand how a postcard is similar to writing a friendly letter. I selected this short clip for understanding as well as for a visual to jump start creativity. The Grandfathers Journey Reading Clip http://youtu.be/PEfhJstC43Y I chose this video clip to read The Grandfathers Journey because it is a story that is relevant to our Journeys unit but is above grade level reading. I selected a video reading instead of CD or podcast reading so the students could see the visuals during the video and we could pause the video and talk about the story. The Journey Home from Grandpas Reading Clip http://youtu.be/wKcrsv_t8Ko I chose this video clip reading because it is an animated reading of the book. I selected this clip because of the compare and contrast element from the Grandfathers Journey as well as that it was presented different than the Grandfathers Journey clip which could also be compared and contrasted. The 7 Continent Song Clip http://youtu.be/Lf--PQNDn7g I chose this clip to teach the students a song to help them remember the 7 continents both by name and location. I selected this clip because the song was repetitive and highlight the continents during the song. Student Weather Forecasting Clip http://youtu.be/NQHsNamGmAg I chose this clip to show the students what a weather forecast is like and this was a fun clip because it was a middle school student who was the weather forecaster. Weather Weenies: The Little Breeze and the Weather Vane Reading Clip http://youtu.be/TagGezN-MkM I chose this clip because it is a eBook that is read over a video clip. This is a great introduction into our lesson on constructing weather vanes and how they work.

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