Tree+House+Virtual+Tours

Here are the virtual treehouse tours - Click on the arrow and hear all or navigate to your student's drawing to hear their writing !

Students will:
 * Objectives:**
 * 1) View a sample of another classes voicethread
 * 2) Watch a short slideshow on some real treehouses
 * 3) Listen to a visualization that will take them into their imaginations and create a treehouse firs in their minds
 * 4) Design a dream treehouse and illustrate it with extreme details
 * 5) Write a virutal tour beginning with "As you approach my treehouse..." and add voice, style, and fluency
 * 6) Use details and sensory imagery to create a true experience of seeing their creations, revising and editing
 * 7) Record their writing into the Web 2.0 tool Voicethread over their drawings

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 * Standards addressed by Virtual Tour Project 3rd Grade:**
 * Common Core Writing Standards:**
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2] Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3] Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4] With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.5] With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6] With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
 * [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.10] Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.