Using Turtle Diary in Daily 5
Hello Everyone,
Many of you may be familiar with using www.turtlediary.com from being in the Compuiter Room with Mrs. DelGallo. Here is what ewe are doing in the Red Room that has really been helpful during Daily 5 ELA time.

Go to www.turtlediary.com
Click on Kindergarten
Click on WORD BUILDING:
CCLS: RF.K.1b, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3c

• words to know are at the top of the scrambled letters.
• students have to find the letter and click on it in order.
• once the word is completed, pink slime starts to fill a container.

Benefits of the game are letter recognition, students can hear the letter sound and hear the word when completed, and they squeal with delight as the pink slime fills the container.

Click on BOOKS:
CCLS: RF.K.1a, RF.K.1c, RF.K.3c.
There are leveled books from Pre-K and beyond.
Today, I put a book from the Pre-K level on the Smartboard for my guided reading group.
Students used a pointer to point to the words as they read them.
After I had students come up and circle sight words that they knew.
Benefits of reading on the Smartboard are that students were engaged with the screen,
and liked being able to interact with the board by circling the words.

There is a LOT to do on Turtle Diary. You and find many different ways to help students struggling with ELA and MATH concepts. Try it. You may be surprised as to how well your students respond.

Melanie Weinlein