Make the Common Core
Come Alive!
GOING DIGITAL IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM
AN ADVANCING LITERACY WORKSHOP
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Introductions
 Ebone Turner
 Lindsay Merritt
2nd Grade Teacher
Koontz Elementary School in Salisbury, NC
 Rebekah Lonon
2nd Grade Teacher
Nathaniel Alexander Elementary in Charlotte, NC
Agenda
Welcome to “Make the Common Core
Come Alive!” Here’s what we are covering in our
presentation:
 Example lesson for Common Core standards
 Great technology you can use to focus on
Common Core standards in your classroom
Survey
Have you used any of these technologies
before?
Technology does not have to be like this…
Compare and Contrast: Egyptian Cinderella
vs. Walt Disney’s Cinderella
Common Core Standard: R.2.9
Compare and contrast two or more
versions of the same story (e.g.,
Cinderella stories) by different authors
or from different cultures.
**This lesson could also easily be applied to
CCSS R.K.1 (for kindergarten) and R.1.9 (for first
grade)
Compare and Contrast: Egyptian Cinderella
vs. Walt Disney’s Cinderella
Materials Needed
* “The Egyptian Cinderella” by Shirley Climo
* A copy of the traditional “Cinderella” (Walt Disney’s
version could be used)
Other Resources
* Computer & Internet Access for students:
* voki.com account for each student
* storyjumper.com account for each student
Compare and Contrast: Egyptian Cinderella
vs. Walt Disney’s Cinderella
Background Information:
*Students should already have a voki account.
Please allow students time (5-10mins) to
explore the activities on their accounts prior to
the lesson.
*Students should already be familiar with both
Cinderella stories prior to today’s lesson.
Compare and Contrast: Egyptian Cinderella
vs. Walt Disney’s Cinderella
1. After discussing similarities and differences
between versions of Cinderella, students will
choose their favorite version.
2. Once they have chosen, they will create their
favorite Cinderella, using voki.com. They will add a
voice to describe the similarities and differences
between their chosen Cinderella and the other
version.
3. Students will then publish their voki for sharing.
Example Voki in Lesson Plan
Cinderella
Rhodophis
How to Use Voki
Step #1
Create a
Voki
character
How to Use Voki
Step #2
Add a
background
How to Use Voki
Step #3
Add a
voice
How to Use Voki
Step #4
Publish and
Share
Other Options for this Lesson
 Have students continue to research different
versions of Cinderella around the world (A great
website to begin:
http://www.pampetty.com/cinderellaunit.htm)
 Using storyjumper.com, have students recount
the events in their favorite Cinderella version
(CCSS R.2.2 - Recount stories, including fables and folktales
from diverse cultures, and determine their central message,
lesson, or moral.)
Other Technologies that could be used with this
and other Common Core lessons
 Story Jumper:
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Google Maps:
Questions and Answers
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or type your question
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Next Steps
Over the next two days try out some of
the tools we’ve shared with you here and
think about how you can use them in
your classroom with your students.
Next Steps
 That discussion is at the Teaching & Learning in
the 21st Century Blog at:
http://teach-learn21.blogspot.com/
 Scroll down the page to find the discussion forum
for this presentation titled:
Make the Common Core Come Alive
 Information about this is included in the workshop
packet we sent out in an email.
For More Information
For more information about this workshop and others go
to the Center for Adolescent Literacies website at:
http://literacy.uncc.edu/
Presentation materials including this Power Point are
posted at:
http://literacy.uncc.edu/professionaldevelopment
Thank You! 
Thank you for joining us today. In about a week, you
will receive a short survey that helps us evaluate
these workshops. Thanks in advance for filling that
out.
For additional questions contact:
Bruce Taylor
Director, The Center for Adolescent Literacies
at UNC Charlotte
bruce.taylor@uncc.edu