The Two Voices of the ow Spelling Pattern lesson plan notes:

This lesson plan does include some technology that the kids use. Students are asked to use certain websites to "word hunt" for different words that use the "ow" sound and record each word in their notebook. Three websites were recommended in the lesson plan, but after checking all three I found that one didn't work, one was hard to navigate, and the third had a few good examples of poems that used the "ow" sound. I would look into more up to date websites, but I do like the idea of the "word hunt".

I would like to use some technology at the beginning of the lesson when teaching students the difference between "ow" sounds. I would want to show students photos of examples of words that use "ow" sounds. For example, pictures of a cow, a crown, a flower, and an arrow, which we would then separate into the two "ow" sounds. Then let students work individually during their "word hunt"

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I reviewed ACT aspire this week. I tried out two different level 3 tests. The English grade 3 test surprised me with the amount of questions that asked students to review the essay and decide what the tone of the essay was, pick the ending of a story, or fix grammatical errors. I liked the format that told kids IF there is an error to correct. A lot of ACT questions seem like trick questions that don't always give the correct answer. There are a lot of questions that also asks about the goal the writer.
Also, I looked at the science grade 3, this one was primarily graphs. Most questions asked questions directly from the graph, a few asked more abstract questions that also asked kids to read the paragraph describing the graphs, and a few questions even asked students to use multiple questions.

I did not like how it does not give the correct answers at the end.