Royals6, 7, 8th Grade02/17 to 02/ 19/ 2014
My Winter Holiday
Learning Target = “I CAN” 8.TT.1 ; 7.TT.1; 6.TT.1Use technology and other resources for the purpose of accessing, organizing, and sharing information.
Focus: Use Microsoft Word doc to write a paragraph about the students’ Winter Holiday.
Language Objective:
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Focus: Writing & keyboarding skills
ANATOMY OF A LESSON
Teacher Monitors Continuously for Academic Learning Time and Adjusts Instruction Depending on Student Academic SuccessCritical
Attributes / Lesson
Sequence / Lesson Notes
Includes:
- Content, Academic Concepts/Skills
- Teacher Instructional Strategies
- Student Activities
- Language Domains Used (R,W,L,S) / Materials
Internet Word Doc Smartboard
Ensure students understand language objectiveà activate prior knowledge àcreate an emotional hook / Assess/Activate Relevant Knowledge
(20%)
= 5 Minutes / Teacher asks students questions to engage their interest.
1. How many inches of snow did you have?
2. What did you do in the snow?
3. Did anyone get stuck in the snow?
Students raise hands to tell stories
Teacher says, “We are going to tell a story about what happened to us on our Winter Holiday.
Define Holiday as opposed to Vacation (Planned) / Internet Word Doc Smartboard
Provide only enough info. to enable students to begin to manipulate contentà provide additional info.-->
model info. (+Me) / Teacher Input
(20%)
= 5 Minutes / Teacher models opening a Word document.
1. Type title, “My Winter Holiday”
2. Highlight and change font to Times, Size 16
3. Save As, create folder, save document
4. Insert header, 3 column, Name, Class #, Date
5. Read the questions aloud to students.
6. Explain questions if they don’t understand.
7. Answer 15 questions in paragraph format. / Internet Word Doc Smartboard
Alignment between lesson objective(s) and student activityà teacher models again with student participation Students apply content independent. / **Student Active Participation
(45%)
= 30 Minutes
**Student Active Participation
(45%)
= 30 Minutes / TLW:Day 1 and 2?
1. answer all 15 questions in paragraph format.
2. Proofread and correct grammar/spelling
3. Highlight title and choose Word Art
4. Insert Clip art picture of Winter or snow.
TLW Day 2 and 3
1. Finish their essay (15 answers)
2. Open Gaggle
3. Open email, send as attachment to Royals / Internet Word Doc Smartboard
Identify what they have learnedàexplain process they used to learnàdiscuss how they can use what they learnedàidentify what they want more info. about / Identify Student Success
(15%)
= 5 Minutes / TLW
1. Read their story to the class
2. Choose volunteers to do this.
3. Ask, “What are some common themes? What did most people in this room experience?
4. What did we learn about winter weather?
5.
Summary & Reflection: Students really enjoy this activity. They learn to communicate something that happened to all of them to each other.
Students are given the opportunity to think, listen, talk and write often in a meaningful way.
Day 1- Open the Word document, save it, type and center title, Save As in a named folder, insert header with name, class # and Date,
Day 2- Finish the paragraph, proofread spelling and grammar mistakes, insert word art and clip art. Resize and position
Day 3- Open Gaggle, Compose (create) an email, type To: virginiaschinkelroyals@, Subject: My Winter Holiday, Attach a document, send.
Extended lesson: Keyboarding skills Lessons 2 and 3, record scores, open Excel Docs, record scores and average using Autosum, Average.
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