Topic Lesson Plan

Primary Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. With teacher guidance student will be able to use the computer to research topic information on the Internet. (QCC- Technology Integration- Research- K10)
B. With teacher guidance student will be able to listen to information to gain knowledge. (GPS- English/Language Arts- Comprehension- ELAKR6)

Assessed Standards
Georgia QCC
A. Grade: K
Subject Area: Technology Integration
Strand: Research
10 Topic: Research
Standard: Uses basic research techniques with teacher guidance.

Georgia Performance Standard (GPS)
B. English/Language Arts Performance Standard
Grade: K
Comprehension
ELAKR6: The student gains meaning from orallly presented text.
a. The student listens to and reads a variety of literary and informational texts and materials to gain knowledge and for pleasure.

Materials and Equipment:
1. Have example of your mission project to show students
2. Paper for drawing
3. Crayons
4. Pencil & paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and reflections)
5. Modification of a lesson developed by Dr. Diane L. Judd

Procedures:
Step One: Introduction
Have a small group of students go to a computer. Explain to students that you are going to use the computer to find out information about plants. List 2 or more questions that introduce students to your TopicQuest that establish a connection to students' prior knowledge by asking them:

1. "Have you ever studied or read a book about plants?"
2. "Can you tell me something that you know about plants?"

Today we are going to learn about plants by visiting websites on the Internet and we will do a fun activity. I have made a special Web page for your class. (During discussion have students turn around away from the computer to interact.)

Step Two Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes:
(Have students sit at the computer where they can control the mouse and computer.) (Explain to students the process of the lesson.) After we visit several websites about plants then you will draw a picture of what you think your garden would look like if you had one.

Check for understanding
Have students explore and discuss the information in each of the 3 pre-selected websites. Ask students guiding questions about the important concepts in each of the visited websites. List three or more questions.
1. What must you do first before your plant can grow?
2. What three things do plants need to grow?
3. What type of plants do you eat in your salad?

Mission Activity

Hurry!!! We need to move fast. April is here and May is on its way. We need to pretend to get our gardens ready so our plants can begin to grow. You just learned about what plants need to live. If you have forgotten you can refer back. But I know that all of you know just what plants need, so let's get started. Let's go to our garden to find out what type of plants we want to grow. Once you have chosen your flowers, I want you to imagine that you are in a garden and you are getting ready to plant your favorite flowers. Draw a picture of what you think your garden will look like once your plants are full grown. Be sure to label the flowers that you chose as your favorites. Enjoy and happy gardening!!!

Mission Steps

1. Visit the sites above to learn all that you can about plants.

2. Go to the site above about planting your first garden
and choose some flowers that you like best.

3.Once you have thought about your imaginary garden, draw a picture of what your garden looks like.Be sure to label the flowers that you chose as your favorite.

4. When you have finished your drqwing, turn it into your teacher.

5.Thank you for your wonderful help. Your gardens are going to be beautiful.

Step Three Closure:
Have students discuss their mission project and information they found on the Internet. Tell students that your topicquest page is on the Internet and they can visit the website at school or home. Explain to students that you are going to put their pictures and information on the Internet and they will be able to share their mission projects with their friends and family. (If possible teacher should take brief notes during the lesson and concluding discussions to be added later to the assessment and reflections in lesson plan.)

Assessment:
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the computer with teacher guidance to do research on the Internet for topic information.

Assessment Rubric

B. English/Language Arts
Student will be assessed through observation and oral discussion to evaluate if student with teacher guidance is able to listen to information to gain knowledge.

Assessment Rubric

Accommodation:
Links for Accommodations for Special Students
1. Attention Deficit Disorder / Attention Hyperactivity Disorder
    If there is a student in the class with ADD or ADHD then the teacher might consider doing this lesson one-on-one with the student(s). Teacher needs to be sure
    keep good eye contact with the student(s). Be sure to let the student(s) do this lesson hands on. When discussing the lesson, go slow, and give the student(s)
    enough time to answer any questions that you might have.

2. With this lesson plan, the teacher might consider using a worksheet for the student(s) to take home and look over it in the future.

Comments & Reflections: For Electronic Portfolio Standard #4 Multiple Instructional Strategies )
1. a.The TopicQuest page that I created for Mrs. Killgo's class was a new way of learning for the students. The students that participated in this activity had not done much on the internet before. This was a really good way to get their foot in the door and begin to get them familiar with not only the computer but also the internet.

b.My students learned much new information that had to deal with the topic of plants. They took that information and drew a picture of what a garden consisted of and what flowers need to live, such as sun and water.

2. a. My students loved this activity. They were focused and interested in what was going to happen next. I think that anytime a student is involved of focused then they have already begun the critical thinking process. Because when you are interested in something, then you are already thinking ahead about what is going to happen next.
b. In the TopicQuest my students learned about the parts of the plants and what they need to survive. In each picture the students have drawn one or two of the two things that plants need to grow and live. They showed that they knew the parts of the flower, such as the roots, stem, leaves, and flower.Whle they were drawing their pictures, they had to think hard about the parts of the flower and the things that flowers need to live.

3. I felt that the teaching of this lesson was a huge succcess. My students were focused and interested the entire time. One of the students said that this was fun and that he/she wanted to do it again. That made me feel really good! It can be difficult to please a kindergartener.

4. I think that my students achieved exactly what they were supposed to. One thing that I might change would be the length of the TopicQuest. I felt that this was too long for five year olds to sit in front of a computer, going to different websites to try to learn about one subject. I think that three links to the internet would be better than six.

Performance Levels	Indicators
0	Student is not able to use the computer with teacher guidance to do research on the Internet for topic information.
1	Student is able to use computer with a great amount of teacher guidance to do research on the Internet for topic information.
2	Student is able to use computer with some teacher guidance to do research on the Internet for topic information.
3	Student is able to use computer with little teacher guidance to do research on the Internet for topic information.

Student	Performance Level	Describe the Students' Evidence that Illustrate their Achieved Use of Technology Performance Level
1	2	I felt that given a little more time and guidance, she could have done this assignment almost completely alone.
2	2	She was very observant and also with a little more time she could have completed most of the assignment alone.

Performance Levels	Indicators
0	Student is not able with teacher guidance to listen to information to gain knowledge.
1	Student with teacher guidance is able to listen to information to gain little knowledge.
2	Student with teacher guidance is able to listen to information to gain some knowledge.
3	Student with teacher guidance is able to listen to information to gain much knowledge.

Student	Performance Level	Describe the Students' Evidence that Illustrate their Achieved Language Arts Performance Level
1	3	Very good listener. She was able to answer many questions. She even brought up things that I didn't ask her.
2	3	Very good listener. Very involved and focused.


A kindergartner drew a picture of the flower garden that she pretended to grow. She knew that the flowers needed plenty of sun shine to live. She included a different variety of flowers, the rose being her favorite.	This is a picture by a kindergartner. She grew flowers, beanstalks, and grapes in her garden. She also drew the sun and rain clouds because she explained that flowers need sun and water to grow. She showed that flowers have roots and that flowers grow upward.