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Mini-Research eBook Lesson Plan 1
Real-World Activity

Title of Mini-Research eBook Lesson: How Much Candy Can You Buy?

Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
PLO: Students will recognize and identify coins by their name and value.

Assessed Standards
Georgia Performance Standard (GPS)
Math Performance Standard
Grade: K
Standard MKNL: Students will connect numerals to the quantities they represent.

h. Identify coins by name and value (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter).

Materials and Equipment:
1. Have an example of Mini-Research eBook activity to show students
2. A bag of coins to use and look at
3. A bag of different candies
4. Manipulative's for counting
5. Paper for drawing
6. Crayons and/or color markers
7. Pencil & paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and reflections)
8. Modification of a lesson developed by Dr. Diane L. Judd
 

Technology Connection:
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include:

• Computer with Internet connection. 
• Students will use computers to access Mini-Research eBook on the Internet.  
• Mini-Research eBook Lesson Web page Title: How Much Candy Can You Buy? & URL: http://www.valdosta.edu/~canwilliams/ebook.html

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 read an Mini-Research eBook about coins and their name and value. List 2 or more questions that introduce students to your Mini-Research eBook that will establish a connection to students' prior knowledge by asking them:
1. "Have you ever used coins before?
2. "Can you tell me how much each coin is worth?"  

Today we are going to read an eBook on the Internet.  I have made a special Mini-Research eBook on the Internet for your class.  (During discussion have students turn around away from the computer to interact.)

Estimated Time for Step One:
5 minutes

Step Two Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes:
(Students will sit at the computer where they can control the mouse and computer.)  (Explain to students the process of the lesson.)  We are going to read my Mini-Research eBook and visit several websites about the different coins names and their value.

Check for understanding
Students with teacher assistance will read the Mini-Research eBook, explore, and discuss the information in the four linking websites that go with the Mini-Research eBook.  Ask students guiding questions about the important concepts in the Mini-Research eBook and the linking websites.   List four or more questions from each of your linking websites that will guide your students to gain information for your PLO.
1.  How much each penny is worth?
2.  Are pennies worth more than nickels?
3.  How many nickels is the same amount as a dime? What about pennies?
4.  How much each quarter is worth? 

Practice and feedback related to the PLO
Read the Mini-Research eBook project to students.  Explain to students that they are going to match the coins I gave them to how much each candy is worth. Tell the students that the information that they will need to complete their Mini-Research eBook project is listed and connected in the Mini-Research eBook activity.  Review the information in the linked website in the Mini-Research eBook activity with the students to emphasize interesting and important information students will need to complete mission project.

Mini-Research eBook Real World Activity The Activity:

Boys and girls now that you know how much each coin is worth lets match the candy to the coin amounts they are worth! I have a bag of different candies that are each worth different amounts. I will give you each 1 penny, 1 nickel, 1 dime and 1 quarter. You will have to match the candy amount to the correct coin that I give you in order to get the candy. Don't forget if you need to remember anything about the coins, you can go back to the pages we viewed before about each coin.

Directions: You will use manipulative's to match the candy to how much they are worth and say the name of the coin.   1) Match the pieces of candy with the correct coin. 2) Match the candy and the amount they are worth using the manipulative's. Then say the name of the coin you used. Methods that students will use to present their eBook activity products: Lesson 1 Method: Use manipulative's to match the candy with how much they are worth and tell the name of the coin.

[Students will write (or dictate to teacher) information to be included in their Mini-Research eBook project.  While students are completing Mini-Research eBook project, teacher will observe students and give assistance when needed.]

Step Three
Closure:
Have students discuss their Mini-Research eBook activity and information they found on the Internet.  Tell students that your Mini-Research eBook Website 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.)

Estimated Time for Step Three:
5 minutes

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Accommodation:
This will be turned in as an in-class activity. 

 Comments & Reflections:

Assessment for the Primary Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Student will be assessed through observation, oral discussion, and developed product to evaluate if student: recognizes and identifies coins by their name and value.
 

1. Comment on your teaching of how your Mini-Research eBook Lesson created learning experiences and activities that implemented the use a variety of resources and technologies.  (* To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two sentences and a detailed example.) I taught my students by showing them many different resources. I showed them manipulative's, my internet websites, and coin manipulative's. The students were able to match coins to its given values using the manipulative's. The students now can use their new knowledge in their everyday lives.

2. State evidence to show that your students gained knowledge during your Mini-Research eBook Lesson.  (* To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two sentences and a detailed example.) The students learned what values the coins were worth after having to match the value with the candy that they associated the coin with. The students got hands-on experience with coins. The students also told me verbally the name of each coin and the coin value.

3. Give at least one suggestion that would lead to improving your teaching practices and student achievement.  (* To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two sentences and a detailed example.) I would used other things to practice with other than candy.