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Mini-Research eBook Lesson Plan 2
Real-World Activity


Name: Jessica Kennedy
School/Mentor Teacher: Lake Park Elementary-Lesa Wooley
Grade Level: Pre-K
Subject Areas: Language Development (Technology Integration Lesson)
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson: About 45 minutes

Title of Mini-Research eBook Lesson: Name that Letter

Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
PLO- Students will identify some individual lettes of the alphabet

Assessed Standards
Bright From the Start
Language Development
Grade: Pre-K
Standard
LD 5. Children will begin to develop age-appropriate strategies that will assist in reading

Materials and Equipment:
1. Have an example of Mini-Research eBook activity to show students
2. Paper for drawing
3. Crayons and/or color markers
4. Pencil & paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and reflections)
5. Modification of a  lesson developed by Dr. Diane L. Judd
 

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


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 the letters Tt and Pp.  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. "Do you remember what the letter Tt and Pp look like?"
2. " Can you name something that we saw in the online lesson that begins with the letter Tt?"
3. "Can you remember something that we say in the online lesson that begins with the letter Pp?"  
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.

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. Do you remember what letters we have been learning?
2. Do you need some help remember what the letters Tt and Pp look like; if so, let's visit the link listed from Starfall.com?
3. Can you fine the letters Tt and Pp in the bag on your desk and take them out for me?
4. Can you draw Tony's train on your construction paper?
5.  Once you have found the letters Tt and Pp, will you glue them on your paper around or on the train?

Practice and feedback related to the PLO
Read the Mini-Research eBook project to students.  Explain to students that they are going to help Tony the Tiger find the letters Tt and Pp in a bag, and glue them to a train they draw.  This will keep Tony's train traveling through Alphabet Land.   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
Tony's Little Helpers

              Hello kids!!!  Tony the Tiger has asked all of us to come to the train station because he and his pals needs our help.  He wants to take us on a magical train ride to Alphabet Land.  Today's letters are Tt and Pp.  Your job today is to help Tony the Tiger find the letters Tt and Pp along our journey to keep the train moving.  If you do not find and identify the correct letters the train will begin to slow down. Good Luck, and have a joyful adventure with Tony and his pals in Alphabet Land!!!  See you when you get back!!!

So before we get started, if you would like to visit Starfall for a click review do so now.  If not, let's get started.
Lesson 2

(Paper letters, construction paper, glue, and markers on your desk.)
1.  Using the markers, draw a picture of a train on your paper.
2.  By looking through all of the letters in the bag on your desk,  find the letters Tt and Pp and take them out of the bag. 
3.  After you have found these letters, close the bag and give to your teacher.
4.  Take the letters Tt and Pp that you just found and glue them to the train that you drew on your construction paper.  This will keep the train going on your adventurous journey.
 



[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.]

Estimated Time for Step Two:
35 minutes

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

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 students: can identify the letter Tt and Pp by looking at the letters and associating objects that begin with the letters Tt and Pp. 

Rubric for Evaluation of PLO

Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
PLO: Students will identify some individual lettes of the alphabet
 Student, with teacher guidance, is able to identify both of  the letters, Tt and Pp, taught.
 Student, with teacher guidance, is able to identify one of the two letters, either Tt or Pp, taught.

 Student,with teacher guidance, is NOT able to identify either of the letters Tt and  Pp.



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Evaluation of Students
Student Performance
Level		 Descriptions of Students' Evidence that Illustrate the Achieved Performance Level of the PLO
(* To receive full credit description must include minimum of two sentences and a detailed example of the students' evidence.)

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 Student #1 demonstarted a great amount of knowledge throughout the lesson.  Originally she was having difficulties identifying letters, but with the resources and hands-on activities she was able to obtain the knowledge needed to identify the letters "Tt" and "Pp."  She correctly identified and glued them to her paper during the activity.

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 Student #2 at first was having trouble distinguishing the letters from each other, but with my assistance and Student #1's assistance, he was able to obtain the knowledge needed to identify each letter by the end of the lesson.  During the activity, he correctly identified the letters "Tt" and "Pp" and glued them to his paper.

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. 
          Because I had already taught this lesson once, I knew what to expect out of the students.  To my surprise the students reacted differnetly than the students in lesson one.  The students I taught my Mini-Research eBook Lesson 2 on were struggling with identifying letters; therefore, by the end of the lesson I could see a tremendous amount of improvement.  Student #1 is younger than most, and his attention span is shorter than some of the other students.  He reacted very well to being taught by the teacher (me) and by the computer.  Both students were anxious to see what each resource was going to involve.

2. State evidence to show that your students gained knowledge during your Mini-Research eBook Lesson.
            The two students I taught my eBook Lesson 2 to were struggling with identifying letters, like I stated above, so teaching them in a fun, educational, hands on way really benefitted each students' learning.  When it was time for the activity, each student was able to identify both letters.  I asked them to draw a train on their paper, and that was a little difficult for them, but my main concern was that they would be able to identify the letters "Tt" and "Pp" by the end of the lesson.

3. Give at least one suggestion that would lead to improving your teaching practices and student achievement. 
          Just as I said on Lesson Plan 1, having the students face me instead of the computer monitor would have greatly benefitted them when I was introducing the lesson to them.   Also,  they struggled to draw the train on their paper, so next time I plan to have a train already drawn out for them that way they will have more time to focus on indentifying the letters.
 


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