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by Eric Carle |
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1. What was your favorite part of this
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General Information
Name:
Kimberly Evers
School/Mentor Teacher:
Danielle Glazer
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Language Arts,
&
Fine Arts
Date Taught: March 18, 2004
Total Duration of Lesson: About 45 minutes
Title of Lesson
The Very
Hungry Caterpillar
Primary Learning Outcomes
(PLO)
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. With teacher guidance, student will be able to use the mouse while
operating the computer
B. With teacher guidance, student will be able to develop a picture
using a drawing program on the computer.
Related QCC Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills
5 Topic: Basic Skills
Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.
B. Grade: K
Fine Arts
Strand: Visual Arts
3 Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Uses a variety of art materials and techniques to model,
construct, and compose original artworks.
Materials and Equipment
1. Book: Carle, Eric. (1997). The
Very Hungry Caterpillar. New
York: Philomel Books
2. Computer with Internet connection
3. Computer drawing program
4. Printer
5. Disks (one for each student’s picture)
6. Pencil and paper (to make notes for lesson plan
assessment
and reflections)
7. Modification of lesson developed by Dr. Diane
L. Judd
URL:
http://www.valdosta.edu/~djudd/paintlesson.html
Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with
Internet connection, printer, computer drawing program, and website of
Paint Picture & Story. Students will use computers to view
examples of pictures developed with a paint program. Students
will use a computer drawing program to draw a picture related to the
story. Copy of my
Paint website included with this lesson
plan.
Website Title: The
Poky Little Puppy and URL: http://www.valdosta.edu/~kaeverspaint.html
Procedures
Step One:
Introduction
Have a small group of students go to a computer. Tell
students
that today you are going to read a special book
to them and
they will get to draw a picture on the computer. Explain that the
book you are going to read is about a little worm, and how he grows to
become very beautiful.
After reading the book, The Very Hungry
Caterpillar,
have students draw a picture on the
computer using a drawing program about the part of the book that they
liked
best.
Introduction questions: (Four or more)
1. Have you ever read or seen a caterpillar?
2. Where might you be able to see or find a caterpillar?
3. What might a caterpillar eat to help it grow?
4. Do you know what special animal
a caterpillar becomes?
Relate lesson to students' lives today and/or future:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a wonderful book to teach students
about caterpillars, where butterflies come from, and the life cycle of
a butterfly. Tell the students to watch for a pattern in what the
caterpillar eats (he eats one more thing each day). Also allow
the students to guess on what day the caterpillar will eat next and how
much it will eat. Ask the students what other animals might be
similar to a caterpillar and what group they belong to (insects).
Have students go to your Paint picture website
and explain that you have made a picture on the computer as an
example
of one of your favorite books, The
Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey.
(Have students sit at the computer where they can control
the mouse and computer. Assist students, if needed, to scroll
up and down on Paint picture Web page.) Briefly share your Paint
picture
and explain why this book is one of your favorite books.
Estimated Time:
About 10 minutes
Step Two:
Teaching the Primary
Learning Outcomes
Explain to the students that you have selected a special book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric
Carle, that
you are going to read to them. After reading the book to the
students, then have students draw a picture using a drawing program on
the computer of their favorite part of the
story.
Teacher will
use
oral reading strategies, such as picture walk, to introduce the book to
students.
Check for understanding before going on: Teacher will discuss
story and ask questions while
reading
to students.
(List four or more questions to ask students while reading the book.)
1. How much do you think the
caterpillar will eat the next day?
2. Why do you think the
caterpillar is so hungry?
3. What would you eat if you
were a very hungry caterpillar?
4. What do you think will
happen when the caterpillar leaves his cocoon?
Provide practice and
feedback related to the primary learning outcomes: Teacher
will ask at least two critical thinking questions:
1.
What
was your favorite part of this story? Why?
2. Where do you think the
beautiful butterfly flew after it left the cocoon?
Guided Practice: Assist students to open the drawing program
and demonstrate how to
use some of the drawing tools. Allow students to have some
exploration
time with the drawing program and teacher will assist when needed.
Independent Practice: Students will draw a picture of their
favorite part of the book, The
Very Hungry Caterpillar,
using a computer drawing program. During
this drawing process teacher will observe students using the computer
and give assistance
when needed. If possible print two copies
of each student’s paint picture (one for student and one for your
technology
notebook). Also save students’ pictures on disks
[File--->Save
As--->File name (give name with no spaces)--->Save as type
(jpg
or gif)--->Save in (A:)]. If possible save
students' pictures on computers, just in case something happens to the
pictures on the disks.
Estimated Time:
About 25 minutes
Have students discuss their pictures and explain how they made their pictures in the drawing program to you, and if possible to their teacher and peers. Have students discuss some of the interesting facts about the ocean that they found in the story. Ask students if they were going to draw another picture in the drawing program, what would they draw? Explain to students that most computers have drawing programs and maybe they could draw another picture at home or school. Teacher will review how to find the drawing program on most computers: Start --> Programs --> Accessories --> Paint
Tell students that you are going to put their picture on the Internet and they will be able to go on the Internet and share their pictures with friends and family. (If possible teacher should take brief notes during the lesson and concluding discussions for the lesson plan's assessment and reflections to be added later.)
Estimated Time:
About 10 minutes
Assessment the Primary
Learning Outcomes
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the mouse
to control the computer and using the drawing program.
Satisfactory: Student is able to control the computer and use
the mouse to view the Paint Web page and explore the drawing program.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to control the computer
or use the mouse when viewing the Paint Web page and exploring the
drawing
program.
B. Fine Arts
Student will be assessed by the development of a picture using the
drawing program.
Satisfactory: Student is able to develop a picture through the
use of the drawing program.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to develop a picture through
the use of the drawing program.
Accommodation
Links
for Accommodations for Special Students
1. Select one of your students that needs special
attention. Describe the student in your class with special needs.
(Do not use the student's real name. You could refer to the
student
as "the special student.") I have found one of my students to be
very energetic and seems to have trouble focusing on the lesson while
the teacher is speaking. This special student has not been
diagnosed with AD/HD medically, but seems to show characteristics of a
child with this diagnosis.
2. List the specific URL address of one Internet resource website, where you found information to assist you to work with your special needs student. Information for assisting special students: Links for Accommodations for Special Students or you can do a search. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
3. Explain what you would add to this lesson plan to accommodate your special student? In to assure this student would be able to follow this lesson easily I would be sure to do this lesson one on one with the child to be sure the student is paying attention. I would also ask this special students to help read the story so they are involved in the learning process. I will also try to keep directions simple so the student listens to everything I have to tell.
Reflections
1. Describe and give examples of how you used
instructional stategies and the use of technology to encourage
students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and
performance skills during this technology
integrated lesson.
I asked the students questions throughout the story
about what they thought would happen next and what was going on with
the current page. I also encouraged the students to come up with
several ideas of what they could draw for the picture before explaining
to them how the paint program worked. After this I showed the how
the paint program worked, answered any questions, and then asked what
they planned to draw about what they just read.
2. Describe and give examples that illustrate how the
students
achieved each assessment of your lesson. Give the achievement
level (satisfactory or unsatisfactory) for each assessment
for
each
of your students. (List
specific
examples (as evidence) that illustrate how your students
did for each
part
of the lesson's assessment.)
A. Technology Integration:
Student One:
Satisfactory, the student did not show any difficult using the mouse, I
only needed to help remind what tools did what on the paint picture.
Student Two: Satisfactory,
the student had no problems using the mouse and remembered most of the
tools for the paint picture, I only had to remind him of a few.
B. Fine Arts:
Student One:
Satisfactory, the student drew a picture successfully using the program.
Student Two:
Satisfactory, the student was able to successfully draw a picture using
the program.
3. Describe what you would change or do differently if you taught
this
lesson again. (Give specific examples)
I thought the lesson was a success and would not
change any of the steps I used during the lesson. I was very
pleased with the outcome of this lesson.
Paint Pictures by
Elementary
Students
Paint Lesson developed by Kimberly Evers for
Kindergarteners at Quitman Elementary School.
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by Eric Carle |
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1. What was your favorite part of this
story? Why? 2. Where do you think the beautiful butterfly flew after it left the cocoon? |
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1. I liked when it turned into a
butterfly because it was pretty.
2. It flew in the air to find it's
family. |
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On the top are clouds, the pink spot with green legs is the caterpillar, on the left the orange drawing with a little blue is a strawberry, the large blue, green, pink, and lavender drawing next to the strawberry is the butterfly, the blue design by the butterfly is a muffin, in the bottom left of the page the blue drawing with green inside and a pink line is cake, next to the cake, the green drawing with brown inside, is a slice of pie, the yellow circle with spots inside is the sun, and the lavender with pink inside drawing is a diamond. |
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1. My favorite thing was
when he ate all that food.
2. He flew to find more food to eat
because he was hungry again. |
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This is the caterpillar from the book. |