Name: Kevin Daw  
School/Mentor Teacher: Cook Primary / Mrs. Betts
Grade Level: K
Subject Areas: Language Arts / Technology / Art
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson: 45 minutes

Title of Lesson:
  Learning with Paint and Literature

Primary Learning Outcomes:
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.  Student will be able to discuss questions about the literature story.
C. With teacher guidance, student will be able to develop a picture using a drawing program on the computer.

Questions students should be able to answer after completing this lesson.
A. Show me and tell me about how you used the mouse when you worked the computer.
B.  Critical Thinking Questions related to the literature book: 1. If you were adding an animal to the book, what animal would you choose? 2. What color would your animal be and why did you choose that color?
C. Describe how you made your picture 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
Language Arts
Strand: Written Communication
39 Topic: Literature
Standard: Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about literature.

C. 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: Martin, B. (1970). Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc..
   2. Computer with Internet connection
   3. Computer drawing program
   4. Printer
   5. Disks (one for each students 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 web site of Paint Picture & Story.  Students will use computers to view examples of pictures developed with a paint program.  Students will use a computer paint program to draw a picture related to the story.   Copy of my Paint web site included with this lesson plan. 
Web site Title: Paint Picture & Story of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs   and  URL: http://www.valdosta.edu/~kddaw/paint.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 brown bear who introduces us to other colorful animals  After we read the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?, then you will get to draw a picture on the computer about the part of the book that you liked best.

Introduction questions:  This is a book about colors and animals.  If you could be an animal, what would you be and why?  What color would you want to be and why?

Relate lesson to students' lives today and/or future: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  will help us review colors and different types of animals.  While we are reading this book, maybe we can could find some of the same colors in our classroom and discuss the different types of animals we see in the book. 

Have students go to your Paint picture web site and explain that you have made a picture on the computer as an example of one of your favorite books, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka. (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.)  Share your Paint picture and read the summary of your book to the students.  

Estimated Time:
About 10 minutes

Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes
Explain to the students that you have selected a special book that you are going to read to them.  After we read our book then you will get to draw a picture on the computer of your favorite part of the story.  Teacher will read book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., to students.  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.
    1.  What was your favorite animal in the book?
    2.  What was your favorite color in the book?

Provide practice and feedback related to the primary learning outcomes:  Teacher will ask at least two critical thinking questions:   1. If you were adding an animal to the book, what animal would you choose? 2. What color would your animal be and why did you choose that color?

Assist students to open the drawing program and demonstrate how to use some of the drawing tools.  Students will have some exploration time with the drawing program and teacher will assist when needed.

Students will draw a picture of their favorite part of the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, using the 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:)].

Estimated Time:
About 20 minutes

Closure:
Have students discuss their pictures and explain how they made their pictures in the Paint program to their teacher and peers.  Have students discuss some of the interesting facts about the animals that you found in the story.  Ask students if they were going to draw another picture, 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 their 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 5 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. Language Arts
Student will be assessed for answers to the questions.
Satisfactory: Student is able to write or dictate answers that make sense to the presented questions in reference to the story.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to write or dictate answers that make sense to the presented questions in reference to the story.

C. 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:
Teacher Resource Center for Significant Development Delay
1. The special student in my class has not been formally tested for SDD, but shows signs of delays in cognitive abilities. The student seems to have trouble understanding instructions, finishing seat work on time, fine motor skills, and verbal communication. 

2. Georgia Learning Connections (GLC)
    URL:  http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/search.asp?mode=result&intpathid=209&strKeyword=Development+Delay

3. During the reading of the book I will take extra time with the student by asking questions periodically throughout the book.  During computer time, I will spend extra time with the student while he is working on his project.  I will have extra time allotted for the student if needed for making sure he understands the assignment.

Reflections:
1. Describe and give examples of how the students were engaged in learning and responded during your lesson.  Students appeared to be engaged during the lesson when they discussed the different types of animals in the book and their colors.  

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.   (Give 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 was able to use the mouse with little or no direction from teacher.
        Student Two Satisfactory:  The student was familiar with the paint program and could navigate through the lesson with little or no direction.

    b. Language Arts:
        Student One Satisfactory:  The student was very attentive during the reading of the book.
        Student Two Satisfactory:  The student was very attentive during the reading of the book.

    c. Fine Arts:
        Student One Satisfactory:   The student used a variety of different colors, and techniques to create his picture.
        Student Two Satisfactory:   The student used a variety of different colors, and techniques to create her picture.
 

3. Describe what you would change or do different if you taught this lesson again.  I would like to give more students the opportunity to participate in the activity.

 

Book Title & Author for Paint Project	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by: Bill Martin / Eric Carle
Cover of Book
Critical Thinking Questions from Paint Lesson	1.  If you were adding an animal to the book, what animal would you choose? 2.  What color would your animal be and why did you choose that color?

Answers & Comments to the Critical Thinking Questions by Students	1. I would be a cat because it is my favorite animal. 2. I would make it all kinds of colors because I think it would look pretty.
Picture from the Paint Lesson
Description of Picture & Comments by Student about their Picture	My picture is a cat because cats are fun to play with and are very soft.

Answers & Comments to the Critical Thinking Questions by Students	1. I would make it a bulldog because I like the Georgia Dawgs. 2. I would make it red because that is the color for Georgia Dawgs.
Picture form the Paint Lesson
Description of Picture & Comments by Student about their Picture	My picture is a bulldog because I like dogs and the Georgia Dawgs.