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Date
TopicQuest
Lesson Plan
Name:
Leslie Reed
School/Mentor Teacher:
Barrien Primary Mrs. Moranda Rainy
Grade Level: K
Subject Areas: Social Studies,
Technology Integration & Art
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson: About 45 minutes
Title of Lesson:
Thanksgiving Now and Then
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. With teacher guidance students will be able to use the computer to
research information on the Internet.
Assessed QCC:
A. Grade: K
Subject Area: Technology Integration
Strand: Research
10 Topic:
Research
Standard: Uses basic research techniques with teacher guidance.
Materials and Equipment:
1. Paper for drawing
2. Crayons
3. computer
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:
- Computer with
Internet connection.
- Students will use computers to research information on the
Internet.
- Copy of my TopicQuest
Web page included with this lesson
plan.
- TopicQuest Web page
Title: Exploring
Thanksgiving & URL: http://www.valdosta.edu/~lareed/topic.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 find out information
about Thanksgiving.
List 2 or more
questions that introduce students
to topic of Thanksgiving that
establish a
connection to students' prior knowledge by asking them: "Have
you ever studied or read a book about Thanksgiving?" "Can you
tell
me something
that you know about dThanksgiving?" Today we are going
to learn about Thanksgiving
by visiting websites on the Internet and we will do a fun activity to
learn more about dinosaurs.
I have made a special Thanksgiving
page 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:
(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 Thanksgiving, then you
will draw a picturs
to tell some interesting things you already know, and have learned
about Thanksgiving.
<>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. (Save
"Thanksgiving" website to use
in Mission Project.) List three or more questions.
1. What kind of foods are eaten during
Thanksgiving?
2. Have the foods changed over the years.
3. What type of people were at the first Thanksgiving feast.
Practice and feedback related to the PLO
Read mission project to students. Explain to students that they
are going to study web pages about Thanksgiving. Discuss what they learned with the students.
Tell
the
students that the information that they will need to complete
their
mission project is listed and connected in the mission
activity.
Visit website for information for mission project, "Thanksgiving." Discuss the information in the linked
website in
the mission activity with the students to emphasize
interesting and important information students will need to complete
mission
project.
[Students will write (or dictate to teacher) information to be included
in
the articles and draw pictures for the mission project.
While
students are completing mission project, teacher
will observe students and give assistance when needed.]
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Mission
Statement:
Explore
the computer and see what you can learn about the
history of Thanksgiving. Can you see any differences from the way
Thanksgiving was celebrated years ago and the way is is celebrated
today? Take a large piece of construction paper and
fold it in half. On the left half draw a picture of what you think the
first thanksgiving was like, and on the right side draw a picture of
what thanksgiving is like now. When you
are through drawing your pictures, the teacher will help you write a
view sentences describing your picture.
Mission steps:
#1
Explore the links about Thanksgiving.
#2
Think about what you know about Thanksgiving celebrations
then and now.
#3
Click on this address to
learn more about Thanksgiving
#4
Create your own art
work on
construction paper, a picture of Thanksgiving in the past on the
left side, and a picture of Thanksgiving now on the right.
#5
When your picture is
finished the teacher will assist you
in writing a few sentences to complement your picture.
#6
The art work will be displayed in the classroom, and
discussed. You will be given a chance to share your drawings
and ideas.
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Estimated Time for Step Two:
35 minutes
Step Three
Closure:
Have students discuss their mission project of their pictures and
information they found on the Internet about Thanksgiving.
Tell students that your topicquest page is on the Internet and they can
visit the website at school or home to learn more about Thanksgiving. Explain to students
that you are going to put their pictures
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
Assessment:
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the computer
with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Satisfactory: Student is able to use the computer with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to use the computer with
teacher guidance to do research and find information for the mission
project.
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.") Describe
your student and his or her needs.
In my classroom we have a special student who
is really behind the rest of the class. He learns extremely slowly and
can not keep up with what the other students in the classroom are
learning. He often gets off task and loses interest because he has a
hard time.
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. List
the specific URL information for your special student. Be sure it
links.
+ Get student’s attention before giving
directions (tell student how to pay attention, look at me while I talk,
watch my eyes while I speak). Ask student to repeat directions.
+ Attempt to actively involve student in lesson (e.g. cooperative
learning).
3. Explain what you would add to this
lesson
plan to accommodate your special student? Explain
what you would add to this lesson to accommodate your special student.
Reflections: (For Electronic Portfolio Standard #1
Knowledge
of Subject Matter)
1. a. Describe and give examples of how your
TopicQuest lesson created learning experiences and activities that
made
subject matter meaningful for your students.
We explored the Thanksgiving Holiday on the childrens level
b. Describe and give
examples
of how your TopicQuest lesson illustrated your understanding of
content
and tools of inquiry.
It showed that I could find meaning ful material on the web
c. Describe and give
examples
of how students were engaged in learning and responded during your
lesson.
They discussed the pages with me and really enjoyed that art activity
that we did after the topic quest
2. Describe and give examples
of
how the students achieved the assessment of your lesson.
Give
the achievement level (satisfactory or unsatisfactory) for each
assessment
for each of your students.
<>Satisfactory: Students could illustrate Thanksgiving now and
then.
Unsatisfactory: Students could not illustrate THanksgiving now and then.
A. Technology Integration:
Student assessed through observation while using the computer
with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Student One:
Kelly
Student Two: Shae
3. Describe what you would do
differently
and why if you taught this lesson again.
I would like to teach it to older children.
Example
of TopicQuest Scanned Pictures & Comments
Topic
Example by Reada Carter
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(Three
or more sentences of students' descriptions & comments)
A
kindergartner drew a picture of the food that he said was served at
the
Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving. He included in his picture venison,
bread, lobster, berries, fish, pumpkin, and plums. He drew the
food
on a large table for the Thanksgiving feast.
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(Three
or more sentences of students' descriptions & comments)
This
is a picture by a kindergartner. He said that the food was
served
at the Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving. He included bread, venison,
pumpkin, berries, plums, lobster, and fish. He drew the food on a
large table with many chairs. He also included an Indian and a
Pilgrim
at the Thanksgiving feast.
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