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TopicQuest
Lesson Plan
Name: Lashonda McElhaney
School/Mentor Teacher: Maymester
Grade Level: K
Subject Areas: Technology
Integration and Language Arts
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson: About
45 minutes
Title of Lesson:
Primary Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. With teacher guidance student will be able to use the computer to
research topic information on the Internet. (QCC- Technology
Integration- Research- K10)
B. With teacher guidance student will be able to listen to information
to gain knowledge. (GPS- English/Language Arts- Comprehension-
ELAKR6)
Assessed Standards
Georgia QCC
A. Grade: K
Subject Area: Technology Integration
Strand: Research
10 Topic:
Research
Standard: Uses basic research techniques with teacher guidance.
Georgia Performance Standard (GPS)
B. English/Language Arts Performance Standard
Grade: K
Comprehension
ELAKR6: The student gains meaning from orallly presented
text.
a. The student listens to and reads a variety of literary and
informational texts and materials to gain knowledge and for pleasure.
Materials and Equipment:
1. Have example of your mission project to show students
2. Paper for drawing
3. Crayons
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: Singing and Dancing with
ABC's and 123's & URL: http://www.valdosta.edu/~lbmcelha/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 ABC's and 123's.
List 2 or more
questions that introduce students
to your TopicQuest that establish a
connection to students' prior knowledge by asking them:
1. "Do you know the meaning of the
ABC's and 123's?"
2. "Can you tell
me what alphabets and numbers are used for?"
Today we are going
to learn about letters and numbers
by visiting websites on the Internet and we will do a fun activity.
I have made a special Web
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 letters and numbers
then you will pretend to be a host at a party for Barney and his
friends
and then draw a picture representing letters and numbers.
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. List three or more questions.
1. Do you understand why we have
letters?
2. Why is it important
for us to have numbers?
3. How would you use the numbers and
letters when you learn them?
Practice and feedback related to the
PLO
Read mission project to students. Explain to students that they
are going to host
a learning party for their class and find out information about the
alphabets and numbers.
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. 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 drawing for the mission project.
While
students are completing mission project, teacher
will observe students and give assistance when needed.]
Mission
Let's pretend that you are the host at a party for Barney and all his
friends. You need to know all of your ABC's and 123's to provide the
entertainment for Barney and three of his friends. The Gang is very
excited to see what you have in store for them. Someone told you that
singing, dancing and playing learning games is their favorite
entertainment. You are
resposible for providing this entertainment. I hope you have lots of
fun singing, dancing and learning all at the same time. Stay cool and
calm on your mission to excitment!
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Mission
Steps
1. Click on the link to get
all the material you need to help with your party. Learning
Entrtainment
2. Once you have
picked the best material for your party you will need to pick four
friends and prepare a list of the alphabets and a list of numbers from
1-10 and don't forget to pick a song.
3. Now that you have all this you will need to draw a picture of your
four friends and label each one of them with the letter that their
names begin with. You will also need to count your four friends and
give them a number.
4. Make sure you have four friends with a letter and a number on each
one of them.
5. As soon as that is complete you and your friends can sing, dance
and enjoy a song with Barney.
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Estimated Time for Step Two:
35 minutes
Step Three
Closure:
Have students discuss their mission project and
information they found on the Internet.
Tell students that your topicquest page 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
Assessment:
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the computer
with teacher
guidance to do research on the Internet for topic information.
Assessment Rubric
Performance
Levels |
Indicators |
0
|
Student is not able to use the
computer with teacher guidance to do research on the Internet for topic
information. |
1
|
Student is able to use
computer with a great amount of teacher guidance to do research on the
Internet for topic information. |
2
|
Student is able to use
computer with some teacher guidance to do research on the Internet for
topic information. |
3
|
Student is able to use
computer with little teacher guidance to do research on the Internet
for topic information. |
| Student |
Performance
Level |
Describe
the Students' Evidence that Illustrate their Achieved Use of Technology
Performance Level |
1
|
2
|
The
student was able to scroll down and click on the links that I showed
her to go under. She also knew how to scroll back up to look at
prior things on the page.
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2
|
2
|
This
student had excellent knowledge on how to go to the words that were
highlighted and click on them. She was also able to pull up the games
after we finished the lesson.
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B. English/Language Arts
Student will be assessed through observation and oral discussion to
evaluate if student with teacher guidance is able to listen to
information to gain knowledge.
Assessment Rubric
Performance
Levels |
Indicators |
0
|
Student is not able with teacher
guidance to listen to information to gain knowledge. |
1
|
Student with
teacher guidance is able to listen to information to gain little
knowledge. |
2
|
Student with teacher
guidance is able to listen to information to gain some knowledge. |
3
|
Student with teacher
guidance is able to listen to information to gain much knowledge. |
| Student |
Performance
Level |
Describe
the Students' Evidence that Illustrate their Achieved Language Arts
Performance Level |
1
|
2
|
Student
was told what to do but still needed a little more assistance. She
asked for the directions a couple of times. She was able to tell me
what she learned.
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2
|
3
|
The student was told what to do
and she did it with very little help. She was also able to tell me what
I taught her.
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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.") The
special needs student that I observed was ADHD and his mother did not
have him on medicine. He had a very hard time staying on task.
2. Explain what you would add to
this
lesson
plan to accommodate your special student? For this special needs student I would
allow him to first go to the sites that had the games to show him the
fun he would be able to have after the lesson. During the lesson I
would keep the site up for him and tell him he had to pay attention to
learn how to get to the games.
Comments & Reflections: For Electronic Portfolio Principle
#1 Content and Curriculum: Teachers demonstrate a strong content
knowledge of content area(s). Describe how your
TopicQuest project is evidence that shows how you understand concepts
of knowledge. Also tell how you used the tools of inquiry to
develop and implement your TopicQuest for your elementary students in
your field classroom
1. Describe how you
developed the mini-reserach TopicQuest lesson for your students.
Include your process of researching and selecting web sites for your
pre-k/elementary students.
I went on the internet and found web sites for the
age appropriate students I was going to teach. I just typed in that I
was looking for sites to teach Pre-K students their ABC's and 123's. I
looked
over the web sites carefully before choosing them.
2. Comment
on your
teaching of how your
TopicQuest lesson created learning experiences and activities that
implemented the use a variety of resources and technologies.
The students were able to use the mouse and computer
to gain knowledge of how to look and different web sites with my
assistant. They
also did a hands on activity to help enhance their motor skills.
3. Describe what your
students did (mission/evidence) as a result of your TopicQuest
learning
activities that created interdisciplinary learning experiences that
allow students to integrate knowledge and skills to apply them to
everyday life situations.
The students were able to go to the different web
sites as I talked about them. They had good control over the usage of
the mouseand was able to figure out how each site worked. They followed
the directions on how to do the hands on
activity with little help.
4. Examine and describe your
teaching of this TopicQuest lesson.
I was able to hold their attention while I taught
the lesson because I used Barney as a helper. They did ask alot of
questions about how we use both letters and numbers and I was able to
answer all of their questions. I was also able to cover all the
information in the given time.
5. Give at least one suggestion that
would lead to improving your teaching practices and student
achievement.
I think the next time I will give more
examples and
allow the students more time to write, explore and play the
games.
TopicQuest Scanned
Pictures & Comments
by
Lashonda McElhaney
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| A
Pre- K student wrote a few of the letters and numbers at the top of her
page. She then drew four of her friends from the learning party and
labeled them with the first letter of their name. She then
numbered them 1- 4. She said that her and her friends were
playing
in the moonlight. |
This
is also a picture by a Pre-K student. She said she had to
write her ABC's and 123's first and then she was going to draw her
pictures. She drew four friends and then labeled each one with an
alphabet. She also
added a number to them. She said she was drawing the water gun to show
how they played in the water with Barney. |