Lesson Plan I

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Mentor Teacher's Signature
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  Learning About Our World Through Literature and Technology 
Title of Lesson
Something from Nothing

 Lesson I:  Learning With Technology about Our World  
 

 Lesson I:  Learning With Technology about Our World  

General Information
Name: Lisa Pittman
School/Mentor Teacher: Susan Fortner
Grade Level: 2nd
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson:  55 minutes. (This lesson can be presented in 2 sessions)

Primary Learning Outcomes (PLO)
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. Student will be able to use the mouse while operating the computer to find information related to a multicultural children’s story.
B. Students will listen to a story about another culture.  

C  Students will work cooperatively in small group to make a story picture about things they learned from the story.

Related QCC & GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with Internet connection, a picture developed using a computer drawing program, and a designed website that includes computer painted picture and links to cultural websites that represent the country in multicultural literature book.  Elementary students will use computers to view website developed for multicultural literature book.

Part One: PAINT PICTURE ACTIVITY
1. Work with a small group of students (2-5).  Show students the PAINT picture on your page.

Ask the children to use the mouse to point to various objects in the picture and tell them to describe them or name them.

Read the text under the picture then read the questions.  Write their responses individually on a large sheet of chart paper that also has the questions on it.

a. Which character sews the blanket?

b. What do you think happens to the blanket?

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Reading the story:

Introduction to story:

1   Read the title of the book, author, illustrator, and do a picture walk with the students

Show the students the cover of the book and several illustrations from the book.

b. Point to their houses.  What is different about the way they live verses the way we live?

Read the story to the children

Ask the children to decorate or enhance the chart picture with their own words or pictures related to the story.

Assessment of the Primary Learning Outcomes
Now that we have visited my website, and listened to a story about Israel, tell us what you wrote or drew on the chart paper from the story and why you  chose to put it on the page.

Rubric:

Lesson Plan II
Learning about Our World through Literature and Technology   
Title of Lesson
Israel

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Lesson II Learning About Our World Through Literature and Technology   

General Information

Name: Lisa Pittman
School/Mentor Teacher: Susan Fortner
Grade Level: 2
Subject Areas: Technology Integration, Social Studies (Multicultural Understanding)
Date Taught:
Total Duration of Lesson:  55 minutes.

Primary Learning Outcomes (PLO)
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. Student will be able to use the mouse while operating the computer
B. Student will be able to respond to questions about diverse cultures and languages other than from the English culture.

Related QCC & GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills
5 Topic: Basic Skills
Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.

B. Grade: K
Social Studies Georgia Performance Standard
Geographic Understandings
SSKG1: The student will describe American culture by explaining diverse community and family celebrations and customs (this also includes the cultures represented by children from other countries who are enrolled in our schools, whose native language is other than English)

Materials and Equipment
1. Computer with Internet connection set to your Global Diversity Graphic Organizer and Microsoft Paint Program
2. Multicultural children’s book: Gilman, P. Something from Nothing
3. Colored markers, crayons, and chart paper
4. Paper or props related to the multicultural story that you read in lesson I

Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with Internet connection, a picture developed using a computer drawing program, and a designed website that includes computer painted picture and links to cultural websites that represent the country in multicultural literature book.  Elementary students will use computers to view website developed for multicultural literature book.

Step One Introduction
Show students the graphic organizer and talk about your country and also how it relates to the story you read to them earlier

1. Tell the students how important Israel is to Jews.
2. Tell the students about the people of Israel.

(Estimated Time 15 minutes)
 
Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcome
Ask the students to take turns reading the questions for each web site and ask them to tell you what they see or to provide the information for the questions:

1. What kind of food do the people of Israel eat?
2. What type of language do the people of Israel speak?
3. Can you tell me about the people of Israel?

Step Three: Assessment
a. Give students time to access Microsoft Paint and write words or draw pictures that relate to what they learned from going through the web sites.

b. Ask them to describe and tell what they chose to paint.

(Estimated Time: 15 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.
B. Social Studies
Student will be assessed through answers to questions, illustrations, and discussions about diverse cultures.

(Estimated Time:  15 minutes)

Closure
Read student responses together, or ask each student to read or tell what they drew on the chart