Name: RheAnna West
Mentor Teacher's Signature & Date
Mini-Research eBook Lesson Plan 2
Real-World Activity
Title of Mini-Research eBook Lesson: Turkey Today It's Thanksgiving Day!
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
PLO: The students will
identify and discuss the purpose, people and
events celebrated on Thanksgiving Day.
Assessed Standards
Georgia Performance Standard (GPS)
Social Studies Performance
Standard
Grade: K
Standard SSKH1 The
students will identify the
purpose of national holidays and describe the people or events
celebrated
D.
Thanksgiving Day
Materials and Equipment:
1. Have an example of Mini-Research eBook activity to show students
2. Paper for drawing
3. Colored Markers
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:
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 read an
Mini-Research eBook
about events taken place on the
first Thanksgiving Day.
List
2 or more
questions that introduce students
to your Mini-Research eBook that will establish a
connection to students' prior knowledge by asking them:
1. "How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?"
2. "Do any of you help your parents
prepare dinner on Thansgiving Day?"
Today we are going
to read an eBook
on the Internet.
I have made a special Mini-Research eBook on the Internet 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:
(Students will sit at the computer where they can control the mouse
and computer.) (Explain to students the process of the
lesson.) We are going to read my Mini-Research eBook and visit
several websites.
Check for understanding
Students with teacher assistance will read the Mini-Research eBook,
explore, and
discuss
the information in the four linking websites that go with the
Mini-Research eBook. Ask
students guiding
questions about the important concepts in the Mini-Research eBook and
the linking
websites. List four or more questions from each of your
linking websites that will guide your students to gain information for
your PLO.
1. Thaksgiving is
celebrated on what day of every Thursday in November?
2. The Pilgrims sailed from England to
American on a ship known as what?
3. According to the slideshow, in
what way around the 1600's was the only way to have meat on the table?
4. From the poem that we have
just read, can you tell me atleast three things the Pilgrims may have
been thankful for
Practice and feedback related to the
PLO
Read the Mini-Research eBook project to students. Explain to
students that
they
are going to be going back in
time as guest at
the First Thanksgiving Dinner drawing a picture of the people, food and
writing a sentence of it's purpose .Tell
the
students that the information that they will need to complete
their Mini-Research eBook project is listed and connected in
the Mini-Research eBook
activity. Review the
information in the linked website in
the Mini-Research eBook activity with the students to emphasize
interesting and important information students will need to complete
mission
project.
| I'm
Going
Back In Time |
| Good Day Americans!. You and a
friend have been invited to join us as we recap the very First
Thanksgiving. In order for you to join us, you must purchase your time
machine ticket to travel back in time. On this trip you will get a
close look at how we celebrate Thanksgiving, the clothing we wore, the
food we ate and what we were thankful for. Be sure to pay close
attention,
becasue after your trip, you will have to report to your teacher the
food you seen, the people involved and the events that were taken
place on this First Thanksgiving Day. If you need help, feel free to
click back to page 2, page 3, or page 4 for
help. Enjoy yourself and have a wonderful time! |
| Lesson 2 Directions 1.You will be given a piece of color paper, and on that color paper you will recreate what you seen on your trip back in time using markers 2.You will draw the people from the First Thanksgiving. refer back to page 3 for help. 3.You will draw some of the food seen at the First Thanksgiving. refer back to page 4 4.Once you have completed the drawing, you will write a sentence under you drawing In this form "The puropse of this celebration was ________" and fill in the missing blank for your reason of why the First Thanksgiving was taken place. |
[Students will write (or dictate to teacher) information to be included
in
their Mini-Research eBook
project.
While
students are completing Mini-Research eBook project, teacher
will observe students and give assistance when needed.]
Step Three
Closure:
Have students discuss their Mini-Research eBook activity and
information they found on the Internet.
Tell students that your Mini-Research eBook Website 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
Accommodation:
This will be turned in as an in-class activity.
Comments & Reflections:
Assessment for the
Primary Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Student will be assessed through
observation, oral discussion, and developed product to
evaluate if student:The students will
identify and discuss the purpose, people and
events celebrated on Thanksgiving Day. (Use information from your PLO at top
of page of this lesson.)
| Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 | |
|
(List
your
PLO from top of page of this lesson.) PLO:The students will identify and discuss the purpose, people and events celebrated on Thanksgiving Day. |
Student
with
teacher
guidance is able to name the events, people and the
purpose of Thanksgiving Day. |
Student
with
teacher
guidance is able to name a few events,
people and the purpose of Thanksgiving Day. |
Student is not able with teacher guidance to recognize events, people and the purpose of Thanksgiving Day. |
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To here for lesson
plan
evaluation. Information below will be entered after teaching
your lesson.
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| Student | Performance
Level |
Descriptions
of Students' Evidence that Illustrate the Achieved Performance Level of
the PLO (* To receive full credit description must include minimum of two sentences and a detailed example of the students' evidence.) |
| 1 |
2 |
Students was able to name events
and people, but had a hard time staying focus on the purpose and some
of the food that was around in the 1600. Student named the items
correctly, but asked to put on paper it was a little difficult for them. |
| 2 |
3 |
Student did a great job naming
the events taken place on the First Thanksgiving. The picture
illustrates a clear idea what the Pilgrims did to get their food and
even the food that they ate. studnet was also able to name the purpose
which is also written on the drawing. |
1.
Comment
on your
teaching of how your
Mini-Research eBook
Lesson created learning experiences and activities that
implemented the use a variety of resources and technologies. (*
To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two
sentences and a detailed example.)
In teaching the group of students on this
eBook lesson, helped them to open up their creative side and put it
into drawings. I was amazed at what the students were able to produce
by a short lesson on the First Thanksgiving.
2. State evidence to show that
your students gained knowledge during your Mini-Research eBook
Lesson. (*
To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two
sentences and a detailed example.)
Students were able to gain
knowledge and stayed focus because we had been talking about Indians
all that week and the students were able to see a great glance of what
the Pilgrims and Indians look like because of the diferent slides. You
can tell from the drawings the students really knew what was going on.
3. Give at least one suggestion that would lead to improving your teaching practices and student achievement. (* To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two sentences and a detailed example.)
One suggestion that would lead to improving my teaching
practices and student achievement would be being able to adjust to
different student stratagies on the spot.
RheAnna's Class Page |
rlwest@valdosta.edu |
Turkey Today It's Thanksgiving Day Mini-Research eBook |