Elementary Learning Plans
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| MLK Acrostics |
Using information the students have read and studied about Martin Luther King, Jr., the students will create an acrostic poem using the name Martin Luther King, Jr. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5. |
| Music Test Reflection Blog |
This is a collaborative lesson with the music teacher. The students will take a pre-test in music class about concepts they haven’t learned. After the pre-test the students will answer 6 reflection questions in writing. With their homeroom teacher, the students will access Nice Net. They will choose two reflections from their questionnaire to blog. After every one has blogged their reflections, they will respond to another student’s blog. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1. |
| Podcasting |
After a unit of study, students will create their own podcasts accessible to others through the class website describing their impressions of the unit. Students will learn basic sound editing skills using a program called Audacity. The teacher will then demonstrate how this recording can be posted to the web and then to the class website. All students will be subject to the District Acceptable Use policy throughout the project. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4. |
| Writing a Story Review |
Students write a review of the story “Night of the Pufflings” by Bruce McMillan and publish work on Houghton Mifflin Student Web site. They will identify the problem and explain how they would have solved it. They will also explain why they did or did not like the story. |
| Web Evaluation |
This is an introductory lesson on the importance of analyzing and evaluating various websites. First we look at a bogus “factual” website and three different Martin Luther King Websites. As each site is viewed, students discuss how all of the websites appear to look official. Using the web-evaluation criteria worksheet, students analyze each of websites. At this point students begin to realize that not all websites are what they propose. One of the MLK sites is actually linked to a white supremacist website. We were unable to access this site at school because of the filter, but it gives one the opportunity to discuss inappropriate sites too. After the discussion and group evaluation of these websites, students then select a topic of familiarity and evaluate three websites on that topic. Using familiar topics gives students an opportunity to practice deeper analysis of the website evaluation process. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5. |
| Evaluating Internet Sites |
Students will discover that not all Internet sites have correct information. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5. |
| Life of a Refugee – A Photo Story Essay |
After reading the nonfiction story Hoang Anh A Vietnamese – American Boy , students will do internet research on four areas of a Vietnamese refugee’s life – life in their home country, escape from Viet Nam, life in a refugee camp, and life in America. Students will present their information using a program called PhotoStory 3. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 3. |
| Blogging in Second Grade |
During our study of Native Americans, each student will be responsible for information about a tribe that they choose to study. Students will compare their tribe to other tribes by recording their facts and then responding to another student’s report(s) during blogging activities. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4. |
