In this lesson the idea of primary and non-primary sources will be introduced to second graders. The first PowerPoint presentation focuses on Abraham Lincoln and includes both types of sources. The purpose of this section is for the students to practice differentiating between the two types of sources. In the second section of the lesson students will see a second PowerPoint in which they will view pictures, line drawings, and movie clips about the lives of Irish immigrants before they immigrate to America. The purpose of this lesson is to build background knowledge about the living conditions of the immigrants in Ireland and their underlying reasons for immigrating. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 2, 3, 5 and 6. Prior to this lesson, students will have been learning about different types of communities. They will be taking the information they have learned and webbing their ideas on Kidspiration. They will then be creating a PowerPoint presentation. It will be viewed by those in the class. This lesson requires three-four 45-minute sessions. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 3. Prior to this lesson, students will have been learning about maps and map reading skills. In this lesson, students will be creating a map of their community for someone who is visiting from out of town. This lesson will take 2 forty-five minute lessons. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 6. In this activity students will use the factual research they have done on a specific dinosaur to create a descriptive cinquain about that dinosaur. This research will have been completed over a period of three weeks as homework with the assistance of an adult. The completed cinquain will then be published on the website http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/ (Fern’s poetry center). Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 3 and 4. Students will be learning how to properly address, attach a file, and send an email using Cox Education Network. This will take two 45-minute class periods. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4. In this lesson 2nd graders will gather information about an endangered species, the Panda. After making a research web as a class, the class will work together to organize and write a research report about Pandas. This research report will then be posted on the website Project: TESAN – The Endangered Species and Nature, a collaborative project that posts and collects student work about endangered species from all over the world. The address is http://www.tesan.vuurwerk.nl/. This lesson is a modeling lesson intended to prepare students to write their own individual research reports. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 2, 4 and 5. Microsoft Word is a basic computer program that many schools use. It is the program that most of my students use as well. It is important for the students to understand how the program works if they are to use the program to their advantage – even in the beginning stages. Students will create a web for their story using the Draw tools in Microsoft Word. After writing a story, students will create a title page using Microsoft Word. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1. Students will use the White House website to use primary source photographs to compare and contrast past and present photos of life in the White House. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5. Creating maps and labeling them is one of the state standards for Geography in the Primary grades. During the study of our community, a problem arose in the classroom. We needed to arrange the classroom so that we had the most available room for not only center activities, but for sitting together for community and reading time. The students were asked to use the some of the draw tools on Microsoft Office and recreate our classroom. They were asked to title their “map,” and create a compass rose using cardinal directions. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 6. Did you know that music tells a story? Students will be listening to different pieces of music and learning the stories that go with them. They will then listen to a new piece of music and use Kid Pix to draw a picture of their interpretation of the new piece of music. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2. The students will utilize a PBS related website entitled Fern’s Poetry Club to publish a student-authored poem on an Internet to not only meet the Arizona Language Arts and Writing Standards (2, 3,4, and 5) and also the Arizona Technology Standards for Second Grade (1T-F1). Additionally, the students will learn that the Internet can be a valuable resource tool to learn from and make educational contributions toward. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 1. The Real Time Data site that I plan to use is called “More Real Time Data Projects.” In the link called, The Rainforest Connection, students will be able to browse actual photographs of the rainforest, and plant and animal life. What a terrific way to discover this incredible habitat. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2. In this lesson 2nd grade students will learn background information about weather and reading a thermometer. They will then use a real time weather website on the Internet to complete a weather scavenger hunt. Their 4th grade buddies will assist them in navigating the site. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 2, 3 and 6. The students will create a written rebus story to be published on the Storybook website- http://www.kids-space.org/story/story.html. This meets the Arizona Language Arts and Writing Standards and also Arizona State Technology Standards 1, 3, and 4. Students are beginning to use the Internet for both work and play. Chat rooms are becoming very common with even younger children. I have several students that are already involved in friendly chats online. They need to realize that “Stranger Danger” lurks. This lesson is designed to help children learn how to be safe as they use the Internet for both work and play. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 2. In this lesson, the class of students will write a class-generated sequel to a story featuring Peter Rabbit (or a bunny theme in a picture book). This will be done with the teacher doing shared/interactive writing with the class. The teacher will create a follow-up activity utilizing Kidspiration for the class to visit at the website called Kidspired Tales and do the concept map created for this lesson. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 2, 3 and 4. During our unit of study on “Saving the Earth,” our kids will plot square meters of land in our schoolyard and in the desert area just outside our fence. We will record both the living and non-living things that we find. This information will be submitted via e-mail to a project database. This database is accessible to all members that have joined the project. We will compare and contrast our information with other classes. Each group will compose a report or presentation that we will e-mail to the project and it will be posted to the project web site. We will find a “buddy class” online to compare and share our information with as well. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 4. In this project students will plot square meters in their schoolyards and record the living and non-living things that are found. They will submit this information to the project database, this will allow viewing via the Internet. Students will then compare and contrast their information with that submitted by other classes from around the world and prepare a brief report or presentation that will be posted to the project web site. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5. Students learn how volcanoes look on Earth and on other planets in the solar system by viewing the artistic renderings online. They will draw a volcano and paint it with the backdrop of an imaginary world. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5. Show your students, first or second graders, the issues of equality and rights of people through an online version of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the highlights of his life, family and pursuit of civil rights. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 5 and 6. Our present unit of study is the weather. Through class discussions, I found that many of my students are not aware of the differences in weather around the world or even in the United States. Through this activity students will investigate weather phenomenon both locally as well as in countries around the world. This will also heighten student awareness of the use of maps and the effect of the weather on different environments. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5. Prior to this lesson, students will have been learning about animals. They have also chosen an animal to write a research paper about and have been given the research criteria. This lesson will focus on using the Internet as a resource for accessing information and evaluating whether or not the information found is useful and reliable. This lesson will take approximately 3 forty-five minute sessions. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5. Students will use a website to track and observe the weather of other states or countries where they have friends or relatives living. This meets Arizona Science, Social Studies and Technology Standards. The students will then use the information that they have gathered to compare and contrast the weather in the state they live in to the weather of another state. Meets Arizona State Technology Standards 1 and 5. The frozen turkeys have been purchased. The decorations are underway. We are learning that living in a community is more than having an address within the city limits. The plan is to have a Thanksgiving Pot Luck. Parents will be invited to celebrate Thanksgiving. They must bring a dish to share. The excitement is stirring – the invitations need to be created!!! Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 3. |