Internet Lesson Plan #5

 

Dina Dalton, Nash

Grades 1-4

Title 1 Reading

Trackstar Lesson: Africa/Anansi the Spider and Anansi and Firefly

 

Objectives:

Academic:

Language Arts Standard

R-F3 Reading comprehension strategies

R-F4 Literary elements (main idea, sequence)

R-F5 Literary elements (character, plot, setting, organization of text)

R-F7 Evaluate directions

Technological:

Technology Standard 1

Students will be able to use basic keyboarding skills such as using the scroll down

arrow.

Pre-Requisite Technology skills:

Students should be familiar with basic technology skills such as using the mouse and the scroll down arrow.

Materials:

  1. Computers with internet access set to Peggy Steffen’s Home Page
  2. Site for track URL http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/f00001.html
  3. Site URL http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Kids/kids.htm
  4. Site URL http://www.afroam.org/children/myths/firefly/intro.html

Procedures:

  1. Open your browser to the Internet
  2. Go to the URL for Dina Dalton’s Trackstar

    3. http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/f00001.html

  3. Follow directions at that site

Assessment:

Teacher observation of students in a group making Anansi the Spider while following written directions on the computer. Also students in pairs reading the story Anansi and Firefly.