Name: Miranda Barrineau
Mentor Teacher's Signature
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Date
Title of Lesson:
Barnyard Palace
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. With teacher guidance students will be able to use the computer to
research information on the Internet.
Assessed QCC:
A. Grade: K
Subject Area: Technology Integration
Strand: Research
10 Topic:
Research
Standard: Uses basic research techniques with teacher guidance.
Materials and Equipment:
1. Paper for drawing
2. Crayons
3. Pencil & paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and
reflections)
4. 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 find out information
about farm animals.
List 2 or more
questions that introduce students
to topic of farm animals that establish a
connection to students' prior knowledge by asking them: "Have
you ever been to a farm or read a book about all the different animals
that
live on a farm?" "Can you tell
me something
that you know about farm animals?" Today we are
going
to learn about farm animals by visiting
websites on the Internet and we will do a fun activity to
learn more about farm animals.
I have made a special farm
animals
page 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:
(Have students sit at the computer where they can control the mouse
and computer.) (Explain to students the process of the
lesson.) After we visit
several websites about farm
animals
then you will tell me all about your favorite farm animal and draw a
picture of yourself as the animal for the farmer.
Check for understanding
Have students explore and discuss
the information in each of the 3 pre-selected websites. Ask
students guiding
questions about the important concepts in each of the visited
websites. (Save
"Kiddyhouse" website to use
in Mission Project.) List three or more questions.
1. Do you remember what we get from cows?
2. What sound does a pig make?
3. What is a farm animal you can ride?
Practice and feedback related to the PLO
Read mission project to students. Explain to students that they
are going to be
their favorite farm animal. Discuss farm animals with students
and show them
the
examples of farm animals on the website. Tell
the
students that the information that they will need to complete
their
mission project is listed and connected in the mission
activity.
Visit website for information for mission project, "Barnyard Palace." Discuss the
information in the linked website in
the mission activity with the students to emphasize
interesting and important information students will need to complete
mission
project.
[Students will write (or dictate to teacher) information to be included
in
the pictures for the mission project.
While
students are completing mission project, teacher
will observe students and give assistance when needed.]
| Mission Activity Now you have explored through all of the websites I have provided for you. You will pick the farm animal that you like the best and imagine you are that animal. What sound do you make? What do you like to eat? How do you help humans? Remember to draw yourself as your favorite farm animal! Missions Steps STEP 1: Think of your
favorite farm animal.
STEP 2: Imagine you are that animal and you have to describe yourself to the farmer so he will want you on his farm. Go back to this website and click on the animals to help you remember all about the animal you choose. STEP 3: You will state what sound you make, what you like to eat, what color you are, and how you are useful to humans. STEP 4: To finish up your project, you will draw a picture of yourself for the farmer to look at. Look back at some of the websites to help. |
Step Three
Closure:
Have students discuss their mission project of pictures and
information they found on the Internet about
farm animals.
Tell students that your topicquest page is on the Internet and they can
visit the website at school or home to learn more about farm animals. Explain to students
that you are going to put their pictures
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
Assessment:
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the computer
with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Satisfactory: Student is able to use the computer with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to use the computer with
teacher guidance to do research and find information for the mission
project.
2. Explain what you would add to this
lesson
plan to accommodate your special student? Explain
what you would add to this lesson to accommodate your special
student.
I adjusted the contrast on the monitor to maximize visual access.
Reflections: (For Electronic Portfolio Standard #1
Knowledge
of Subject Matter)
1. a. Describe and give examples of how your
TopicQuest lesson created learning experiences and activities that
made
subject matter meaningful for your students.
My lesson was taught over farm animals. It provided the students
with a complete understanding of what happens on a farm and what each
farm animal does for humans. My students also learned the sounds
that farm animals make and what the name of their babies are. My
lesson was very successful and my students retarined the information
provided.
b. Describe and give
examples
of how your TopicQuest lesson illustrated your understanding of
content
and tools of inquiry.
My lesson allowed my students to explore different sites about farm
animals and gave thorough knowledge of each farm animal. The
students were excited about exploring the internet and learning things
they did not know before.
c. Describe and give
examples
of how students were engaged in learning and responded during your
lesson.
Students were excited about exploring the internet and being able to
click on the pictures to learn more about the animals. Students
were able to draw their favorite animal on their own paper that they
explored on the internet.
2. Describe and give examples
of
how the students achieved the assessment of your lesson.
Give
the achievement level (satisfactory or unsatisfactory) for each
assessment
for each of your students.
A. Technology Integration:
Student assessed through observation while using the computer
with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Student One:
Satisfactory. Shania was able to draw a picture of her favorite
farm animal, which was a cow, and tell me about the sounds the animal
makes. She also told me about the useful things her cow did on a
farm.
Student Two:
Satisfactory. Patrick was able to draw a picture of a
horse. This was his favorite farm animal. He told me the
useful things his horse did on a farm and he also made the sound that
horses make.
Example
of TopicQuest Scanned Pictures & Comments
Topic
Example by Reada Carter
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A
kindergartner drew a picture of her favorite farm animal that she
learned about on the internet. She included in her picture a baby
calf, which she called a calf and the barn that the cow lives in.
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This is a picture by a kindergartner. He drew a his favorite farm animal, which was a horse. He included the horse's tail and the hay that the horse eats. He also drew the stable that the horse sleeps in at night. |