Lesson+Plans

=Lesson Plans =

I chose a great lesson that I found on the Office of Instructional Technology web site of the [|Baltimore County Public Schools]. This lesson has students use Kidspiration to sequence events in a much loved book, //Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?// by Bill Martin and Eric Carle.


 * Title of Lesson: ** Brown Bear Sequencing ||
 * Date: ** 2/23/2009 **Timeframe of Lesson**: 1 day ||
 * Author: ** Mary Koch || ** School District: ** St. Francis
 * Campus: ** Willow Glen Primary ||
 * Subject Area(s ** ): Language Arts, Technology ||
 * Grade Level(s)/Course ** : K5 ||
 * Subject Area(s ** ): Language Arts, Technology ||
 * Grade Level(s)/Course ** : K5 ||
 * Grade Level(s)/Course ** : K5 ||

|||| Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of themselves, and of others.
 * State Standards **
 * Subject Specific: **

A.4.2 Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature. · Recognize and recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot, and setting, in order to reflect on meaning Students in Wisconsin will select and use media and technology to access, organize,, create and communicate information for solving problems and constructing new knowledge, products and systems.
 * Technology Specific: **

A.4.5 Use media and technology to create and present information · Use draw, paint or graphics software to create simple signs, posters, banners, charts, visuals, etc. || |||| Students will sequence the animals from the story. ||
 * Stated Objective **
 * Stated Objective **

|||| · Read the big book //Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See// with the students. · Discuss the sequence of the animals and encourage the use of words “next” and “then”. · Using the interactive whiteboard, model how to use the Name tool in Kidspiration. · Using the interactive whiteboard, model how to drag the animals into proper sequence, within the Kidspiration template. ||
 * Procedures for Lesson **


 * Assessment or Evaluation **

|||| Students will self-assess their work by comparing the sequence of their animals in their Kidspiration project to the sequence of the animals in the book.

Teacher will assess the students with the following rubric: · 3 – All the animals are sequenced correctly · 2 – Most (7 or more) of the animals are sequenced correctly · 1 – Many animals are out of sequence || |||| Students can access the Symbol Library in Kidspiration and add 3 images to their template of things that they saw on the way to school, in sequential order. ||
 * Enrichment **
 * Enrichment **

· // Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See // by Bill Martin and Eric Carle (big book and 6 or more copies of the standard sized book) · Computers with Kidspiration software and the Brown Bear Sequencing template · Printer ||
 * Materials ** ||||
 * |||| **__ Technology Resources __**** : ** Kidspiration template **([|http://www.bcps.org/offices/oit/CBTIA/Elementary%5CBrownBearSequencing%5CBrownBearSequencing.kid)**] ||