M.3+Lesson+B

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION FOR MEANINGFUL CLASSROOM USE PBL Instructional Unit: Planets & Stars

Daily Lesson GAME Plan: Lesson B


 * Lesson Title: ** What are the ** ** Attributes of the Stars? ** |||| Relate Lessons: ** Attributes of Planets ** ||
 * Grade Level: ** 4th Grade ** |||| Unit: ** Planets & Stars **
 * of the Solar System ** ||
 * GOALS ||
 * Content Standards
 * S4E1b. Compare the similarities and differences of planets to the stars in appearance, position, and number in the night sky. **

Technology Standards  þ Communication and collaboration þ Digital citizenship  þ Research and information fluency þ Technology operations and concepts Instructional Objective(s): ** Students will work in groups of 2 or 3 to find ** 5-8 minutes |||| •Review GPS (Georgia Performance Standards) in technology and in science || •Use teacher-made solar system powerpoint or lesson plans for GPS review ||
 * ELA4W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing. The ****student **
 * a. Acknowledges information from sources. **
 * b. Locates information in reference texts by using organizational features (i.e., prefaces, appendices, indices, glossaries, and tables of contents). **
 * c. Uses various reference materials (i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, electronic information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers, and key words). **
 * d. Demonstrates basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology (e.g., software, memory, disk drive, hard drive). ** ||
 * q  Creativity and innovation þ Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making
 * the attributes of stars in our solar system through research on the internet. The information gathered will be organized into an attribute table. Students will post their attribute tables of stars on Kidblog. Photos and links to videos will also be added to their blogs. This is a formative activity that will take a 2 or 3 days to complete. ** ||
 * ACTION ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Before-Class Preparation:
 * •Create a set of appropriate internet links on a word document in which students will access to gather information about stars. **
 * •Develop attribute table template for stars that includes: size, color, position, and number in the night sky. **
 * •Create a “Resources Page” in which students can post the links that they accessed to do their research and to gather pictures/videos. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">During Class ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Time |||| <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Instructional Activities  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Materials and Resources  ||
 * Notes:
 * 5-8 minutes |||| •Discuss and review directions of assignment and rubric || •Use lesson plan and rubric ||
 * 5-8 minutes |||| •Review links for solar system research || •Use teacher-made solar system powerpoint or word document with links ||
 * 5-8 minutes |||| •Review parts of an attribute table. Review how to take notes || •Use teacher-made attribute table and examples from the internet. Model how to take notes from solar system webpage ||
 * 20-30 minutes |||| Students will work in groups of 2 or 3 to read and discuss selected webpages. Then, students will type notes and paste weblinks for sources onto Kidblog. || •Use teacher-made solar system powerpoint or word document with links

•http://kidblog.org/ MrsYoungs4thGrade/ ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">MONITOR ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ongoing Assessment(s): Teacher observation and assistance as students conduct research and post onto Kidblog
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ongoing Assessment(s): Teacher observation and assistance as students conduct research and post onto Kidblog

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Accommodations and Extensions: [|**http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/speech.asp**]**. Text-to-speech IMTranslator also translates the text typed or if pasted into the text box will also translate into another language. (English to Spanish would be the most helpful to my students.) This site would also be helpful for students who are auditory learners, special education students, and those students identified as ESL. Lesson A will take 2-3 days and so monitoring progress will take place throughout the lesson and the two weeks. **
 * Those students who need to create notes on paper may do so before typing them onto the computer. Students who have difficulty with vocabulary can use help from partner, from teacher, and or from text-to-speech such as **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Back-up Plan: ** Standards, directions, examples, and rubric can be photocopied and/or projected using an ELMO (document scanner). Students will be able to access much of the same information from textbooks, encyclopedias, and nonfiction books. Notes about planets can be written on paper and then later transferred to an attribute table. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">EVALUATION ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson Reflections and Notes: ** Students will be evaluated through teacher observation daily. Completed projects will be assessed using a rubric and/or a checklist. ** ||