Bobby Beaver @ Black Bayou Lake Title: Bobby Beaver @ Black Bayou Lake
Subject: English/Language Arts
Grade Level: 3Overview:
Students will learn about alliteration and increase their vocabulary as they tour Black Bayou Lake NWR. After touring the refuge the students will create an alliteration with animals or objects seen on the field trip. The students will then use Microsoft PowerPoint to create a digital book, Alliterations on Black Bayou Lake.
Approximate Duration: 3 Sixty Minute Classes
Content Standards:
Standard 2
Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Benchmarks:
ELA-2-E5
recognizing and applying literary devices (e.g., figurative language);
Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs):
Writing
Grade 3
26. Use a variety of literary devices, including idioms and personification, in written responses and compositions (ELA-2-E5)
Interdisciplinary Connections:
Science : Science and the Environment
In learning environmental science, students will develop an appreciation of the natural environment, learn the importance of environmental quality, and acquire a sense of stewardship. As consumers and citizens, they will be able to recognize how our personal, professional, and political actions affect the natural world.
Educational Technology Standards:
Use a variety of developmentally appropriate resources and productivity tools (e.g., logical thinking programs, writing and graphic tools, digital cameras, graphing software) for communication, presentation, and illustration of thoughts, ideas, and stories.
Objectives:
The learner will use alliteration when writing.
Lesson Materials and Resources:
Paper
Pencils
Clip Boards
Dr. Seuss' A B C Book
Thesauruses
Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Printer
Internet Connection
Digital CameraSoftware:
Microsoft PowerPointWebsites:
Black Bayou Lake Project
http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/black_bayou_files/index.html
How to play the " I am going on a trip game"
http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ImplementALiteracyProgram/HowToPlayTheIAmGoingOnATripGam.htm
Background Information:
The students should be able to create complete sentences using the parts of speech effectively.
Lesson Procedures:
Day One :
1.Introduce alliterations by reading Dr. Seuss' s A B C Book.
2.Play "I Went On A Trip" game to allow students to use alliteration. To access the game go to the following link, http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ImplementALiteracyProgram/HowToPlayTheIAmGoingOnATripGam.htm
3.Take students on virtual tour of Black Bayou instructing them to be thinking about alliterations that could be used with various animals or plants.
4 Close by whole group sharing of some of the plants or animals found. Have class brainstorm words that begin with the same letter that would describe each word.Day 2
1. Take students on a field trip to Black Bayou Lake. (Divide into small groups of 3 or 4 with a chaperone and job assignments for each child.)
2.Students work to find animals or plants to match the letters of the alphabet their group has been assigned. (similar to a scavenger hunt.)
3. Have students record what was found, where it was found and a verb that describes its action.
4. Assemble at educational center to compare and finalize notes.
Day 3
1. Have students assemble in groups from yesterday. Use notes to work on pages for each letter assigned.
2. Use thesaurus or go to computers to find words that might be used in place of the words from their notes that begin with the letter needed.( Have students be prepared to share meaning of words used) .
3.Have group decide on best sentence to use in PowerPoint.
4. Let each student in the group be responsible for making one slide of the PowerPoint for that group.Day 4
1. Present PowerPoints of alliteration.
(These may also be printed to make a class booklet of Alliterations Along Black Bayou)Assessment Procedures:
Use a rubric for presentations
Teacher monitoring
Accommodations/Modifications:
Refer to individual IEPs for additional
Accommodations and/or Modifications.
----- written by Donna Brown
Reproducible Materials:
Alliterations Rubric
Explorations and Extensions:
Students can continue to look for alliterations
around the school.
Lesson Development Resources:
GLE-Related Materials
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/saa/1914.htmlContact Information:
Donna Brown
donna.brown@mcschools.net
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