Children, Children, What Did You See?
Title: Children, Children, What Did You See?
Subject: English/Language Arts
Grade Level: K - 1
Overview:
Students will name, draw, and create a simple story about something they saw at Black Bayou Lake refuge.
Approximate Duration: 2 thirty-minute lessons
Content Standards:
Standard 2
Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Benchmarks:
ELA-2-E1
dictating or writing a composition that clearly states or implies a central idea with supporting details in a logical, sequential order;
ELA-2-E3
creating written texts using the writing process;
ELA-2-E6
writing as a response to texts and life experiences (e.g.., journals, letters, lists).
Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs):
Writing
Grade K
19. Write using developmental/inventive spelling, supported by drawing or dictation to the teacher to express ideas(ELA-2-E1)
22. Create simple text using prior knowledge by drawing, dictating to the teacher, and/or writing using developmental/inventive spelling
(ELA-2-E3)
27. Use developmental/inventive spelling, supported by pictures, to represent a word or idea or to respond to a life experience or a text read aloud (ELA-2-E6)
Grade 1
26. Write simple stories with a central idea or event; a beginning, middle, and end; and details(ELA-2-E1)
28. Participate in group writing activities and processes, including: using prewriting strategies, including listing, brainstorming, and drawing to generate ideas for writing; planning for writing by completing a partially completed graphic organizer; writing a first draft of a story, letter, or description using complete sentences; conferencing with a teacher or peers about how to improve writing and incorporate ideas into final paper; revising/editing own; writing in first draft; creating individual and class written texts for publication (ELA-2-E3)
Interdisciplinary Connections:
Science : Life Science
The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment.
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.
Use technology tools (e.g., publishing, multimedia tools, and word processing software) for individual and for simple collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities for a variety of audiences.
Objectives:
1.The learner will draw a simple picture of something in nature.
2.The learner will write a simple story using inventive spelling.
Lesson Materials and Resources:
Storybook Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Pictures of Black Bayou Lake
Crayons
Hole puncher
Yarn
Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Printer
Digital Camera
Software:
KidPixWebsites:
Teach-nology.com
http://www.teach-nology.com/
Black Bayou Lake Project
http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/black_bayou_files/index.htmlBackground Information:
The students will have visited Black Bayou Lake. The students will also have been introduced to all the letters of the alphabets and their sounds, along with being familiar with the writing process.
Lesson Procedures:
Day 1
Teacher will reread the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" to the class.
After reading the story, students will recall story pattern and details using a story web.
Day 2
Teacher will tell students that they will now make a class book about what they saw when they went to Black Bayou Lake using the same pattern as in the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?". Then, the teacher will ask students to recall what they saw on their trip to Black Bayou Lake.
A story web will be created to name what they saw from memory. For those students who cannot name something, the teacher will show pictures that were taken on the trip.
Each student will be given a time to go to the computer and use KidPix to draw something they saw. Students will write their own sentence(s) about their drawing.
When all are finished, the teacher will combine drawings, punch holes, and bind drawings with yarn to make a class booklet.
The teacher will also create a slideshow in KidPix with all of their drawings.
Assessment Procedures:
Teacher will listen to student's responses and observe them working at the computer and writing their dictation.
Accommodations/Modifications:
Accommodations and modifications will be used as IEP states for special needs students or any other students with problems. Small group or one on one instruction will be given as needed. Non-writers may give oral responses for teacher to take dictation
----- written by Donna ByrdReproducible Materials:
Children, Children, What Did You See? Rubric
Explorations and Extensions:
Students who are capable of writing may write more than one sentence about their drawing. These students may also be paired with a weaker student to help them.
Lesson Development Resources:
GLE-Related Materials
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/ssa/1914.htmlStorybook: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Harcourt Brace "Trophies" Reading Series
Additional Contacts:
Donna Byrd
donna.byrd@mcschools.net
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