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Halloween Picture Books and Computer Skills

October10

Week 7

For traditional plans using the media center and Halloween picture books, click here. 

Grade/Teacher:

  • Harrison/Media Skills/1st, 2nd and 3rd

  • Week of October 15, Week 7

Unit/Theme:

  • Halloween/Harrison/Media Skills

Standards:

American Association of School Librarians, “Standards for the 21st Century Learner” 

Learners Use Tools, Resources, & Skills to:

  • 2, Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowlege.

  • 4, Pursue personal and aesthetic growth

Scope and Sequence:

Dearborn Public Schools Department of Media Services, K-12 Information Literacy Media Curriculum, 2004:

  • Content Standard 2: “A student who has been educated in library media information skills evaluates information critically and competently.” (Page 7, Dearborn Public Schools Department of Media Services, K-12 Information Literacy Library Media Curriculum, June 2004)

Common Core State Standards:

  • CC.4.R.I.1 Key Ideas and Details: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

  • CC.1.R.L.5 Craft and Structure: Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

Lesson Objective(s):

  • Students will evaluate picture books based on theme and characterization using the district’s model, ‘The Daily 5.”

  • Students will practice logging into the computer, accessing the blog and, using mouse and typing skills, play the games suggested.

Key Vocabulary (review):

  • Rhyme

  • Rhyming words

Materials:

Preparation:

  • Adaptation of content

  • Links to background

  • Links to past learning

  • Strategies incorporated

Scaffolding:

  • Modeling

  • Guided practice

  • Independent practice

  • Comprehensible input

Group Options:

  • Whole class

  • Partners

  • Independent

Integration of Processes:

  • Reading

  • Writing/Typing

  • Speaking

  • Listening

Application:

  • Meaningful

  • Hands-on

  • Linked to objectives

  • Promotes engagement

Assessment:

  • Individual

  • Group

  • Oral

Transition:

  • Show the key vocabulary words for today and review their meanings, cover examples of rhyming pairs.

Anticipatory Set:

  • Show the front covers of the books above.

  • Indicate the elements of print: author, illustrator, title, etc.

  • Can students predict whether the text will be rhyming in any of them?  What clues can be used?  (Possible answers may center around having previously read the books or knowing about books in the series, i.e., “Arthur” and “I Know an Old Lady Who…”)

  • Review what students know about “good fit” books and how they make selections in the media center.

Instruction/Check for Understanding:

  • Read one or two of the books listed and point other whether they are rhyming or not.

  • After reading, review students’ rhyming predictions and their accuracy.

  • Pull up the blog on the teacher’s station and use the promethean board to direct students to the latest post.

  • Demonstrate how students will access the sites to practice using their mice (mouses?) and typing skills

  • Pass out cards with students’ IDs and tell students to hold on to them because they will be collected as students demonstrate their ability to control their mouse.

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