Mr. Miller's Lesson Plans

This Week's Technology Lab Rotation Schedule

(Ms. Roberson's and Ms. S. White's Classes will be split up and joining with other Kindergarten Classes.)

(Ms. Love's Class will be split up and joining with other First Grade Classes.)
 

Monday -
 NO CLASSES TODAY               
Ms. Ellsworth and
Ms. Speed

Tuesday -  
 NO CLASSES TODAY 
Ms. M. White and    Ms. Stinson

Wednesday -            Ms. O'Neal, Ms. Duke and Ms. Barentine,

Thursday -
Ms. Quast and
Ms. King

Friday -  
Ms. Goss,
Ms. Plummer, and
Ms. Tredway

Introduction of Unit 2 - World Wildlife: Orange PC Lesson Four.

 Description of the Unit:  In World Wildlife, the second of five units, the children use a database application to identify and locate an animal missing from the World Wildlife Zoo.  They are introduced to basic database functions in the first lesson as they sort a list of zoo animals.  In the lessons that follow, they enter information into new records, and format database tables and forms.  By filtering these accumulated data, they discover why the animal escaped and determine where to locate it.  In the process, the students use their desktop publishing skills to create a MISSING! poster and a newsletter reporting the animal's safe return to the zoo.

  Lesson Four ~  The students will practice their sorting skills as they organize Snoods into stacks according to different attributes.  In the second portion of this lesson, the students use logical relationships described by and, or and not to assign food to animals.

  Materials ~ 

• Tabletop Jr.

• Print Artist

• Template: "WORKERS.TTJ"

• Template: "FOOD.SGN"

  Opening ~  Review Lesson Three.  Have the students recall what the term pattern means, and remind them that they arranged patterns to complete a colorful picture of snakes.

Ask the students to describe the duties of workers at a zoo.  Answers may include feeding and grooming the animals, selling food and other items to visitors, cleaning the zoo and providing tours.  Announce that today they will help the World Wildlife Zoo by organizing all of the workers into teams.  Ask the class what type of computer program should be used to sort and organize the workers into groups, and confirm that a database program can be used when information must be organized.

 Steps Covered in the Lesson ~ 

• Introduce the activity

• Launch the program Tabletop Jr.

• Open the "WORKERS.TTJ" template

• Choose the stack up option

• Select the LET ME SORT option

• Stack the Snoods according to hairstyle

• Choose the SORT FOR MR option

• Select the LET ME SORT option

• Stack the Snoods according to their eyes

• Choose the SORT FOR ME option

• Choose the LET ME SORT option

• Stack the Snoods according to nose color

• Select the SORT FOR ME option

• Select the LET ME SORT option

• Stack the Snoods according to their feet

• Choose the SORT FOR ME option

• Confirm that the Snoods are sorted into equal items

• Save the tabletop

• Exit Tabletop Jr.

• Introduce the next activity

• Launch Print Artist

• Open the FOOD.SGN template

• Discuss the template

• Explain hot the boxes must be moved

• Zoom in on the first box

• Read the text, then view the entire page

• Move the box below the green bird

• Continue for each box - matching it to the correct picture

• Discuss strategies used to place the boxes

• Save and Print the sign

• Exit Print Artist

• Review the lesson's objectives and activities, and answer any questions.

• Discuss the attributes used to sort the workers and to place the signs.  In the next lesson, students will organize strange creatures at the zoo.