| Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade Lesson Plans:
(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 -
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
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Unit 2 - World Wildlife: Orange PC Lesson Five.
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 Five ~
After the students learn about new creatures called Yekttis, they use
Venn Diagrams to categorize them and engage in an activity which
discriminates Kekttis attributes. The students use their knowledge
of Venn diagrams as they sort different-colored fish.
Materials
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Tabletop Jr.
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Print Artist
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Template: "YEKTTIS.TTJ"
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Template: "FISH.SGN"
Opening ~ Review Lesson Four. Have the
students recall stacking the zoo workers by different attributes and
organizing the Snoods according to hairstyle, eyes, nose color, and type
of feet.
Announce to the class that some strange new creatures are arriving at
the World Wildlife Zoo and that the zoo workers need the students to
study the new arrivals to learn more about them.
 Steps Covered in the Lesson ~
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Introduce the activity
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Launch the program Tabletop Jr.
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Open the "YEKTTISS.TTJ" template
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Choose the loop option
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Select the LET ME SORT option
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Loop all square Yekttis
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Choose the SORT FOR ME option
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Select the LET ME SORT option
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Loop Yekttis with two antennae
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Choose the SORT FOR ME option
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Choose the LET ME SORT option
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Loop the triangle Yekttis
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Select the SORT FOR ME option
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Add another loop
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Loop Yekttis with three antennae
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Discuss the tabletop
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Change the three antennae loop
to a four antennae loop
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Identify the number of Yekttis
with four antennae
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Determine if any Yekttis have a
triangle shape and four antennae
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Choose the AXES option
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Plot shapes on the X axis
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Plot antennae on the Y axis
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Explain how the Yekttis are
organized
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Point out the empty box in the
third column
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Identify the Yekttis that
belongs in the empty box
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Open the Construction Panel
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Create a square Yekttis with
three antennae
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Move the Construction Panel
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Determine Yekttis attributes for
the top-right box
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Create a Yekttis with a triangle
shape and four antennae
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Choose the LET ME SORT option
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Explain the activity
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Remove a Yekttis from the chart
and place it in the Shed
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Add a duplicate missing Yekttis
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Check the Shed for the correct
Yekttis
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Drag the Yekttis to the Recycle
Bin
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Play the game again (if time)
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Save and Print the sign
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Exit Tabletop Jr.
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Launch Print Artist 15.0
(kindergarten if time, but mainly for 1st and 2nd grades)
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Open the "FISH.SGN" template
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Explain the activity
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Move the purple fish to the
top-left section of the purple circle
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Move the gold fish to the
top-right of the gold circle
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Move the blue fish to the bottom
section of the blue circle
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Move the purple, gold, and blue
fish to the center area
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Move the gold and purple fish to
the top-center section
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Move the gold and blue fish to
the area where the gold and blue circles overlap
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Move the blue and purple fish to
the empty section
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Insert a backgroun fill
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Save and print the sign
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Exit Print Artist 15.0
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Review the lesson's objectives
and activities, and answer any questions.
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