| 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 -
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 Six.
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 Six ~
The students will demonstrate their database abilities by organizing
hats that will be given to zoo visitros in stacks according to different
attributes. Then azes are used to plot the existing hats and to
add new ones. Students analyze additional hats as objects that are
arranged according to similar features.
Materials
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Tabletop Jr.
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Template: "HATS.TTJ"
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Template: "MOREHATS.TTJ"
Opening ~ Review Lesson Five. Have the
students recall studying Yekttis by moving them into loops according to
different attributes, and remind them that they played a game byu having
one partner hide a Yekttis in the Shed and having the other partner
determine which Yekktis was hidden.
Begin today's lesson with a
discussion to see if anyone has ever worn a hat at a birthday party.
Can they describe the hat? What shape was it? What color was
it? Inform the students that today they will organize some silly
hats which will be given to visitors of the World Wildlife Zoo.
 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 "HATS.TTJ" template
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Doscuss the template
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Select the STACK UP option
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Choose the LET ME SORT option
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Stach the hats according to
color
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Choose the SORT FOR ME option
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Identify the most and least
common hat colors
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Choose the LET ME SORT option
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Stack the hats according to
shape
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Select the Sort For Me option
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Determine the most common hat
shape
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Select the AXES option
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Choose the LET ME SORT option
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Select COLORS for the X axis
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Choose HATS for the Y axis
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Determine which hat belongs in
the top-left box
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Move the two red crown-shaped
hats to the top-left corner
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Move the other hats to the
appropriate boxes
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Select the SORT FOR ME option
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Point outthe box for red
triangle-shaped hats
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Open the Construction Panel
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Ass a red triangle-shaped hat
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Add a new hat to each box that
contains only one
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PART TWO of the LESSON ~ Open
the MOREHATS.TTJ template
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Discuss the template
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Introduce the activity
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Create the first row of hats
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Create a row of hats in the
third row of squares
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Make rows of hats in the fifth
and seventh rows of squares
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Add a new hat if needed
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Move all of the hats to the
right side of the screen
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Select 2 OR MORE button
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Create rows of hats in the first
and third rows of squares
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Save and print the project
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Exit TableTop Jr.
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Review the lesson's objectives
and activities, and answer any questions
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Preview the next lesson
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