| 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: Assessment Lesson.
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.
Assessment Lesson ~
The students demonstarte their sorting skills as they organize zoo
visitors by looping, stacking, and using axes. The children
in grades 1 and 2 add data and arrange the zoo visitros in rows
according to dimilar attributes. In the sexong half of the lesson,
the pupils review the unit's projects and select a favorite.
Finally, the students participate in a group discussion to share what
was fun and what was challenging about creating the project..
Materials
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Tabletop Jr.
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Template: "VISITORS.TTJ"
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Teacher generated samples
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Teacher Handout - WW Assessment
Checklist
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Teacher Handout - WW Favorite
Project (We are working this as a computer form the students complete
rather than a written worksheet activity.)
Opening ~ Review Lesson Six. Review the
lessons from the unit with the class. Have the students recall the
name of the database profram they used during the unit. Ask them
to identify some of the different ways they organized objects in
Tabletop Jr., and confirm that objects were classified according to
their attributes by grouping, stacking, looping, and plotting on axes.
What different types of objects were sorted on the tabletop?
Remind them that they organized attribute blocks to complete a map,
arranged the Snood zoo workers into teams, sorted the Yekttis and
analyzed hats for the zoo visitors.
Announce to the students that
today is the first day the World Wildlife Zoo will be open to visitors.
They will use their sorting skills to determine information about the
first visitros to the 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 "VISITORS.TTJ" template
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Doscuss the template
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Select the LOOP option
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Choose the LET ME SORT option
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Loop the characters with blue
faces
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Loop the characters with freen
hair
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Choose the SORT FOR MR option
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Add a second loop
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Loop the characters riding in
red wagons
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Select the STACK UP option
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Choose the LET ME SORT option
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Stack the characters by vehicle
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Select the SORT FOR ME option
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Select the AXES option
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Choose CHARACTERS for the X axis
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Select VEHICLES for teh Y axis
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Open the Construction Panel
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Create new characters for the
empty squares
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Choose the TILE UP option
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Move the characters to the right
side of the screen
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Select the 1 OR MORE button
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Create rows 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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Display teracher-generated
samples
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Choose a gfavorite project from
World Wildlife
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Complete the Student Favorites
Form using Microsoft Word Forms
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Discuss the students' choices
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Chart the Favorites selected by
the students
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Review the skills covered in the
unit from the Assessment Checklist
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