| 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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This week we will continue Unit 2
- World Wildlife: Pink PC with lesson two.
Description
of the Unit:
In
World Wildlife, the second of five units, the children are
introduced to database skills as they help with the opening of the World
Wildlife Zoo. The pupils complete a map of the zoo, create a sign with
different types of animals, arrange colorful patterns on snakes,
organize zoo workers into team, analyze new zoo creatures and sort zoo
souvenirs. in the process, the students classify objects according to
attributes, arrange data in patterns, and organize data by sorting,
grouping, ordering, and using axes. Then they research animals by using
a multimedia encyclopedia and explore various zoo Web sites by using the
Internet.
Lesson Two ~
The students practice desktop publishing skills as they create a sign
for the World Wildlife Zoo by organizing animal images according to
certain attributes. The pupils connect to the Internet to visit Web
sites of zoos around the world.
Materials
~
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Print Artist 15.0
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Internet Explorer
Opening ~ Review Lesson 1. Remind the students that we
used TableTop Jr. to complete the map of the World Wildlife Zoo. Remind
them that they used a database program to analyze the blocks in the map
and that they bunched and stacked the blocks according to shape and
color.
Discuss some animals commonly
found at zoos. Then inform them that today they will create a colorful
sign with pictures of animals for the World Wildlife Zoo.
Students will be uniting families
of animals. Review and discuss the definition of a desktop publishing
program - can use pictures and text to create items.
Steps Covered in the Lesson
~
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Introduce the activity
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Launch Print Artist 15.0
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Click "Close" to close the
options window that opens
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Choose "File -->Open"
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Click on the "down arrow" and
choose Desktop
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Choose "FutureKids"
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Choose "1-Pink Level"
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Choose "C-Pink Software
Resources"
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Choose "Print Artist"
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Choose "Unit 2 World Wildlife
Templates PA12"
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Choose "family"
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Choose "view" from the toolbar
and select "Fit in window" OR Use "Ctrl + W"
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Discuss what they see on the
screen
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Show the students the teacher
sample
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Discuss that animals must all be
moved to the rectangle with the matching color of the animal
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(Teacher - use "Ctrl + Q" to
zoom on the animals for students to see better on SmartBoard, then
have them continue by moving the animals on their screen to the
correct places)
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(Teacher - use "Ctrl+W" to move
back to full view, it might take a couple of times to return to full
view on the screen)
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Place all of the animals in the
correct places
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Students will then select the
text on the side of the page
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Older Students ~Click on the "T"
for text on the toolbar across the top OR Click on the "color palette
button" and change the color option for the text
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Older Students ~ Click on the
"Format" tool and change the "font" of the text
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Discuss the three animals in
each shape and reorder them - from largest to the smallest
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Save the sign
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Exit the program
Extension Lesson ~ Zoo Exploration ~
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Review the Internet and the
World Wide Web
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Define modem - the part
of the computer which can send and receive information through the
telephone lines
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Describe CPU - acts like
the brain of the computer and processes the information sent and
received by the modem.
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On the Teaching Computer -
Launch Internet Explorer
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Visit the zoo web sites
provided
http://www.sandiegozoo.org
http://www.stlzoo.org
http://www.nashvillezoo.org
http://www.austinzoo.com
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Define hypertext - words
that allow users to visit other related Web pages linked to this one
through the World Wide Web
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Allow students time to visit zoo
web sites if time permits
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Exit the program
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Review the lesson
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