Tech Teacher  

Tech Student

1.Learning Goal:

TSW use search engines to research facts about an animal

Unit Goal:

TSW use one search engine and one content website to gather information.

TSW present with PowerPoint and Blabberize

2. NETS Objective:

	Research and Information Fluency
	Creativity & Innovation
	Technology Operations: Intro to Powerpoint: open document, font, size, spacing,new slide,insert

3. Learning Sequence:

Check out virtual zoos first then begin lesson sequence.

• TSW go on virtual field trips (go to Polar Bears or Elephant Cam, Chimpanzee, Panda Cam  at the San
• Diego Zoo) using the Animal Webcams tab on the LIveBinder 

  PowerPoint Slides will  have the following Five Required Animal Facts. Each week we will learn how to research and save image for each slide category.

Week #1 

1. What is the appearance? (What does it look like?)

2. What are its characteristics? (What it is like?)

Week #2 

3. Where is it found? (what part of the world can you find your animal?)

4. What is its habitat? (Where does it live?)

Week #3 

5.What is its diet? (What does it eat?)

Week#4

6. What are three interestings fact? (What is special?)

Week 5: Voki/Blabberize/Thinglink or sock puppets

Student will use the livebinder below to begin animal research

project. 

1. Use the Livebinder to select your animal. Go to A to Z Animals first. Animal Research Project Livebinder.

2.Create your PowerPoint. Complete the title slide and the Name of your animal slide.Drag the picture of your animal to that slide.

3.Continue researching your animal using the PowerPoint Template

4. Use Google Junior search engine for more images 

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Tech Teacher

Tech Student

Learning Goal:

NETS

Technology Operations:  keyboard numbers,  reset,tab

Lesson Sequence: 

• Students will go to carpet and go over the order of student links for today. 

• Dance Mat Typing

• Fasttmath

• Prodigy

• Students will go to computers and do Fasttmath one lesson and at least one game. Computers will say you are done for the day. Please check that it says that before they can move on...
  

• Check on students.This should last 15-20 minutes!  

• Students will work on fluency using online math sites.

• Prodigy usernames and passwords lists are beside this keyboard
  

Students will use the following links today:

Tech Teacher  

Tech Student

1.Learning Goal:Animal Research Project

Unit Goal:

TSW use one search engine and one content website to gather information.

TSW present with PowerPoint and Blabberize

2. NETS Objective:

	Research and Information Fluency
	Creativity & Innovation
	Technology Operations: Using home row keys:F & J Intro to Powerpoint: open document, font, size, spacing,new slide,insert
Common Core	CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (eg. captions, bold print, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.   CCSS. ELA-Literacy.SL.2.4 Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

3. Learning Sequence:

Check out virtual zoos first then begin lesson sequence.

• TSW go on virtual field trips (go to Polar Bears or Elephant Cam, Chimpanzee, Panda Cam  at the San
• Diego Zoo) using the Animal Webcams tab on the LIveBinder 

1. Introduce Animal Project with BrainPop Mammals

2. Go over Kidzone Mammals info first!

If time allows do the following:

Introduce Animal Research Project

1. Select animal together. Write student name and name of animal from A-Z animals....must be unique and one they have never heard of....You may select an animal then show picture....Do this student by student...

2. Students will go to computer and download Animal Research Template and save to the desktop.

3. Students will fill out first two slides...

Name of student and name of animal and picture of the animal. 

PowerPoint Slides will  have the following Five Required Animal Facts. Each week we will learn how to research and save image for each slide category.

Week #1

1. What is the appearance? (What does it look like?)

2. What are its characteristics? (What it is like?)

Week #2

3. Where is it found? (what part of the world can you find your animal?)

4. What is its habitat? (Where does it live?)

Week #3

5.What is its diet? (What does it eat?)

Week#4

6. What are three interestings fact? (What is special?)

Week 5: Voki/Blabberize/Thinglink or sock puppets

Content Standards

Student will use the livebinder below to begin research

project. 

KEYBOARDING FIRST

1. Use the Livebinder to select your animal. Go to A to Z Animals first.  

Animal Research Project Livebinder.

2.Now that you have selected your animal download  Animal Research PowerPoint and use "Save As" to save your PowerPoint to the desktop and your file.

3.Create your PowerPoint. Complete the title slide and the Name of your animal slide.Drag the picture of your animal to that slide.

4.Use

search engine for more images

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