Big Idea: To
collaborate and use technology to illustrate and publish a digital story on the
water cycle.
- S:ESS1:2:7.1 Recognize that water can be a liquid or a solid; and explain that it can be made to change from one state to the other.
- S:ESS1:2:1.1 Recognize that weather conditions change frequently, and that weather patterns change over the seasons.
- LACC.2.W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
- LACC.2.W.2.6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
- NETS.1 Creativity and Innovation- Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
- NETS 2.Communication and Collaboration- Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
Lesson Objectives:
- Students will be linking their new knowledge to prior and/or previously learned knowledge about water/weather cycles and how it changes.
- Students will identify the water cycle and the different stages water goes thorough within the water cycle.
- Students will apply the vocabulary terms associated with the stages of the water cycle such as precipitation, condensation, and evaporation.
- Students will review the process of narrative writing by planning, writing, and publishing a creative writing story with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Students will write a narrative story with a beginning middle and end following a drop of water through the water cycle.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use Little Bird Tales to illustrate and publish their narrative writing.
Materials:
-Story board
(Appendix )
-Pencils for each
student
-Water Cycle
Concept Map
-Laptop/Computer
with internet access for each group
-TeacherTube access
-Microphone/headphones
for each group
-Little BirdTales website access and teacher login credentials
Anticipatory Set:
"Come on the Magic School Bus!"
In order to hook students they will watch a short clip from The Magic
School Bus on the Water Cycle and review Water Cycle Concept Map. Students will also be shown an example of a Digital Story of the Water Cycle using Water Cycle
cloze from previous lesson. (See Appendix for handout and story example).
Procedure:
1. The teacher will display and introduce the lesson objective and grading ruburic: “By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use Little Bird Tales to illustrate and publish their narrative writing”.
2. The teacher
will model creating an illustrated story board using the cloze passage from an earlier
lesson. Workspace software will be used on the teacher laptop so that the whole class can observe on the whiteboard.
3. The teacher will model how to break the story into at least 5 different
events/parts/scenes.
4. Using a
story board, the teacher will model how to add illustration to each part of the
story.
5. The teacher
will then model how to use Little Bird Tales to write,
illustrate, and publish the digital story.
6. Students
will be broken up into groups of 2-4 students and be provided with a story
board in which they will break apart their water drop journey story into
scenes.
7. The
students will add an illustration to each scene. Once students have completed
their story board, the students will be instructed to proof read their story.
8.The
students will use Little Bird Tales to transform and publish their story board
into a digital story to share with the class.
Closure:
- Students will take turns presenting their digital story using the interactive white board.
- The teacher will once again display the water cycle concept map. “Describe the water cycle to your group”.
- "Do you have any new knowledge we need to add to our concept map?”
- “How did writing your water drop journey digital story help you understand the water cycle?”
Assessment:
Each students paper and digital story board will be collected and graded according to the Water Drop Journey Digital Story Rubric.
Name__________
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1pt.
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3pts.
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5pts.
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Inclusion of the three stages of the
water cycle.
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Story includes 1 stage or no stages of the
water cycle.
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Story includes 2 stages of the water
cycle.
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Story includes 3 stages of the water
cycle.
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Plot
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Story includes no clear beginning,
middle, or end.
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Story somewhat includes a beginning,
middle, or end but they are not clearly defined.
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Story includes a clear beginning, middle,
and end.
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Details, Feelings,
Dialogue.
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Story includes no details, feelings, or
dialogue.
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Story includes few details, feelings, or
dialogue.
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Story includes details, feelings, and
dialogue.
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Spelling and Sentence Structure
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Story includes numerous spelling and
sentence structure errors.
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Story includes some spelling and sentence
structure errors.
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Story includes very few spelling or
sentence structure errors.
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Total Points: ___/20
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Modifications:
- Modifications will include extra help in the classroom via student or teacher
- Poster board may be used instead of digital form
- Tell story using voice or pictures only
- Additional time may be given if students are having difficulty
- All other IEP and 504 modifications and accommodations will be followed.
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