Lesson+Plan+Four

Grade Level: Second Grade Unit: Reading/Writing Lesson Objectives: 
 * Student will understand the purpose of organized webs, and will be able to create one on their own.
 * Student will be able to make individual quizzes based off of their book choice.
 * Students will understand the concept of the beginning, middle, and end of stories (story development).
 * Students will learn how to utilize technology better with the tools provided.
 * Students will be working both individually and collaboratively.
 * Students will understand that there is more to books than just reading them.

Time required to complete this lesson: two days (approximately 60 minutes per day/at home).

Title of lesson: Digesting Books Piece by Piece

Description of lesson: This lesson is a mix between reading and writing activities. It will cover several scope and sequence topics, such as silent reading for purpose, vocabulary development, story development, and handling a book. The lesson will begin by allowing the students to choose a book of their choice from a collection of age appropriate books. The students will then silently read the books to themselves several times. Then, there will be a mini lesson on web organizers and the purpose of them. The students will then create their own web using their book and Webspiration. The next step in the lesson will be vocabulary development. Students will create a worksheet using the Poster4Teachers tool. Students will be required to make a worksheet of at least ten vocabulary words from their books, along with the definitions. To wrap up the lesson students will take turns telling the class what book they chose, a short oral summary, and three of the vocabulary words they learned.

Assignment: The homework portion of this lesson will be the quizzes. Students will be responsible for creating a quiz from the book they have choosen to read. The quiz will be no less than ten questions, which will be done using the web 2.0 tool Mystudiyo. Students will then bring their quizzes to class. Students will be paired with a partner, read each other's books, and then take each other's quizzes. The purpose of this assignment is to engage the kids in collaborative learning, teach them to use tools on the Internet, and allow them to dig deeper into their books by making a quiz.

Resources/materials needed: -book (students will choose from a collection of 2nd grade level books) -Internet -Pencil/paper

Technology used: The technology used for this assignment involves the three Web 2.0 tools, including Mystudiyo, Webspiration, and Poster4Teachers. Below are examples of the product created from each website. Each example is using a different 2nd grade level book.

The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this: The technology used in this lesson is interactive and very useful to all students. All three web 2.0 tools being used allow the students to create their own activities, worksheets, quizzes, etc. If the students were asked to make all of these things on paper, they would not have as much fun with it. These tools allow students to explore the web, use endless creativity, images, etc.

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@http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=145328