EDUC 2220- Educational Technology
Infant-Pre-K Curriculum Curricu lum Plan: Technology-Based echnolo gy-Based Lesson/Activity Lesson/Acti vity Your Your Name _Katelyn Duemmel_
Activity Title _Animal Home_
Num!er o" children #artici#ating at one time _$-%_ Age _$-% year_ Activities written for revious classes classes cannot !e re-used and and must !e the original wor" of of the student#
&hio Early 'earning ( Develo#me nt )tandard*
Domain: Cognition and eneral !no"ledge
List at least 1 standard that is addressed by this activity. Write out each component completely and exactly, as published in ELDS.
bet"een living things and their environments %#or example, habitats, habitats, #ood, eating habits,
Lesson $ummary:
Strand: Li#e Science $opic: Explorations Explorat ions o# Living $hings Standard Statement: With support and and modeling, modeling, explore and identi#y the relationship relationship etc.&.
Children "ill be able to match animals "ith the animals' habitats. Children "ill be able to do so by playing games on the computer through (ui)let.com, via the Scatter game. $he purpose o# this lesson is to help students become more #amiliar "ith animals and their habitats. Students "ill also create a picture boo* "ith pictures o# the animals and their habitats via +yStoryboo*.com on iads. -ia the use o# the computer, the children "ill learn basic computertechnological s*ills. https:""".mystoryboo*.comboo*sne"
%stimated &uration:
+re#aration o" material and environmen t
$he computer game "ill "ill be utili)ed during during center time, so it "ill be about 1/ minutes per student. $he computer game "ill be a center activity #or t"o days %#or a total o# 0 minutes per student&. $he storyboo* "ill ta*e about 2 minutes, so 3 "ill divide it into #our days %1/ minutes each day&. rior to the computer game and storyboo*, the students "ill have a group time lesson discussing "hat children *no" about animals and their homes, "hich "ill be about 1/45 minutes. 6oo*s and picture 7les about animals and animal charts "ill be u tili)ed during the group times. 8#ter the 7rst day, the next group times "ill begin by children discussing "hat they have learned the day be#ore %1/45 minutes&. What preparation is needed9 needed 9 Creating the (ui)let game and setting up the computers on (ui)let or +yStoryboo*.com. Creating a !WL %*no", "ant to *no", learned& chart #or students to discuss during group time. ather any other necessary items #or the group times %animal boo*s, picture 7les o# animals, etc.&. What materials "ill be used 9 (ui)let.com, +yStoryboo*.com, !WL chart, 7ve iads, iads, and 7ve computers.
o" "ill the learning environment be set up up9 9 $he computers "ill "ill be turned turned on to (ui)let.com. (ui)let.com. $he !WL !WL chart "ill be on the easel easel in the group time center. $he iads "ill be turned on +yStoryboo*.com and set in the "riting center on a table.
,ntructional +rocedure* Day 1: ;or the 7rst 1/45 minutes, children "ill participate in a discussion regarding "hat they *no" and "hat they "ant to *no" about animals. During the group times, picture 7les, charts, and boo*s "ill be read about animals also. 3 "ill "rite the children's thoughts and ideas on a !WL chart. 8#ter group time, the children "ill be divided into centers #or the day. Each child "ill have the opportunity to play the (ui)let matching game on the computer and create 145 pages o# their storyboo* on the iad. Centers "ill be about 1/ minutes long. Day 5: ;or the 7rst 1/45 minutes, students "ill participate in a discussion regarding "hat they have learned about animals and their habitats. $he children "ill be divided into centers again and the children "ill create 145 pages o# their boo*s on the iads. Students "ill have the opportunity to play the (ui)let matching game on the computer on this day as "ell. 8gain, centers "ill be about 1/ minutes long. Day 04<: $hese t"o days "ill "ill be a repeat o# Day 5. Day /: ;or the 7rst 1/45 minutes, students "ill participate in a discussion regarding "hat they have learned about animals and their habitats. 3 "ill revie" everything the children have done and explored over the past < days. Children "ill have the opportunity to 7nish their boo*s on the iads iads a#ter they have been divided into centers #or the day. day. Each center "ill be about 1/ minutes long. Etenion 8 "ebsite that students could visit to learn more about animals and their habitats is 8nimal abitats #or !ids S*yenimals. ;ollo" the lin* to visit the "ebsite: http:""".s*yenimals.combro"se=habitat.cgi $he "ebsite has di>erent di>erent habitats that children children can clic* on, and each each habitat leads to a ne" page "ith the pictures o# animals that live in the habitat. Students could learn about more animals and more habitats. Di.erentiated ,ntructional )u##ort* Describe )u##ort* Describe ho" instruction can be di>erentiated %changed or altered& to meet the needs o# gi#ted or accelerated students: 3nstruction could be di>erentiated #or accelerated or gi#ted students by adding more animals to match to other habitats. i#ted or accelerated students could add more pages to their animal boo*s as "ell. Discuss additional activities you could do to meet the needs o# students "ho might be struggling "ith the material: 8dditional activities activities that could be implemented to meet the needs o# students "ho might be struggling could be to have the students 7nd pictures o# animals in maga)ines or boo*s and to
determine "hat the habitat may be based on the pictures o# the animals.
/oca!ulary* habitat, !WL chart, match, computer, iad, iad, technology
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3n order to teach this lesson, 3 "ill need 7ve computers and 7ve iads. 3 "ill need a !WL chart, animal boo*s and picture 7les, and possibly maga)ines o# animals. 3 "ill need to set up accounts #or (ui)let.com and +yStoryboo*.com and create the games on (ui)let.com. 3 could also email the storyboo*s to parents in order to share "hat the children have completed in class. Students "ill need access to the computers and iads.
