Goal
Students will be able to rote count from numbers one through ten by using objects and counting each object with its own number all the way through ten.
Activities
*Please note: Students would have already been given the chance to explore the platform and to see where their strengths and weaknesses lie. This lesson may be used in the form of an assessment for some students while it will be a review for others.*
Students will first play the number games associated with number sense and counting objects game on the SplashLearn website. This will be done either independently or in small groups depending on the students needs.
Students will then be be broken down into groups to work with individual teachers. The teachers will lay out objects on a table for the students. There will also be visuals available of a number line for students who need a reminder.
Students will be then prompted to look at the objects to and take a guess on how many there are.
Students will go one at a time to count the number of objects on the table, in order, by assigning one number to each object.
The amount of objects will chance depending on the students turn. For example, if Timmy had to count to the number 5, then Julie will have a different number to count to such as 8.
Content Standards
Kindergarten Math: Counting and Cardinality (standard 2)
Kindergarten Math: Count to tell the number of objects (standard 4 a and b)
K.CC.2: Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
K.CC.4.a: When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only on object.
K.CC.4.b: Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
ISTE Standards
ISTE.1.1.c: Use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
ISTE.1.1.d: Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
Goal
Students will be able to dictate and recall an event within their life while scribing that event through an online writing platform.
Activities
*Please note: Students will have been exposed to the Storybird website and shown how to use simple tools within creating a picture book. They have not explored any other writing section of the platform and will only focus on the picture book writing. The students will also be given support with whom needs it for dictating their writing.*
Students will recall a time in their life that they want to talk about. This event will be something that has just happened to them. For example since Christmas wasn't too long ago, the students can write about what they got from Santa.
Students will log on to the Storybird website to their dashboard and create a picture book showing about their life. Students will have the chance to write out their story in their own words and to use pictures that they can sort through. Students who need support with dictation and/or sorting of artwork will be given that support by the teachers.
This story process will be completed within a week of school for students to have time to review, their work, turn it in for feedback from the teacher, add more details, and finish it to their liking.
Once the week is complete, the students will share their stories on a smartboard or flipboard for all the other students in their class to see. Students will be able to ask questions or say things that they liked about the story.
Content Standards
Kindergarten Writing: Text Types and Purposes (standards 2 &3)
Kindergarten Writing: Production and Distribution of Writing (standard 6)
CC.K.W.2: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
CC.K.W.3: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
CC.K.W.6: With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
ISTE Standards
ISTE.1.1.b: use networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
ISTE.1.2.b: Engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
ISTE.1.4.a: Know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
Goal
Students will be able to identify famous landmarks within the United States after being shown pictures of what they look like, identified what they were, and where they are located.
Activities
*Please note: Students will already have been shown a video of famous landmarks all over the United States. The students will also have been exposed to seeing other landmarks around the world to show that every country has their own unique landmark that they are famous for.*
Students will review the landmarks that are in the state of New Hampshire. They will have also been shown different landmarks that in other states as well. The students will be know the landmark by the picture cards that the teacher has reviewed them with as well as the name written on the card.
Students will then watch a video about famous landmarks in Washington D.C. Some of the video may not be played due to the length of time, but most of the video will contain content that the students will already recognize.
After the video has been played, the students will work on a drawing page that shows their favorite monument from Washington D.C. This will allow the students to recall the landmark that was previously introduced before the video and during the video. Students will be able to draw their picture and write what the monument is below the picture.
Students will share after given time to draw with their peers about their favorite monument they saw.
Content Standards
Kindergarten through 2nd Grade Social Studies: US/NH History
SS.HI:2:1.1: Identify national and New Hampshire celebrations, monuments, symbols and documents, e.g., flags, Fourth of July, Lincoln Memorial, Constitution. (Themes: A: Conflict and Cooperation, B: Civic Ideals, Practices, and Engagement, E: Cultural Development, Interaction, and Change)
ISTE Standards
ISTE.1.1.a: Articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.
ISTE1.3.a: Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.