dreams+lesson

=October 6th-9th=

Title: Dreams **the bolded days are for the 3-5 class. They will be taking surveys on Tuesday and Wednesday. The K-2 class will do all days.** Objective(s): o  Students will read or listen to a book about dreams  o  Students will create a dream chain  o  Students will create an acrostic poem of their dreams Materials o  2 books about dreams o  Internet access o  http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ o  Construction paper o  Scissors o  Glue o  White board/large chart paper TUESDAY Procedure WEDNESDAY Procedure .
 * MONDAY ** Procedure
 * 1)  gather students on the carpet and lead a short discussion about dreams
 * 2) ask the kids the following questions
 * 3) What is a dream?
 * 4) What are some dreams you have?
 * 5) Have any of your dreams come true?
 * 6) remind the students of the reading expectations and read the book about dreams
 * 7) ask the following questions about the book
 * 8) Who were the characters in the story?
 * 9) How did the characters feel?
 * 10) What was their dream?
 * 11) Where did the dream happen?
 * 12) What happened in the end?
 * 13)  explain to the kids that tomorrow they are going to think of some words that describe dreams they have
 * 1) review the book from yesterday (give a brief summary of the story such as who the characters were, what the dream was about etc.)
 * 2) explain to the students that they are going to create an acrostic poem about dreams
 * 3) on the white board brainstorm some things that start with the letters d, r, e, a, and m. These are things they dream of in life (being successful, traveling, a job they want) NOT things they have had dreams about (monsters, people etc.).
 * D: doctor to help sick kids
 * R: running a race and winning
 * E: elephant ride in Africa
 * A: A+’s in school
 * M: money to buy a house
 * 1) model how to log onto http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/
 * 2)  click “get started”
 * 3) in the TOPIC WORD box, enter DREAM
 * 4)  in the YOUR NAME box, write a student’s name
 * 5)  click “continue”
 * 6)  on the next page, you may choose whether to brainstorm some words that describe dreams as a class (this might work well for the younger kids) or have the students come up with words/phrases on their own
 * 7)  use ideas from the white board to complete the acrostic poem
 * 8)  ask for questions
 * 9)  have students move to a computer **if students are sharing, they may complete the poem together**
 * 10)  assist/monitor the students as they create their poems
 * 11) they may print them out and paste them on any color construction paper hang around the lab
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and review reading expectations
 * 2) read the second book about dreams to the students
 * 3) on large chart paper, list 5-10 dreams the students have, which may be from yesterday’s poem (again, things that they dream for in life, not that they have dreamed about when sleeping  J  )
 * 4) ex. I dream of __becoming a veterinarian__
 * 5)  I dream of __traveling to Africa__
 * 6)  I dream of __owning a fancy car__
 * 7)  I dream of __helping less fortunate people__
 * 8) save this list for tomorrow!!!
 * 9) model how to open Word
 * 10) each student needs to type a minimum of 2 dreams into Word
 * 11) they may choose the font and color
 * 12) model how to type a couple of the examples into Word
 * 13) model how to print out their dream sentences when they are finished (save them in a safe place for tomorrow)
 * 14) have students move to a computer
 * 15) write “I dream of___” on the white board or chart paper
 * 16) assist/monitor the students while they are typing their dreams
 * 17) please make sure the spelling and grammar are correct before printing
 * 18) save the sentences in a folder for tomorrow
 * THURSDAY ** Procedure
 * 1) gather students on the carpet
 * 2) remind them of the week’s topic (dreams)
 * 3) review the list of dreams from yesterday on the chart paper OR you may read some of the students’ sentences with permission
 * 4) model how to create the dream chain
 * 5) the students are going to cut out each dream sentence from yesterday (if a student has not completed his/her dream sentences, he/she may do that while the rest of the class is making their links)
 * 6) they are then going to glue the sentences on colored construction paper to make their links (they may use one color or different colors for each sentence)
 * 7) model how to glue the first link into a circle, then glue the second link through the first and the third through the second to make a chain
 * 8) explain that the students are going to create a long chain full of their dreams
 * 9) pass out the dream sentences from yesterday
 * 10) pass out scissors, glue, and construction paper
 * 11) assist/monitor the students as they are creating their chains
 * 12) when the class is finished, you may need to make some connector links, but hang up the chain around the room