worms.2011

Title: WORMS!  Objective(s):  o Students will read “Diary of a Worm”   o Students will be able to list 3 facts about worms   o Students will complete 5 online activities about worms   Bridge Technology Standards

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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Materials <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Chart paper <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">KWL chart <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">“Diary of a Worm” <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Post-It notes <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Pencils (one per student) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Microsoft PowerPoint <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MONDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">TUESDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">READ ALOUD <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">WEDNESDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">READ ALOUD <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">THURSDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">CLOSING ACTIVITY
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** LESSON #12 **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and explain that this week they are going to learn about earthworms
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">post the KWL chart on the wall or another place where the students can see it all week
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask students to think about what they already KNOW about worms
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write their facts under the K column of the chart
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask the students to think about what they WANT to know about worms (questions they have) and write those under the W column of the chart
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write ** __http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html__ ** on the white board or another piece of chart paper
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">go to ** __http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html__ **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show the students the 5 different activities they are going to complete this week
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that today they are going to complete the “** introduction **” activity
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to click on the activity (you do not have to go through the whole thing as a class- just make sure they know the website and which activity to click on )
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">next explain that you are going to pass out 1 Post-It and 1 pencil to each student
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">they need to write down one fact they learned about worms from the “** introduction **” activity
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">at the end of class, they will put their Post-It fact under the L column of the KWL chart
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:35/5:35 review their tasks today
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">complete the “** introduction **” activity
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write one fact they learned about worms on their Post-It
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">put their Post-It on the K column of the KWL chart
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:40/5:40 have students move to a computer and go to ** __http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html__ **
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">pass out a Post-It and pencil to each student
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while they complete the “** introduction **” activity and write their worm fact
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** LESSON #12 **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and review the topic for the week (earthworms)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask the students to review some of the facts they learned about worms from yesterday
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review expectations for a story (criss-cross, hands in lap, raise hand for questions/comments)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read Diary of a Worm ** __**only read through May 1st, stop when you get to May8th**__ **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">go to ** __http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html__ **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the “** introduction **” activity they did yesterday
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that today they are going to complete the “** worm bin **” and “** tool shed **” activities today
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to click on the activities (you do not have to go through the whole thing as a class- just make sure they know the website and which activities they are completing today)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that you are going to pass out 1 Post-It and 1 pencil to each student
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">they need to write down one fact they learned about worms from the “** worm bin **” and “** tool shed **” activities
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">at the end of class, they will put their Post-It fact under the L column of the KWL chart
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:35/5:35 review their tasks today
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">complete the “** worm bin **” and “** tool shed **” activities
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write one fact they learned about worms on their Post-It
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">put their Post-It on the K column of the KWL chart
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:40/5:40 have students move to a computer and go to ** __http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html__ **
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">pass out a Post-It and pencil to each student
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while they complete the “** worm bin **” and “** tool shed **” activities and write their worm fact
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** GAME: CHOICE **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and review the topic for the week (earthworms)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask the students to review some of the facts they learned about worms from yesterday
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that today they are going to make a PowerPoint with 2-3 diary entries, just like the book
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**K-2nd graders can write 2 diary entries and 3rd-5th graders can write 3 diary entries**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review expectations for a story (criss-cross, hands in lap, raise hand for questions/comments)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review what happened yesterday in the book (have students share important events)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read Diary of a Worm ** __**begin reading on May 8th and finish the book**__ **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:20/5:20 model how to create their own “Diary of a Worm” PowerPoint by following these steps:
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Open PowerPoint
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">In the title box, type ** Diary of a Worm **
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">In the subtitle box type ** BY __your name__ **
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Show the students where to find the ** new slide **button and click it.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">In the title box, type ** a date ** (ex. ** January 22nd **)
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">In the text box, write 1-2 sentences about what the worm saw or did today (ex. Today it was warm and sunny so I sat in my lawn chair until the birds started flying around, then I went back to my room and ate some garbage <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">.)
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click ** new slide ** again
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">In the title box, type ** a date ** (ex. ** January 31st **)
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">In the text box, write another diary entry (ex. My mom yelled at me to pick up my room today. I put all the trash in my closet and closed the door. At least my room // __looks__ // a little better. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">)
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">3rd-5th graders can write one more diary entry; k-2nd graders can be done after they have 2
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to add a picture on each slide that matches the three (or five) expectations
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">minimize the PowerPoint
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">open the Internet and go to Google
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click on ** images ** on the top left
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">in the search box, type worms or something that has to do with the diary entry
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">right click on the image and select ** copy **
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">open the PowerPoint and right click on the appropriate slide
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">select ** paste **
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to make the image bigger or smaller
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to save the PowerPoint onto the desktop as “_________.worms” for example “jack.worms” or “susie.worms”
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 review their tasks today
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">create a “Diary of a Worm” PowerPoint
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">k-2nd graders write 2 diary entries
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">3rd-5th graders write 3 diary entries
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:34/5:35 have students move to a computer and open PowerPoint
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while the students write their diary entries
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">**please make sure all the kids either save their PowerPoint to the desktop and then you move it to the flash drive OR they save it to the server**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** TEST #12 **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and review the topic for the week (earthworms)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask the students to review some of the facts they learned about worms from yesterday
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:25/5:25 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">go to ** __http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html__ **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the “** worm bin **” and “** tool shed **” activities they did yesterday
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that today they are going to complete the “** garden **” and “** trash area **” activities today
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to click on the activities (you do not have to go through the whole thing as a class- just make sure they know the website and which activities they are completing today)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that you are going to pass out 1 Post-It and 1 pencil to each student
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">they need to write down one fact they learned about worms from the “** garden **” and “** trash area **” activities
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">at the end of class, they will put their Post-It fact under the L column of the KWL chart
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 review their tasks today
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">complete the “** garden **” and “** trash area **” activities
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write one fact they learned about worms on their Post-It
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">put their Post-It on the K column of the KWL chart
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:40/5:40 have students move to a computer and go to ** __http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/vermi/game/menu.html__ **
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">pass out a Post-It and pencil to each student
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while they complete the ““** garden **” and “** trash area **” activities and write their worm fact
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:50/5:50 gather students around the KWL chart
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read the W column (what the students wanted to learn)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">find the answers in the K column OR read all the facts the students learned from the K column