thankfulness

Title: Giving Thanks in Our Life Objective(s): o Students will read or listen to “Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks” by Margaret Sutherland o Students will brainstorm things they are thankful for o Students will create a story with text and pictures using http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ o Students will upload their story onto their personal WikiSpace page Bridge Technology Standards  o 1.1.1 o 1.1.3 o 2.2.2 o 3.1 o 3.2 o 4.1 o 4.2  Materials o “Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks” by Margaret Sutherland o whiteboard/chart paper o http://www.dltk-holidays.com <span style="font-family: Jokerman; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Jokerman; mso-fareast-font-family: Jokerman; msobidifontfamily: Jokerman; msofareastfontfamily: Jokerman; msolist: Ignore;">o Microsoft Word <span style="font-family: Jokerman; mso-bidi-font-family: Jokerman; mso-fareast-font-family: Jokerman; msobidifontfamily: Jokerman; msofareastfontfamily: Jokerman; msolist: Ignore;">o Internet access <span style="color: black; font-family: Jokerman; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Jokerman; mso-fareast-font-family: Jokerman; msobidifontfamily: Jokerman; msofareastfontfamily: Jokerman; msolist: Ignore;">o http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ <span style="font-family: Jokerman; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Jokerman; mso-fareast-font-family: Jokerman; msobidifontfamily: Jokerman; msofareastfontfamily: Jokerman; msolist: Ignore;">o http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/ MONDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION READ ALOUD GUIDED PRACTICE FREE TIME ACTIVITY > http://www.dltk-holidays.com TUESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">a. students will review the things they are thankful for <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">b. write 4-5 sentences in a Word document telling what they are thankful for <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">c. they need to print out the Word document and ** save for Wednesday’s lesson ** MODELING INDEPENDENT WORK WEDNESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODELING INDEPENDENT WORK THURSDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODELING INDEPENDENT WORK > **“_____________2009thankfulness” title**
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and explain that **next Thursday** is Thanksgiving
 * 2) tell the students that Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for things in your life
 * 3) explain that the goals for this week are to
 * 4) listen to a story about being thankful
 * 5) brainstorm things that they are thankful for
 * 6) create a story about things they are thankful for
 * 7) upload their story onto their WikiSpace
 * 4:20/5:20 review the expectations of story time
 * 1) read “Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks”
 * 2) during the story, ask some of these questions
 * 3) Who are the characters?
 * 4) What are they thankful for?
 * 5) What are some activities the characters did in the story?
 * 6) How did they show they were thankful?
 * 4:30/5:30 after the story, review the things that the child was thankful for in the story
 * 1) brainstorm some things that the students are thankful for in their life
 * 2) write these on the whiteboard or chart paper
 * 3) **save this list for tomorrow!!**
 * 4) explain to the students that tomorrow they are going to list 4-5 things they are thankful for on a Word document
 * 4:40/5:40 gather students around 1-2 computers and go to
 * 1) model how to scroll down and click on **Thanksgiving**
 * 2) scroll down and click on **Thanksgiving games and puzzles**
 * 3) show the students the different Thanksgiving games they can play for the rest of the class <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">J
 * 4) write http://www.dltk-holidays.com on the white board/chart paper
 * 4:45/5:45 assist/monitor while students play Thanksgiving games
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 1) review the list of things the students are thankful for from yesterday
 * 2) explain the goals for today
 * 4:20/5:20 model how to open a Word document
 * 1) use some of the students’ suggestions from yesterday to write ** COMPLETE ** sentences
 * 2) ex. “for my friends” is NOT a complete sentence
 * 3) “I am thankful for my friends.” IS a complete sentence
 * 4) model how to use capitals and periods where appropriate
 * 5) the sentences should be as follows
 * 6) ** “I am thankful for _________________” **
 * 7) I am thankful for having a job.
 * 8) I am thankful for my friends.
 * 9) write 3-4 sentences so the students understand the process
 * 10) review each step with the students (have them tell you what to do first, second, third, etc.)
 * 4:30/5:30 have students move to a computer and open Word
 * 1) assist/monitor students while they write 4-5 COMPLETE sentences
 * 2) ** please make sure that the sentences have proper grammar, capitals, and periods before the students print their sentences **
 * 3) put the students’ sentence in a safe place for tomorrow’s lesson
 * 4:45/5:45 when students have printed out their 4-5 complete sentences, they may have free time
 * 1) they may also play the games from yesterday at http://www.dltk-holidays.com
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 1) gather students on the carpet
 * 2) review the project goals for the week (you can ask the kids to tell you instead of telling them…)
 * 3) listen to a story about being thankful (did that Monday)
 * 4) brainstorm things that they are thankful for (did that Tuesday)
 * 5) create a story on  http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ (Today!)
 * 6) upload the story onto their WIkiSpace (Tomorrow)
 * 4:30/5:30 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 1) borrow (with permission) one of the students’ papers from yesterday with thankful sentences to use as an example
 * 2) model how to open the internet and go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
 * 3) click and drag the **plain** speech bubble (the one on the far right) into the first slide
 * 4) in the speech bubble, type the title **“__your first name__ 2009 thankfulness”**
 * 5) ex. margaret2009thankfulness
 * 6) use words from the student’s sentences to search for pictures
 * 7) For example, if the sentence says “I am thankful for my __friends__” then you could search for __friends__ in the **“tag”** box
 * 8)  Or if a student’s sentence says “I am thankful for my __dog__” then you could search for a picture of a __dog__ in the **“tag”** box.
 * 9)  model how to **click** a picture to make the **SECOND SLIDE** then add a speech bubble
 * 10) copy the sentences from the Word document into the speech bubble
 * 11) read the next thankful sentence out loud
 * 12) ask the students to name something that you should search for (it should match the sentence you read)
 * 13) model how to search in the **“tag”** box
 * 14) model how to **click** the picture to create a new slide
 * 15) show the students how to click and drag a speech bubble
 * 16) type the sentence from the Word document into the speech bubble
 * 17) continue to find pictures and write the sentences in the speaking bubbles for each sentence the students wrote (they should have 4-5 slides)
 * 18) model how to save their bubblr cartoon
 * 19) Click the big pink **“publish”** button
 * 20) Title: ** student’s first name and 2009 thankfulness ** <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">ß this should be the same as the title on their first slide!!!
 * 21) for example, Phuong2009thankfulness or Kheri2009thankfulness
 * 22) Name: students’ **first name** and **last initial**
 * 23) if students have the same first name, you may add their last initial
 * 24) quickly review the activity for today and have the students review the steps
 * 4:35/5:35 have students move to a computer
 * 1) pass out their thankful sentences from yesterday
 * 2) write http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/  on the white board/chart paper
 * 3) write ** first name 2009 thankfulness ** on the white board/chart paper
 * 4) if a student was absent, have one of the tech team members assist them in their sentence writing before beginning the activity for today
 * 5) when the students have their sentences from yesterday, they may log go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
 * 6) assist/monitor while the students create their projects
 * 7) make sure their spelling and grammar is correct before they click “publish”
 * 8) make sure the students click the **“publish”** button when they are finished or their work will be lost <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">L
 * 4:50/5:50 when students have published their thankfulness comic strip, they may have free time
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 1) review the goal for today
 * 2) to upload their http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ project onto their wikispace
 * 4:17/5:17 model how to go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
 * 1) click on the **“or go to archive”** link above the blank slide
 * 2) use a student’s example and search for **“____________2009thankfulness”**
 * 3) at the bottom in small pink letters, there is a link called **“blog this”**
 * 4) click on **“blog this”**
 * 5) two options will show up
 * 6) make sure the students choose **option number one**
 * 7) ** left click ** on the text in option number one and **right click to copy it**
 * 8) open up http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/
 * 9) click on **your site** on the left
 * 10) click on **a student’s picture** and it will take you to their page
 * 11) click on **“edit this page”** at the top
 * 12) click on the **tv** to embed a widgit
 * 13) click on **“other html”** at the very bottom
 * 14) ** right click ** to **paste** the text in the box and click **“save”**
 * 15) click **“save”** on the top of the WikiSpace page
 * 16) you may have to wait a couple seconds for it to save and reload
 * 17) the comic strip should show up at the top of the student’s page!
 * 18) review the steps for embedding the bubblr cartoon onto the WikiSpace (have __the students__ tell you what to do first, second, third etc.)
 * 4:30/5:30 have the students move to a computer
 * 1) write http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ and http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/ on the whiteboard/chart paper
 * 2) assist/monitor while they go to  http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ and **search** for their comic strip using their
 * 1) assist/monitor while they copy and paste the comic strip into their own WikiSpace
 * 4:45/5:45 when students have shown you their bubblr cartoon ON THEIR WIKI PAGE, then they may have free time