st.patricks.day2011

Title: St .Patrick’s Day

Objective(s): o Students will read or listen to Fin M’Coul by Tomie de Paola o Students will create a cartoon showing how they would trick a giant o Students will complete an internet St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt o Students will write down 3 wishes on their WikiSpace page o Students will play St. Patrick’s Day games

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 Fin M’Coul by Tomie de Paola o http://www.miniclip.com/sketch-star/en/ o internet sites and questions sheet (on WIkiSpace) o http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/stpgame.html

MONDAY BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODEL READ ALOUD MODELING INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 1) today is **LESSON #13**
 * 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) explain that this week they are going to do St. Patrick’s Day activities
 * 2) today the goal is to listen to an Irish folktale and practice using a cartoon maker called mini clip
 * 1) gather students on the floor
 * 2) Review story time expectations (criss-cross, hands folded, raise hand for questions/comments)
 * 3) Ask the students if they have read a folktale
 * 4) Ask the students if they know what a folktale is
 * 5)  Explain that a folktale is __ a story that is usual told by word of mouth and has a lesson to learn in it __
 * 6) Tell the students to think about the lesson someone learns in this story as they listen to it
 * 1) read the story to the students
 * 2) The good giant’s name is pronounced “fin mc cool”
 * 3) The giant’s wife’s name is pronounced “oonag”
 * 4) The bad giant’s name is pronounced “cuh cullin”
 * 5) And the giant’s town is pronounced “nok many”
 * 6) After the story lead a discussion about
 * 7) Where the story took **place**
 * 8) Who the **characters** were
 * 9) What the **problem** was
 * 10) what Fin M’Coul and his wife did to **trick** Cucullin
 * 11) how the story **ended**
 * 12) ask the students what the lesson was in this folktale
 * 13) Ask the students what ideas they would have to trick a giant
 * 14) Explain that today and tomorrow they are going to make a cartoon showing what they would do to trick a giant
 * 4:35/5:35 gather students around 1-2 computer
 * 1)  Model how to go to ** http://www.miniclip.com/sketch-star/en/ **
 * 2) show the students how to click “**log in**” in the upper left corner
 * 3) __ **DO NOT LOGIN USING FACEBOOK…IT’S THE LOGIN BUTTON WITH THE”M”** __
 * 4) tell the students to enter this information
 * 5) email: bridge @bridge.com
 * 6) password: bridge
 * 7) click “**log in**”
 * 8) click the big **“create”** button in the middle
 * 9) show the students how to click on library, puppets, and shapes
 * 10) tell the students that if the image has a crown, they cannot use it because it costs money
 * 11) model how to
 * 12) choose and insert a **background**
 * 13) choose and insert a **character**
 * 14) click “**add blank**” to add a **new slide**
 * 15) click “**copy to next**” to create a new slide with the same characters/background
 * 16) draw using the “**tools**” tab
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">click “**play**” to play the cartoon
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">click “**log** **ou**t” when they are finished
 * 19) ask for questions
 * 20) tell the students they are going to play and explore the program today and think about what they want their cartoon to look like
 * 21) tomorrow they will create a cartoon showing how they would trick a giant, like in Fin M’Coul
 * 4:45/5:45 students move to a computer and practice using **miniclip**
 * 1) assist/monitor while students work on their cartoons

TUESDAY BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. bridge@bridge.com <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. bridge INDEPENDENT WORK SHARING
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 1) today is **TEST #13**
 * 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) Review the book from yesterday
 * 2) You may read it again if kids were absent and did not hear it
 * 3) Review the following:
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Where the story took **place**
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Who the **characters** were
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">What the **problem** was
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">what Fin M’Coul and his wife did to **trick** Cucullin
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">how the story **ended**
 * 9) ** what the lesson was in the story (what someone learned) **
 * 10) remind the students that they are going to create a cartoon today showing how they would trick a bad giant
 * 4:15/5:15 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 1)  Review how to go to ** http://www.miniclip.com/sketch-star/en/ **
 * 2) Review how to log on using
 * 1) Review the different buttons and tabs and tools
 * 2) Tell the students they need to create at least **4 different** slides for their cartoon
 * 4:20/5:20 have students move to a computer and go to ** http://www.miniclip.com/sketch-star/en/ **
 * 1) Assist/monitor while students log in
 * 2) Help the students create their cartoon with 4 slides
 * 4:50/5:50 have students share their cartoons with the class when they are finished J

WEDNESDAY BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODELING INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 1) today is **GAME: CHOICE**
 * 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) today the goal is to do a St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt using 4 different websites
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) show the students the questions for the scavenger hunt and the websites where they can find the answers
 * 3) model how to go to the first website and read the information on the page for the answers
 * 4) each website has 3 questions
 * 4:25/5:25 students may work in partners if they want to
 * 1) ask for questions
 * 2) review their activity
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">go to each website and find the answers to the questions
 * 4) assist/monitor while the students complete their St. Patrick’s day scavenger hunt
 * 5) the first group to get all the (correct) answers may win a prize!!
 * 6)  when students are finished, they may play St. Patrick’s Day games at http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/stpgame.html

THURSDAY BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION MODELING INDEPENDENT
 * 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 1) today is **GAME: CHOICE**
 * 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) explain that today the goal is to write three St. Patrick’s Day wishes on the WikiSpace
 * 2) tell the students to pretend they found a pot of gold and they have three wishes to make
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computers to model how to make the three wishes on WikiSpace
 * 2)  go to http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/
 * 3) click on **your site** on the left hand side
 * 4) click on the tech team example page
 * 5) click “**edit this page**” at the top
 * 6) scroll all the way down to the bottom where there is room to insert a table
 * 7) click the **table icon** at the top of the page
 * 8) type in **2** **columns and 3 rows**
 * 9) click “**insert table**”
 * 10) on the **left side** of the table, the students need to think of **three wishes**
 * 11) call on three different students to tell a wish and type them into the table (see example below)
 * 12) on the chart paper or white board write “**I wish** ”
 * 13) the students will finish the sentence in their table
 * 14)  in the **right side** of the column, students may copy and paste a picture from http://flickr.com/
 * 15) model how to find a picture from http://flickr.com/
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">go to http://flickr.com/
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">in the search box, enter something that has to do with the students’ wish (for example, if they wished for a new pair of shoes, search for “shoes” )
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">click “search”
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">find a picture the students think fits with the wish and click on it
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">after you click on the picture, look for a little icon of a magnifying glass that says “all sizes” on the top left
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">if the picture DOES NOT have this icon then it cannot be copied and pasted
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">if the picture DOES have the icon then it will work
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; tabstops: list 1.0in;">model how to copy and paste the picture into the right hand side of the table
 * 24) show the students how to click “save” at the top or the bottom of their WikiSpace
 * 25) ask for questions
 * 4:30/5:30 assist/monitor while students work on their three wishes and the pictures
 * 1) make sure the kids save the work on their WikiSpace
 * 2)  students may play games on http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/stpgame.html when they have three wishes and three pictures on their WikiSpace
 * 3) **if the internet is not working you may use Microsoft Word and save the projects to the flash drive**