dr.seuss

=March 2-5= Title: Dr. Seuss’ Birthday!! Objective(s):  o    Students will read or listen to a Dr. Seuss book  o    Students will create a Dr. Seuss cartoon using Pivot  o    Students will create a short rhyme  o    Students will upload the rhyme onto the Bridge WikiSpace  o    Students will share their rhyme and cartoon with a minimum of two friends Bridge Technology Standards o   1.1.1 o   1.1.3 o   4.1 o   4.2 Materials o   Any Dr. Seuss book o   Pivot Stickfigure program o   Microsoft Word o   http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/ MONDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY INTRODUCTION READING that am head cat jam bed mat ham   red fat Sam fed
 * 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)  explain that today (March 2nd) is Dr. Seuss’ birthday  J
 * 2)  tell the students that they are going to listen to a Dr. Seuss book, write a short rhyme, and then create their own Dr. Seuss cartoon this week
 * 3) ask the students to pay close attention to the rhyming words in the Dr. Seuss book because after the story, they are going to make a list of all the rhyming words they can remember
 * 4:17/5:17 read the Dr. Seuss book to the students, stopping 2-3 times during the story to make a list of rhyming words
 * 1) when you stop to make a list of rhyming words, write them on a chart paper or the white board in rhyme groups (see example below)

MODELING > > > > > Box Socks Rocks Clocks Locks Pox Jocks || Lee Bee Me She He Knee Gee! Brie || Park Dark Bark Mark Shark Hark! || INDEPENDENT WORK TUESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY  1. 4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon  2. 4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items REVIEW  3. 4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)  4. review the activity from yesterday (the rhyming words list)  5. explain that today the students are going to create their own Dr. Seuss rhyme using words from their list MODEL  6. 4:20/5:20 gather students around 1-2 computers  7. choose a student’s rhyming words list from yesterday off the flash drive to use as an example (make sure you have the student’s permission to use them for an example  J )  8. use the characters and places from the list to create a rhyme  9. for example: **There once was a FOX in SOCKS. He ran into a TREE and said GEE! He was at the PARK when it got DARK, And then was stung by a BEE.**
 * 1) at the end of the story, either choose volunteers to read the rhyming words from the board or have the whole class read them together
 * 2) explain to the students that today they are going to think of some rhyming words they want to use in their own Dr. Seuss rhyme
 * 3) explain that they can use **characters** or **places** from Dr. Seuss books they have read before
 * 4:30/5:30 gather students around 1-2 computer to model the activity
 * 1) model how to open Microsoft Word
 * 2) explain that the students are going to create 3-4 rhyming families in a table to help them write their Dr. Seuss rhyme
 * 3) model how to click on “table”
 * 4) select “insert” then select “table”
 * 5) for the k-2 grades, model ho to select 3 columns and 1 row
 * 6) for the 3-5 graders, model how to select 4 columns and 1 row
 * 7) click “ok”
 * 8) ask the student to choose a **character** they want in their example rhyme (it can be a person’s name or an animal or a Dr. Seuss character etc.)
 * 9) have students brainstorm 3-4 words that rhyme with the character and write them below in the first column
 * 10) in the second column, ask students to think of another **character** or animal or person
 * 11) brainstorm 3-4 words that rhyme and list them below in the second column
 * 12) in the third column, ask student a **place** their characters are going to go or an activity they are going to do (this can be a short phrase such as “eat some cake” or “play on a swing” or “go to the mall”
 * 13) brainstorm 3-4 words or phrases that rhyme and write them below in the third column
 * 14) for the 3-5 graders, the fourth column can be another place, another activity, or another character-they may choose
 * 1) example:
 * Fox
 * 1)  review what needs to go in the columns (it may be helpful to write on the board **2 characters**, **1 place/activity** and for the older kids, add **1 choice**)
 * 2) remind the students that they need to write 3-4 words or phrases in each column
 * 3) explain that the students will need this list tomorrow to write their Dr. Seuss rhyme
 * 4) model how to save it onto the **desktop** as “_ . rhyme”
 * 5) for example, Phuong . rhyme or asawer . rhyme
 * 6) **IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE THE RHYMING WORD LIST FROM THE DESKTOP TO THE FLASH DRIVE**
 * 4:40/5:40 ask for questions
 * 1) have students move to computers to work on rhyming word list
 * 2) assist/monitor while students work
 * 3) students may have free time when the rhyming list is completed and saved to the desktop/flash drive

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 10. as a class, have the students help you create a rhyme that is 3-4 lines long <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 11. the K-1st kids can do 2 lines if they have trouble reading or typing and if the 3rd-5th kids want to write more than 4 lines they may <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 12. if you think it will help the students understand, choose another student’s list and create another rhyme as a class using a second list <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 13. model how to save the rhyme as “___. seuss” onto the desktop <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 14. for example, “josh. seuss” or “aaliyah. seuss” <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 15. explain to the students that tomorrow they will begin making their cartoon to go with the rhyme <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 16. **PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU MOVE THE RHYMES FROM THE DESKTOP ONTO THE FLASH DRIVE!!!** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 17. ask for questions INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 18. 4:30/5:30 have students move to a computer and begin working on their rhymes <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 19. assist/monitor while students work <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 20. students may have free time when their rhymes are completed and saved to the desktop/flash drive <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 21. WEDNESDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY REVIEW MODEL INDEPENDENT WORK FREE TIME THURSDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY REVIEW MODEL INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 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 activity from yesterday (creating a short rhyme to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday)
 * 2) explain that today the students are going to finish their rhymes and practice making their own cartoon to go along with the rhyme
 * 4:20/5:20 gather students around 1-2computers and show them how to click on the Pivot icon on the desktop
 * 1) remind the students that most of them have used this program before, so they can help demonstrate today
 * 2) ask students to raise their hand if they know how to do certain actions on Pivot
 * 3) for example
 * 4) move the figure’s arms/legs
 * 5) move the whole figure
 * 6) make a second figure
 * 7) change the color
 * 8) play the cartoon
 * 9) make the figure bigger/smaller
 * 10)  have different students come up and quickly show the class how to do the above actions
 * 11) tell the students that today they are going to practice making their Pivot cartoon and tomorrow they are going to read the rhyme and share the cartoon with 2-3 friends
 * 12) **if students make a cartoon and want to save it for tomorrow, assist them in saving it to the flash drive**
 * 13)  **if there are students who have not finished their rhyme, have 1 tech team member help them**
 * 4:30/5:30 have students move to a computer
 * 1) assist/monitor while they practice their cartoons (help them save their cartoon to the flash drive if they want to keep it)
 * 4:50/5:50 students 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 activity from yesterday (practicing their Pivot cartoons to go along with their rhymes )
 * 2) explain that today the students need to
 * 3) upload their rhyme to the wikispace
 * 4) create/finish their Pivot cartoons
 * 5) share their rhyme and cartoon with 2-3 friends
 * 4:20/5:20 gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 1) plug in the flash drive and open a student’s rhyme (ask for their permission <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"> J  )
 * 2) open internet explorer
 * 3) if the wikispace is not your homepage, go to http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/
 * 4) click on your site on the left
 * 5) click on a student’s name to use as an example
 * 6) on the top left click “edit this page”
 * 7) go back to the Word document and highlight the rhyme
 * 8) right click and select “copy”
 * 9) go back to the wikispace and scroll all the way down to the bottom (to a blank area of the page)
 * 10) right click and select “paste”
 * 11) the rhyme will appear on the wikispace page
 * 12) go back up to the top and click “save”
 * 13) ask if the students have questions
 * 4:30/5:30 have students move to a computer and open Pivot
 * 1) assist/monitor while they are working on their cartoons
 * 2) go around to each computer and move the students’ rhymes onto the desktop
 * 3) assist/monitor while they upload the rhymes to their page and create their cartoon
 * 4:50/5:50 ask students to share their cartoon and rhyme with 2 or 3 friends
 * 1) students can move around to different computers to view their friends’ work <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"> J
 * 4:50/5:50 students may have free time