holiday+lessons1

=DECEMBER 1st-4th = Title: Holiday Activities Objective(s): o  Students will print out and decorate game pieces o  Students will play bingo game as a whole class or with two friends o  Students will practice math and reading skills o  Students will create a Winter acrostic poem o  Students will add three holiday pictures to their WikiSpace Materials o  [|http://members.enchantedlearning.com] o  crayons/markers o  scissors o  printer o  white board/chart paper o  Microsoft Word o  “The Reasons for Seasons” by Gail Gibbons o  http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ o  http://flickr.com/ MONDAY Procedure TUESDAY Procedure > W > I > N > T > E > R > W: white snow, warm coats > I: icicles, igloo > N: nieve (snow in Spanish!), Navidad (Christmas in Spanish!), no school > T: temperatures dropping, toasty-warm fires > E: elves, eggnog > R: reindeer, rolling in the snow WEDNESDAY Procedure White Cold Winter Ice || ** SANTA ** Sleigh Presents North Pole || THURSDAY Procedure White Cold Winter Ice || ** SANTA ** Sleigh Presents North Pole Elves || Bows Wrapping paper Gift || ** CHRISTMAS TREE ** Green Decorations Lights ||
 * 1)  gather students on the carpet and explain that they are going to make their own Christmas Tree Bingo cards
 * 2) show the students an example of a Christmas Tree Bingo Card
 * 3) model how to get the cards
 * 4) gather students around 1-2 computers depending on the number of kids
 * 5) go to [|http://members.enchantedlearning.com]
 * 6) in the username box, type “BridgeProject”
 * 7) in the password box, type “educators”
 * 8) click “login”
 * 9) in the search box, type “Christmas tree bingo”
 * 10) click “search now”
 * 11) click on “Christmas tree bingo using numbers 0-11”
 * 12) show the students how to scroll down to find the bingo cards
 * 13) explain to the students that they can pick any Christmas Tree Bingo card they want
 * 14) for example, click on card #17
 * 15) scroll down until you can see the Bingo Card
 * 16) show the students how to print their Bingo Card
 * 17) first, click the small arrow next to the picture of the printer in the menu bar on top
 * 18) select “print”
 * 19) show the students how to check if it is the correct printer by clicking on “lab”
 * 20) in the printing box, click “pages” (it’s on the left side)
 * 21) in the box next to “pages,” type 2  ***this is important because if the students just click print, it will print 2 pages and waste paper!!!!***
 * 22)  make sure the “pages” button is checked, the number 2 is in the “pages” box, and the correct printer is selected, before printing
 * 23) model how to cut out the tree and then color it (they can decorate it or just make it green) but emphasize DO NOT color the numbers!!!!!!
 * 24)  write [|http://members.enchantedlearning.com] on the board
 * 25) write “BridgeProject” and “educators” on the board
 * 26)  have the students move to a computer and access [|http://members.enchantedlearning.com]
 * 27) write “Christmas tree bingo” on the board
 * 28) assist and monitor as they find their bingo boards and print them
 * 29) allow 10 minutes for students to cut out and color their trees; remind them not to color the numbers!!!!!
 * 30)  if some students are taking too long to cut/color, have them finish after the bingo game
 * 31) have the students sit at a table or on the floor
 * 32) pass out 2-3 crayons to each student
 * 33) explain the rules
 * 34) the students are going to be given a math problem (addition/subtraction for the k-2 kids and multiplication for the 3-5 kids)
 * 35) when they know the answer, they need to raise their hand
 * 36) tech team members will call on a student to share the answer with the class
 * 37) check to see if the rest of the class agrees, and if not discuss the correct answer
 * 38) students are to color in the answer to the math problem on their bingo card
 * 39) students need to get 5 in a row to win, and they yell “bingo” (you can give them a gummi bear or piece of candy)
 * 40) when everyone has had a bingo, you can play for blackout
 * 41) have the students review the rules before starting the game
 * 42)  make up simple + and -- problems (or x for the 3- kids) and say them out loud
 * 43) For example, 9-5, 7+4, 0+0, 3x3, 2x5 etc.
 * 44) Keep track of the numbers you have used!
 * 45)  pass out candy to the students who get bingo or blackout
 * 46) have the students take home their bingo cards when they are finished
 * 1) gather students on the carpet
 * 2) explain that they are going to make their own acrostic poem about Winter on the internet
 * 3) tell the students that December is the month when Winter starts
 * 4) read the book “The Reasons for Seasons” by Gail Gibbons
 * 5) after the book, talk about things the students learned about in the Winter section, things that happen in Winter, holidays etc.
 * 6) on the white board or chart paper, list the suggestions the students come up with
 * 7) explain that they are going to create an acrostic poem about winter
 * 8) on the white board or chart paper, write
 * 1) next to each letter brainstorm words that begin with each letter, for example
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computer
 * 2)  model how to log onto http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/
 * 3)  click “get started”
 * 4) in the TOPIC WORD box, enter Winter
 * 5)  in the YOUR NAME box, write a student’s name
 * 6)  click “continue”
 * 7)  on the next page, you may choose whether to brainstorm some words that describe Winter as a class (this might work well for the younger kids) or have the students come up with words/phrases on their own
 * 8)  enter in some words or phrases that describe Winter from the brainstorm list
 * 9) click “continue”
 * 10) enter in words or phrases that complete the acrostic poem
 * 11) click “continue”
 * 12) click “print”
 * 13) model how to decorate the poem with pictures of Winter (such as snow, Christmas, animals etc.)
 * 14) have students move to a computer and log onto the internet **if students are sharing a computer, they may create their poem together**
 * 15) students log onto http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/
 * 16) monitor and assist students as they are creating their poems
 * 17) when the poems are decorated, hang them in the lab **if you wish, students may paste their poem onto Winter colored construction paper (blue, red, green, white etc.) and then hang them up around the lab**
 * 1) gather students on the carpet
 * 2) tell the students that they are going to play a game with 2 or 3 friends
 * 3) the goal is to have their friend guess the word they are explaining
 * 4) they are going to create 4 word cards that have to do with Winter, Christmas, or the holidays
 * 5) show them an example of 2 word cards
 * 6) point out that each card needs to have one word at the top and 3-4 words that are clues
 * 7) for example, if the word is snow, some clues might be white, cold, winter, and ice. The clues cannot contain any part of the word, so if the word is snow, you could not use snowman as a clue because it has the word snow in it.
 * 8) create two examples together on the whiteboard or chart paper
 * 9) first, give the students the word snowman
 * 10) brainstorm some words that are clues, but do not use the word snow or man (ex. Build, three parts, cold, scarf, Frosty)
 * 11) next, give them the word Santa
 * 12) brainstorm some words that are clues for Santa (ex. North Pole, presents, reindeer, sleigh, chimney)
 * 13) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 14) model how to create the word cards
 * 15) first, open Word
 * 16) click on “table” on the top
 * 17) click on “insert”
 * 18) click on “table”
 * 19) type in 2 columns and 2 rows
 * 20) click “ok”
 * 21) show students how to stretch the table to fit the whole page
 * 22) click in the first box
 * 23) type the word snowman in all CAPS
 * 24) show the students how to make the word larger and bold (a 16 or 18 font size is fine)
 * 25) show the students how to type their 3-4 clues under the word (they need to be regular and 12 or 14 font) ***See the example!!**
 * ** SNOW **
 * 1) explain that after the students have finished their word cards, someone will come around to make sure the spelling and format are correct, then they will print out the cards and cut them out
 * 2) tell the students to choose 2-3 people to play the game with
 * 3) have one person choose one of their cards and read the clue words
 * 4) the first person to guess the word gets one point
 * 5) the next student chooses a word card and reads the clues
 * 6) the first person to guess the word gets a point
 * 7) the game ends when everyone has used up all their cards
 * 8) give an example for the whole class
 * 9) say the words gift, wrapping paper, and bows
 * 10) have the students raise their hand to guess what word you are giving clues about (the word is PRESENT)
 * 11) have students move to a computer and open Word
 * 12) assist/monitor while students create their 2x2 table
 * 13) make sure their format is correct before allowing them to print (bigger, bold, all-caps word with 3-4 smaller clue words)
 * 14) have students cut out their 4 word cards
 * 15) help students get into groups of 3-4 to play the game
 * 16) have students take home their word cards when they are finished
 * 1) explain to the kids that today they are going to decorate their wiki space page with pictures that have to do with Winter or December
 * 2) they can use ideas from their word cards from yesterday  J
 * 3) the goals for today are
 * 4) create a table on the wiki space
 * 5) choose three Winter/December pictures from flickr.com
 * 6) paste three pictures into the table on the wiki space
 * 7) write http://flickr.com/ on the white board or chart paper
 * 8) model how to go to the wiki space
 * 9) model how to log on. Use mbriggs4 and bridge2008
 * 10) model how to click on a student’s page and go to their personal page
 * 11) click “edit this page” at the top
 * 12) click on the table picture button at the top
 * 13) select 3 columns and 1 row
 * 14) open a new web browser and go to http://flickr.com/
 * 15)  in the search box enter something that the kids want a picture of, for example, a puppy
 * 16)  scroll to a picture and click on it
 * 17) **when you click on the picture, if there isn’t a caption under the picture title that says “all sizes” then the picture will not download** make sure to point out this icon to the students so they can successfully download and save a picture!!!!!
 * 18) if the picture comes up and has the “all sizes” icon, right click and select “save picture as”
 * 19) model how to select “desktop” on the left hand side, and save the picture as whatever it is (for example, if it is a picture of a snowman, save it as “snowman” or if it is a picture of a Christmas tree, save it as “Christmas tree”)
 * 20) make sure the pictures are saved to the desktop so they are easy to locate!!!!
 * 21) model how to search for two more pictures and save them to the desktop
 * 22) once you have three pictures saved to the desktop, model how to insert them into the wiki space
 * 23) first, click on the little icon of the tree right next to the tv icon at the top
 * 24) ignore everything in the box that pops up except the “browse” button
 * 25) click on “browse” and then the “desktop” icon on the left
 * 26) select the name of the picture by clicking on it, then click “open”
 * 27) click “upload” and then double click on the picture in the display at the top
 * 28)  if the picture does not appear in the table, model how to click and drag it into one box of the table
 * 29) repeat steps 18-23 for the other two pictures
 * 30) make sure to model how to click “save” at the bottom after all three pictures have been uploaded
 * 31) after they have saved, the kids can check their page by clicking on your site’s tab on the left hand side and then their picture and it should bring up their personal page
 * 32) PLEASE MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS LOG OUT BEFORE FREE TIME!!!  J
 * ** SNOW **
 * ** PRESENT **