columbus2010

Title: Christopher Columbus week

Objective(s):
 * students will read or listen to a book about Columbus
 * students will name 2 facts about Columbus
 * students will insert 3 pictures related to Columbus and his travels into their WikiSpace
 * students will take 2 quizzes about Columbus and his travels

Bridge Technology Standards

 o 1.1.1  o 1.1.3  o 2.2.2  o 3.1  o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">3.2 <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4.1 <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4.2

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Materials <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">White board/chart paper

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Christopher Columbus __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">by Marion Bauer

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">http://www.freetypinggame.net/

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml#focus

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/holidays/columbusday/preview.weml

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://events.askacop.org/columbusday.html

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_columbus.html

<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';">INTERNET <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 **TEST #2**
 * 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';">4:10/5:10 gather students on the carpet
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that today (Monday) is Columbus day and we celebrate Christopher Columbus discovering America
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that you are going to read a book about him and you want the students to listen for **3 interesting or important facts** about Christopher Columbus
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read __Christopher Columbus__ by Marion Bauer
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">after the story, call on students to tell you 3 interesting or important facts from the book
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">you do not have to write down their answers
 * 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';">show students how to go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml#focus
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to click “**learn**”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show the students how to read the sentence and then click the “**next**” button
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when the story ends, model how to click the Christopher Columbus face at the top right; it will take you back to the main Christopher Columbus screen
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to click “**quiz**”
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show the students how to answer a couple quests ions (by clicking on the answer)
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for quests ions
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the steps for completing the activity
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 have students move to a computer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**if you want to pair up students for this activity, that is fine.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">It might be helpful for the K-2nd graders if you match a kindergartner with an old kid to help them read
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist monitor while students learn and take the quiz
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:55/5:55 lead a brainstorm session about something the kids learned today about Christopher Columbus

<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 > password: **bridge12** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 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 #3**
 * 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';">4:10/5:10 gather students on the carpet
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show students how to go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/holidays/columbusday/preview.weml
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click “**play**”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click “**log in**”
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">username: **bridge_kids2010**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click on “**social studies**”
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">scroll down and find the picture of Christopher Columbus
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click on “**Columbus Day**”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">wait while the movie loads, the click on “**play movie**”
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students they will be using headphones to listen to the movie J
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click again on “C**olumbus Day**” at the top
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">scroll down and click on “**easy quiz**”
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show the students how to take the quiz
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:25/5:25 students move to computers and go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/holidays/columbusday/preview.weml
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Assist/monitor while students complete the movie and easy quiz

<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';">MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
 * 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 #3**
 * 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';">4:10/5:10 gather students on the carpet
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain to the kids that today they are going to read some facts about Christopher Columbus and choose pictures that represent the facts
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the goals for today are
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">create a table on the wiki space
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">choose three pictures from flickr.com
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">paste three pictures into the table on the wiki space
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 write <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://events.askacop.org/columbusday.html <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">on the board or chart paper
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that they are going to read some facts about Christopher Columbus on this page and they need to pick their 3 favorite
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**if you would like to split the K-2 kids into two groups (each with a tech team member) and read through the facts as a class that is fine**
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Show the students how to go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://events.askacop.org/columbusday.html <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">and scroll down to read about Christopher Columbus
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">As a class, choose 3 facts the students liked and write them on the board or chart paper
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://flickr.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">on the white board or chart paper
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to go to the wiki space
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to click on a student’s page and go to their personal page
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click “**edit this page**” at the top
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click on the table picture button at the top
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">select **3 columns** and **1 row**
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">open a new web browser and go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://flickr.com/
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">in the search box enter something that the kids want a picture of, for example, **ship**
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">scroll to a picture and click on it
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**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!!!!!
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if the picture comes up and has the “all sizes” icon, right click and select “save picture as”
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">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 ship, save it as “**ship**” or if it is a picture of an ocean, save it as “**ocean**”)
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">make sure the pictures are saved to the desktop so they are easy to locate!!!!
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to search for two more pictures and save them to the desktop
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">once you have three pictures saved to the desktop, model how to insert them into the wiki space
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">first, click on the little icon of the **tree** right next to the tv icon at the top
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ignore everything in the box that pops up except the “**browse**” button
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click on “**browse**” and then the “**desktop**” icon on the left
 * 24) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">select the name of the picture by clicking on it, then click “open”
 * 25) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click “**upload**” and then double click on the picture in the display at the top
 * 26) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if the picture does not appear in the table, model how to click and drag it into one box of the table
 * 27) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">repeat steps 19-23 for the other two pictures
 * 28) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">make sure to model how to click “**save**” at the top of the wikipage after all three pictures have been uploaded
 * 29) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">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
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:25/5:25 have students move to a computer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Assist/monitor while they complete the project for today
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if you want to split the K-2 graders into two groups with a tt member to play the game, that is fine; you can play it once as a group and then they can play it on their own**
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:35/5:35 assist/monitor while students play the Christopher Columbus game

<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';">INDEPENDENT PRACTICE <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 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: METEOR BLASTER **
 * 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';">4:10/5:10 gather students on the carpet
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explain that today they are going to play a game that will quiz them on everything they have learned about Christopher Columbus
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">First, read the book __Christopher Columbus__ by Marion Bauer again
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Tell the students to pay close attention so they can pass their game
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">After the story, ask comprehension questions (ex. What did Columbus do? Where did he go? How did he get there? Etc.)
 * 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';">Model how to go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_columbus.html <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explain that the goal is to get the pirate to walk the plank
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Show the students how to create their pirate
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**if you want to split the K-2 graders into two groups with a tt member to play the game, that is fine; you can play it once as a group and then they can play it on their own**
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:35/5:35 assist/monitor while students play the Christopher Columbus game