kindness+cartoon

=Nov. 10th-13th=

Title: Creating Kindness Cartoons Objective(s): o  Students will read or listen to a book about Kindness  o  Students will create a cartoon using “Bubblr”  o  Students will upload their cartoon onto the Bridge WikiSpace Materials o  Kindness book o  Internet access  o  http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ o  http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/ o  white board/chart paper MONDAY Procedure a. listen to a story about kindness b. talk about different ways to show kindness c. create a cartoon showing kindness d. put the cartoon on their WikiSpace a. what ways were the characters kind to each other? b. have you ever done something kind for someone? c. why is it good to be kind to people? d. what are some examples of kindness? TUESDAY Procedure  1. begin by gathering the students on the carpet  2. review the book from yesterday a. have a few students give a summary of the book b. review what kindness means and some examples c. remind the students that this week is national kindness week  3. gather students around 1-2 computers to model how to create their comic strip  4. go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/  5. find where it says “or visit the archive” right above the blank slide  6. click on that link  7. in the search box on the right, enter in “kindness example” and hit enter  8. click on the one that is rated  J   9. read aloud the text in the boxes and point out how each slide shows kindness  10. now tell the students that you are going to show them how to make their own  11. go back to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/  12. first, click and drag the bubble on the far right side (without an arrow or smaller bubbles) into the blank box. This is going to be your title page <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 13. the title should be “kindness by _” (for example, “kindness by Chris and Ny” or “kindness by Danielle”) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 14. if you have students with the same name, they may put their last initial <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 15. next, point out the search boxes in the upper left corner. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 16. show the kids that they need to use the box labeled “tag.” if they use the “user” box, it will not give them any pictures <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 17. in the “tag” box, search for a character for the cartoon (this may be a person or an animal) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 18. show students how to move the mouse to the right to see all the pictures <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 19. to see more, just click on the pink numbers under the blue heading “show next” <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 20. find one that the students like and click on it <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 21. the picture should appear in the next box after the title page <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 22. make sure to point out the “delete” button on the bottom right of the slides in case a student decides they do not want a picture they have chosen <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 23. model how to click and drag a speaking bubble onto the page <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 24. have the students help you decide what the character should say <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 25. if you want to use the same character for the next slide, just click the picture again and it will create another slide OR if you would like to chose another character for the comic strip, search for it in the “tag” box and click on it to enter it into the next slide <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 26. model once more how to click and drag the bubbles into the slide. You can adjust where the arrow or small bubbles are directed by clicking and dragging to the spot where you want it <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 27. model a couple more slides with dialogue so the kids get the hang of it <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 28. tell the students they must have at least 4 slides showing kind actions or kind thoughts (they can have more if they choose) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 29. explain that they are going to practice with a partner today and tomorrow they will create one for their own WikiSpace <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 30. divide the students into partners <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 31. assign them a computer and have them go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ **make sure the website is written on the board or chart paper** <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> 32. assist/monitor students while they create a cartoon together, reminding them to create 4 slides showing kind actions or thoughts WEDNESDAY Procedure THURSDAY Procedure > “kindness by __” title
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and explain that this week is national kindness week
 * 2) tell the kids that the goals for this week are to
 * 1) remind students of the expectations for story time
 * 2) read the book about kindness to the students
 * 3) ask the following questions when reading the book
 * 1)  after the story, brainstorm some ideas for being kind to someone and write them on the whiteboard/chart paper (ex. walking to school with someone, helping a friend on their homework, getting a pencil for someone, sharing a snack etc.)
 * 2) explain to the students that tomorrow they are going to create a comic strip showing characters being kind to each other or thinking kind thoughts
 * make sure to write this website on the whiteboard or chart paper before the students begin working**
 * when they make the comic with a partner, they need to put in both names and when they make one on their own, they use only their name**
 * 1) remind the students that this week is national kindness week and that they are making comic strips that have characters showing kindness
 * 2) gather students around 1-2 computers to review the steps for making their comic strip
 * 3) ask the kids what to do first, second, third, fourth etc.
 * 4) first: go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
 * 5) second: insert the plain speaking bubble for the title page
 * 6) third: write “kindness by ” in the speaking bubble
 * 7) fourth: search for a picture in the “tag” box **remind students that to see more they need to move their mouse to the right and they can click on the pink numbers at the end for another set of pictures**
 * 8) fifth: click on the picture to put it into a new slide
 * 9) sixth: choose a speaking bubble and write in some text
 * 10) repeat steps 7 through 9
 * 11) remind the students that they must have 4 slides or more with characters showing kind actions or thoughts
 * 12) assist/monitor the students while they create their own comic strip about kindness
 * 13) make sure the kids are including examples of kindness, and if not help them to make the characters do or think something that shows kindness
 * 1) explain to the students that today they are going to put their kindness comic strip onto their WikiSpace
 * 2) first, model how to do it using my comic
 * 3) go to http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
 * 4) click on the “or go to archive” link above the blank slide
 * 5) search for “kindness example”
 * 6) click on the one that is rated
 * 7) at the bottom in small pink letters, there is a link called “blog this”
 * 8) click on “blog this”
 * 9) two options will show up
 * 10) make sure the students choose option number one
 * 11) left click on the text in option number one and right click to copy it
 * 12) open up http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/
 * 13) click on your site on the left
 * 14) click on a student’s picture and it will take you to their page
 * 15) click on “edit this page” at the top
 * 16) click on the tv to embed a widgit
 * 17) click on “other html” at the very bottom
 * 18) paste the text in the box and click “save”
 * 19) click “save” on the page
 * 20) the comic strip should show up at the top of the student’s page!
 * 21) have the students move to a computer
 * 22) write http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ on the whiteboard or chart paper and have the student go to it
 * 23) assist them while they search for their comic strip using their
 * 1) assist/monitor while they copy and paste the comic strip into their own WikiSpace