seuss.2011

Title: Dr. Seuss!!  Objective(s):  o Students will read or listen to 2 Dr. Seuss books   o Students will complete online activities that correspond to Dr. Seuss books   o Students will create a Dr. Seuss cartoon using Pivot   o Students will create a short rhyme   o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Students will upload the rhyme onto the Bridge WikiSpace <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Bridge Technology Standards

<span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">1.1.1 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">1.1.3 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">2.2.2 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">3.1 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">3.2 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4.1 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l8 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';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Materials <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Any 2-3 Dr. Seuss books <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o ** __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/dr-seuss-birthday/games/index2.html __ ** <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Pivot Stickfigure program <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Microsoft Word <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">http://bridgeproject.wikispaces.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <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';">READING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <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 <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODEL <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">a. __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">a minimum of 7 frames __ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">b. __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">some sort of action (walking, jumping, skipping etc.) __ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <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';">READING <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';"> <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';">READING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <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 #12 **
 * 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';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> explain that Wednesday, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday J <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> tell the students that they are going to listen to a couple Dr. Seuss books, play online Dr. Seuss activities, and create a Dr. Seuss Pivot cartoon
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read one Dr. Seuss book to the students, stopping 2-3 times during the story to talk about the rhyming words
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when you stop, ask the students to tell you 2-3 words they heard in the story that rhymed with each other
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 gather students around 1-2 computer to model the activity
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to go to the Bridge WikiSpace
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click on your site and then on the Tech Team example page
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that the students are going to create a rhyme that is 2-3 sentences long
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">scroll down to the bottom where there is blank space
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to click on the picture of the “** table **”
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">choose ** 1 column ** and ** 2 rows **
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click “** insert **”
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">in the top row, write ** “My Dr. Seuss Rhyme” **
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">in the bottom row, write a little rhyme as a class
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">for example, “there was a boy named __Bill__, he liked to run up the __hill__, he worked in a __mill__ and always caused a __spill__” <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask the student to choose a ** character ** they want in their example rhyme (it can be a person’s name or an animal etc.)
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students brainstorm ** 3-4 words that rhyme ** with the character and make a sentence out of it
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">for example, “there was a red __fox__, she liked to wear pink __socks__, she made her home in a __box__” <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">it might help to do 1-2 little rhymes with the kids to get the flow going J <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when you have the title and a short rhyme in the table, model how to click ‘** save **” at the top
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">wait a minute and make sure that their work saves
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:40/5:40 review their task for today
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">create a table on WikiSpace with 1 column and 2 rows
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write ”** My Dr. Seuss Rhyme” ** in the top row
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write a 1-2 sentence rhyme in the bottom row
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students move to computers to work on rhyming word list
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while students creating their rhymes
 * 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 #12 **
 * 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';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the activity from yesterday (creating a short rhyme to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that today the students are going to finish practice making their own cartoon to go along with the rhyme
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">gather students around 1-2computers and show them how to click on the ** Pivot ** icon on the desktop
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">If there is not an icon on the desktop, go to start and all programs to find it
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">remind the students that most of them have used this program before, so they can help demonstrate today
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask students to raise their hand if they know how to do certain actions on Pivot
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">for example
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">move the figure’s arms/legs
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">move the whole figure
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">make a second figure
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">change the color
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">play the cartoon
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">make the figure bigger/smaller
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> have different students come up and quickly show the class how to do the above actions
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that today they are going to make their Pivot cartoon to match the short rhyme they made yesterday
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**if a student was absent for the rhyme making, they may choose to work with a partner OR write their rhyme before creating their Pivot cartoon**
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students heir cartoon MUST have
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**please make sure to assist them in saving their cartoon to the flash drive**
 * 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 create their cartoons (help them save their cartoon to the flash drive)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:40/5:40 students may share their Pivot cartoon with a friend when they finish
 * 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: CHOICE **
 * 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';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> explain that TODAY, Wednesday, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday J <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> tell the students that they are going to listen to a Dr. Seuss book and play online activities that go along with the books
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read one Dr. Seuss book to the students, stopping 2-3 times during the story to talk about the:
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">characters
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">setting
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">problem/events
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">solution
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">beginning, middle, and end
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when you stop, ask the students to also tell you 2-3 words they heard in the story that rhymed with each other
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 gather students around 1-2 computer to model the activity
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show the students how to go to ** __http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/dr-seuss-birthday/games/index2.html__ **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write the website on the white board or chart paper
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">scroll down the list of titles
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if there is an activity that matches the Dr. Seuss story you read, the students need to play that activity FIRST
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if there is not an activity that matches the book you read, students may choose which activity they want to play first
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">students need to play 4-5 Dr. Seuss activities!
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review their task for today
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">play at least 4 Dr. Seuss activities online
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students move to a computer and begin playing the Dr. Seuss activities
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while students play the online activities
 * 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 #12 **
 * 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';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> explain that TODAY, Wednesday, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday J <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> tell the students that they are going to listen to one more Dr. Seuss book and play online activities that go along with the book
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read another Dr. Seuss book to the students, stopping 2-3 times during the story to talk about the:
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">characters
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">setting
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">problem/events
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">solution
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">beginning, middle, and end
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when you stop, ask the students to also tell you 2-3 words they heard in the story that rhymed with each other
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 gather students around 1-2 computer to model the activity
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show the students how to go to ** __http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/dr-seuss-birthday/games/index2.html__ **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write the website on the white board or chart paper
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">scroll down the list of titles
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if there is an activity that matches the Dr. Seuss story you read, the students need to play that activity FIRST
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if there is not an activity that matches the book you read, students may choose which activity they want to play first
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">students need to play 4-5 Dr. Seuss activities!
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review their task for today
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">play at least 4 Dr. Seuss activities online
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students move to a computer and begin playing the Dr. Seuss activities
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while students play the online activities