Plan Elements
Co-Teacher #1:
1) a) Name: Hedi Scheidel
b) Position: Children's Outreach Specialist at the Campbell County Library
c) Contact Information: hscheidel@cc-pl.org
859-781-6166 ext: 33
2) Description of Plan:
a) Our plan that we have developed will begin before the students are to write feature articles in Writing about animals and their adaptations. This will also occur while the students are learning about animal adaptions in Science. Hedi will come into the classroom to discuss how to use the library catalog and databases to research information in the most effective way possible. She will also demonstrate the best way to search for resources on the internet and explain internet sites that are accurate vs. inaccurate and ways to tell the difference. Hedi will use the Smart Board for the students to actually view her using these resources online and allow the students to come up to practice using them on their own. Once the students have chosen the animal they are going to research, we will walk to the nearest library to allow the students to utilize these resources and choose 2 books to check out in order to research their animal.
b) Technology that will be used: Smart Board and some of the following websites:
3) Standards that will be addressed:
- Students use reference tools such as dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, and computer reference programs and research tools such as interviews and surveys to find the information they need to meet specific demands, explore interests, or solve specific problems.
- Students will compare the different structures and functions of plants and animals that contribute to the growth, survival and reproduction of the organism
- Students will communicate a purpose through informing or persuading.
4) How will the students be assessed? Students will be assessed throughout the program. They will be assessed on their research skills and their abiltiy to find accurate information that relates to their topic. They will also be assessed on their feature article and the information they have chosen to include.
Co-Teacher # 2
1) a) Name: Karen Venetian
b) Position: Coordinator for Programs on Wheels at the Cincinnati Museum
c) Contact Information: kvenetian@cincymuseum.org
513-287-7000 ext: 7204
2) a) Description of Plan: Programs on Wheels is a program that brings information in a hands-on approach from the museum to your classroom. There are a variety of topics in various subjects. Our topic will be Awesome Animal Adaptions to go along with our feature articles in Writing and the unit we will be studying in Science. Once we have finished our feature articles, the Programs on Wheels will visit our school to give us even more information about this topic. We will explore various habitats and adaptations, meet and touch live animals, and learn about their adaptations that allow them to survive in their habitat. Various internet sites will be used to assist in explaining these adaptations and there will be interactive activities on the Smart Board. Students will later create a powerpoint to present information they had learned from the program. If possible, we will try to visit the museum at a later date to identify more animals and their adaptations.
b) Technology that will be used: Smart Board, Power Point, and some of the following websites:
3) Standards that will be addressed:
Students will compare the different structures and functions of plants and animals that contribute to the growth, survival and reproduction of the organism
Students will communicate a purpose through informing or persuading.
4) How will the students be assessed? I will have the students take a pre-assessment about animal adaptations before the program and take another assessment after the program. I will also assess the students based on their information in the powerpoints they have created about animal adaptations.
When I was looking at your plan, I thought back to something I read in my book, 40 Active Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom, "When students report high levels of motivation to learn, four factors are generally present; the opportunity to learn, facilitators who probe for student response; support for student learning through modeling; and scaffolding and evaluation," (pg. 10, Green). Your plan involves the opportunity, a facilitator, support and evaluation like the book suggests for making your students highly engaged. Good plan!
ReplyDeleteThe introduction to the county library is a great idea. This is something that the students will be able to use for years to come. I would think they would be more likely to go into the library and use it for research once they are shown how to do it in your class. Have you ever done the Program on Wheels with the Cincinnati Museum center? I was looking over that online the other day. It looked like a great hands-on way to bring information into the classroom. I thought it was somewhat expensive for my "budget" but was then thinking about asking parents to pay (as if it were a field trip). Do you have a plan to pay for the Program on Wheels?
ReplyDeleteI love that you are teaching library skills to your students. So many students are lost when they enter a library because they have never explicitly been taught how to research information. I teach at Silver Grove Elementary, which is in Campbell County. This would be a great resource for me to utilize when we complete our non-fiction writing pieces. Thanks for the idea and resource!
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