Abby's+Unit+Lesson+2

. Life Science: Cells -//All living things are made of cells that perform functions necessary for life.//
 * =  Daily Lesson GAME Plan   = ||
 * Lesson Title: Habitats ||||  Related Lessons: Living things and their environment  ||
 * Grade Level: 2 ||||  Unit: Plants and Animals  ||
 * == GOALS  == ||
 * Content Standards:

Interdependence -//All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment.// || ¨ 1. Creativity and innovation þ 2. Communication and collaboration þ 3. Research and information fluency ¨ 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making þ 5. Digital citizenship þ 6. Technology operations and concepts Instructional Objectives: Students will collaborate on a classroom blog to share their research about habitats. || Before this lesson, I will set up a classroom blog through the website [|www.21classes.com]. The blog will be titled “Home Sweet Home: A blog about habitats”. The students will be introduced to the blog before science class so that they are familiar with the blog, their user names, and anything else they made need to know pertaining to the blog. I will put their user names on a note card for easy access. I will also reserve the computer lab for 2 days. One day for research time and one day for blog entries. I will have the computer teacher put a short cut to the habitat website folder (that I previously created) and to the blog link in the 2nd grade folder. 5th grade peer helpers will be reserved to help during computer time. I will also create a graphic organizer for students to gather information and a rubric to grade their research and blog entry. || 1 Hour Day 2 1 Hour ||||  Go to the computer lab. Model how to open the shortcut to the “habitat websites” folder on the SmartBoard while the students do so on their computers. Explain to students that today they will be collecting information about a specific habitat (that they were pre-assigned). Students will record information about the habitats on note cards. Any pictures that they want to use will be saved into their personal folder on the computer. Go to the computer lab and review the class blog that was set up. Walk through the blog on the SmartBoard. This will be the students second time seeing the blog since it was introduced earlier in class. Students will be blogging about the research and information they found for their habitat the day before. They will be required to include at least 2 animals that live in their specific habitat and 2 plants that are found there. Students will also be required to upload at least 1 picture of their habitat. A third day will be added if the 2 days are not enough for students to finish their blog entry and research. || Computers SmartBoard Note cards Pencils Computers SmartBoard || Students will be monitored by the teacher in the computer lab. Each student will be graded on the completion of their graphic organizer and with a rubric that will be used to grade the blog entry. Accommodations and Extensions: For students that are struggling, I will have 5th grade peer helpers in the computer lab to assist with anyone that may need help on the computer. For an extension activity, I will have students also upload videos of various habitats. ||
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 * During Class  ||
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 * . Students will be given 2 grades. One for the research and one for the blog entry. ||