| Working with Similes |
Grade:
Kinder |
Content Area:
Technology |
Time Frame:
2 lessons (90 minutes) |
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Unit/Lesson Overview:
After the teacher has read Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood, the students will complete the PowerPoint template addressing similes.
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Student Standards (TEKS)
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| Language Arts: |
K.8(A)
K.1(D)
K.8(B) |
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| Technology: |
M1
M2
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I Can....
... work as a group to brainstorm ideas. ... complete a PowerPoint template about myself using similes. ... identify similes. |
Assessment(s):
Did the students follow the pattern from the book? Did their similes make sense?: |
TAKS Objectives:
| Reading: |
Objective 2 |
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Bloom's Taxonomy
| Yes |
Knowledge |
| Yes |
Comprehension |
| Yes |
Application |
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Analysis |
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Synthesis |
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Evaluation |
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Big 6 Skills
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Task
Definition |
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Info. Seeking
Strategies |
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Location and
Access |
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Use of Information |
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Synthesis |
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Evaluation |
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Supplementary Resources / Materials:
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
File: Cricket.ppt
File: word_cards_quick_as.doc
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Internet Links:
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Accommodations:
To be determined by teacher based on student needs |
| Procedures |
Introductory Activity (Warm-Up):
Begin by reading Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood pointing out the similes as you read each page. |
Lesson:
Step 1: Save the Cricket.ppt template (File 1) to the Student Shared directory.Step 2: Model with your students how to open the saved Cricket PowerPoint, navigate slide to slide and enter text. Step 3:Have the students enter a describing word and an animal on each of the slides (2-5). To do this, have the students click after the dots and backspace, then they begin typing the words they want. Step 4: Model how to print these slides by going to File/Print and change the handouts selection to 2 per page. Have the students fold horizontally between slides. Stack and staple on top. Step 5: Have the students add illustrations and make a book.
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Reteach:
To be determined by teacher based on student needs
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Extension:
1. Have the students add clipart to their slides.2. A matching game can be made using Link 1, Quick as a Cricket pictures and File 2 animal word cards. A sentence strip could be made for the sentence pattern in Quick as a Cricket. This sentence strip as well as the word cards and pictures could be placed in a pocket chart for a center activity. 3. Link 3, Quick as a Cricket trivia could be used as a whole class activity in order to review the book.
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Guiding Questions:
What pattern can you find from the book?What would it feel like to be ...?
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Summary Questions:
What did you like/dislike about the book?What is your favorite part of the book? Can you make up your own simile?
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Reflection:
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