| Using Words You Know |
Grade:
First |
Content Area:
Technology |
Time Frame:
1 lesson (45 minutes) |
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Unit/Lesson Overview:
Students will work in pairs to use words they know to create new words and share with the class.
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Student Standards (TEKS)
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explanation of a TEK, click on the TEK |
| Language Arts: |
1.17(A)
1.20(A)
1.5(J) |
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| Technology: |
M1
M2
M7 |
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I Can....
...spell "is" so it helps me spell "his"....identify word patterns. |
Assessment(s):
Did the student group correctly spell 6 pairs of words?Can the student identify a pattern within a word?: |
TAKS Objectives:
| Reading: |
Objective 1 |
| Writing: |
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Bloom's Taxonomy
| Yes |
Knowledge |
| Yes |
Comprehension |
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Application |
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Analysis |
| Yes |
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:
Phonics Lessons ~ Grade 1 by Gay Su Pinnell & Irene C. Fountas, page 431
File: using_words.ppt
File:
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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):
Using the multimedia computer and television, project the Using Words PowerPoint template (file 1) to introduce this lesson. Have students gather around so all can see. Step 1: Pull the letters "i" and "s" onto the slide and show them that if they know the word is, it will help them know another word. Make his on the It Helps You Know side and have the students read it. Step 2: Pull out the letters "a" and "t" and show them that if they know the word at, it will help them know another word. Make cat on the It Helps You Know side and have the students read it. Step 3: Repeat steps 1-2 multiple times with other word patterns. |
Lesson:
Step 1: Save the Using Words PowerPoint template (file 1) on the student shared drive.
Step 2: Have the children work in pairs at the computer.
Step 3: Using the letters on slide 2, the first child makes a word he/she knows on the left side of the If You Know sheet. (Be sure to model four cross arrows in order to click and drag the letters.)
Step 4: The partner changes one thing about the word and makes a new word on the right side of the slide.
Step 5: The first child then reads her partner's word.
Step 6: After making 6 pairs of words, have the children choose one pair and write the first word on one side of an index card and the related word on the other side.
Step 7: Share index card(s) with the class.
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Reteach:
To be determined by teacher based on student needs
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Extension:
Have the students write a rhyme using the words they created.
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Guiding Questions:
What patterns can you find in the words?
If you changed ______, what might happen? What is the relationship between these words?
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Summary Questions:
Can you identify a pattern within a word?How will this help you with your writing? What is common between your word pairs?
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Reflection:
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