“Word Power! More Power to You!” n PROGRAM OVERVIEW This program can be used as a unit or can be adapted into a year-long project to increase one of the 5 pillars of reading – vocabulary. It is an integrated technology /vocabulary building unit. The students use the vocabulary from their weekly class story. Students select one word from the list to use in creating a PowerPoint slide. Before sitting down at the computer, the student writes the definition of the word, writes a complex sentence using the word that shows their understanding of the word’s meaning. They illustrate their sentence. (CUDD strategy). Once they have completed these steps, they begin creating their PowerPoint vocabulary slide using the paper copy as a reference. We teach them in the beginning of the unit how to: • Open a new PowerPoint project • Save the project using the class story’s title • Create a PowerPoint slide with the layout they desire • Insert text, changing the font color, style • Insert sound by recording their own voices • Changing the slide background • Insert clipart from online sources • Insert picture from a scanned/ student created drawing • Save their projects to a jump drive What is unique about the program is that it is an integrated project-based technology unit. While the students are developing their vocabulary skills For further information contact… Amy Till & Karen Reece Bartow Elementary Academy 590 South Wilson Ave. Bartow, Florida 33830 • Route E (863) 534-7410 [email protected][email protected]2008 - 2009 IDEA CATALOG OF EXCELLENCE through discussing the meanings of words, it is simultaneously developing their technology skills. They are using technology productivity tools that will enhance learning, increase productivity and promote creativity. At the end of the unit, students can print their slides to compile a book that can serve as dictionary. It also gives them another opportunity to have the 10 exposures they need to these new vocabulary words in order to insure long term recall. n OVERALL VALUE We believe the POWERFUL part of this project is the technology integration component. The students are very quick learners and very motivated to complete the written/ planning portion of the task in order to be given the opportunity to work on the computers. They are proud of being able to share / show off the final product with their entire class. It has taken away the negative connotation of being in a pull- out tutoring program. They love to come. Much of the learning transfers to other Microsoft programs such as MovieMaker and Word. The research we have read from the book Words Their Way states that it takes at least 10 exposures to an unfamiliar word for it to become part of the learner’s speaking vocabulary. It also suggests that by creating a concise definition of a word in their own language rather than a dictionary definition enables students to have a better understanding of the word’s meaning and use. n LESSON PLAN TITLES • The Stories Julian Tells • Papa Tells Chita a Story • Coyote Places the Stars n MATERIALS Computers for student use that have PowerPoint as one of the programs. Other programs such as Inspiration can be used to map out the unit. Students also need access to headset/microphone combinations to record their sentences/ definitions. n ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS Amy Till has a B.S. in Elementary Education and Specific Learning Disabilities from Florida Southern College. She taught exceptional students for five years, second, third and fourth grade students for twelve years. Currently and for the past seven years she has served as a Resource Teacher at Bartow Elementary Academy teaching grades Kindergarten thru Fifth. Karen Reece has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education and an M.S. degree in Educational Media. She is National Board Certified as an Early Childhood Generalist. Currently, she serves a SAI tutor teaching K - 5th grade students at Bartow Elementary Academy. This is her 18th year with Polk County Schools. H H H
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“Word Power! More Power to You!”
n PROGRAM OVERVIEW This program can be used as a unit
or can be adapted into a year-long project to increase one of the 5 pillars of reading – vocabulary. It is an integrated technology /vocabulary building unit. The students use the vocabulary from their weekly class story. Students select one word from the list to use in creating a PowerPoint slide. Before sitting down at the computer, the student writes the definition of the word, writes a complex sentence using the word that shows their understanding of the word’s meaning. They illustrate their sentence. (CUDD strategy). Once they have completed these steps, they begin creating their PowerPoint vocabulary slide using the paper copy as a reference.
We teach them in the beginning of the unit how to:
• Open a new PowerPoint project
• Save the project using the class story’s title
• Create a PowerPoint slide with the layout they desire
• Insert text, changing the font color, style
• Insert sound by recording their own voices
• Changing the slide background
• Insert clipart from online sources
• Insert picture from a scanned/ student created drawing
• Save their projects to a jump drive
What is unique about the program is that it is an integrated project-based technology unit. While the students are developing their vocabulary skills
through discussing the meanings of words, it is simultaneously developing their technology skills. They are using technology productivity tools that will enhance learning, increase productivity and promote creativity. At the end of the unit, students can print their slides to compile a book that can serve as dictionary. It also gives them another opportunity to have the 10 exposures they need to these new vocabulary words in order to insure long term recall.
n OVERALL VALUE We believe the POWERFUL part of
this project is the technology integration component. The students are very quick learners and very motivated to complete the written/ planning portion of the task in order to be given the opportunity to work on the computers. They are proud of being able to share / show off the final product with their entire class. It has taken away the negative connotation of being in a pull-out tutoring program. They love to come. Much of the learning transfers to other Microsoft programs such as MovieMaker and Word.
The research we have read from the book Words Their Way states that it takes at least 10 exposures to an unfamiliar word for it to become part of the learner’s speaking vocabulary. It also suggests that by creating a concise definition of a word in their own language rather than a dictionary definition enables students to have a better understanding of the word’s meaning and use.
n LESSON PLAN TITLES• The Stories Julian Tells
• Papa Tells Chita a Story
• Coyote Places the Stars
n MATERIALS Computers for student use that have
PowerPoint as one of the programs. Other programs such as Inspiration can be used to map out the unit. Students also need access to headset/microphone combinations to record their sentences/ definitions.
n ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS Amy Till has a B.S. in Elementary
Educat ion and Spec i f ic Learning Disabilities from Florida Southern College. She taught exceptional students for five years, second, third and fourth grade students for twelve years. Currently and for the past seven years she has served as a Resource Teacher at Bartow Elementary Academy teaching grades Kindergarten thru Fifth.
Karen Reece has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education and an M.S. degree in Educational Media. She is National Board Certified as an Early Childhood Generalist. Currently, she serves a SAI tutor teaching K - 5th grade students at Bartow Elementary Academy. This is her 18th year with Polk County Schools.
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“Word Power! More Power to You” Karen Reece & Amy TillLesson Plan No 1: The Stories Julian Tells
n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts/ Reading Vocabulary
n GRADESThird
n OBJECTIVES/GOALSThis lesson occurs in theme 3 of the
Trophies Reading Series, “The Stories Julian Tells”. The vocabulary that will be presented will also be encountered by students in their intervention reader story, “A New Best Friend”.
The goal is to increase vocabulary comprehension by using technology to create PowerPoint slides.
Vocabulary words are: beyond, collection, mustache, seriously, fastened, cartwheel.
n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS
LA.3.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly.
LA.3.1.6.4: Categorize key vocabulary and identify salient features
LA.3.1.6.5: relate new vocabulary to familiar words
LA.3.1.6.6: identify shades of meaning in related words (e.g. blaring, loud)
LA.3.1.6.10: determine meanings of unfamiliar words by using a dictionary, thesaurus and digital tools
n MATERIALS• Harcourt Trophies
• 3rd Grade Interventions Teacher’s Guide
• Computers
• Inspiration Software
• LCD Projector
• Scanner
• PowerPoint Software
• Dictionary and Thesaurus
n DIRECTIONS Student Task Description
You have just graduated from college. Congratulations! Now you are going to be a teacher. You will be teaching the vocabulary for all the stories in Theme 3: Friends to Grow With. You will need to design PowerPoint vocabulary slides to present to your students.
Student Steps1. Introduce vocabulary – tell students
that they are going to learn 6 new words that they will see again when they read “The Stories Julian Tells” in their homeroom and in “A New Best Friend” in our class.
2. Use these suggestions to give meaning or context to the vocab. words listed on page 108 of the Intervention Teachers’ Guide.
3. Teacher will demonstrate how to open a PowerPoint document, how to insert a new slide, add the title (vocab. word) to the slide, and search for internet clip art to insert in slide. If student would prefer to illustrate the word – show them how to scan the picture into a PDF file and save. Demonstrate how to add a subtitle to slide (word in the context of a sentence). How to apply background color to the slide. Demonstrate how to modify a font’s size and color.
4. Students will write a rough draft of their vocabulary sentence. The teacher reviews the rough draft and has the student edit if needed.
5. Students will create their own PowerPoint Slide.
6. Periodically, have students self – assess their slides using the attached slide rubric
Teacher DirectionsDisplay the vocab. words written on
sentence strips. Discuss the meaning of the words. Ask students to choose one word that will be used in their PowerPoint slide.
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Teacher will send a file attachment of the PowerPoint slides to the homeroom teacher to share with class. Homeroom teacher will project the PowerPoint presentation and allow the student who created it to present the slide to the class.
n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT On a weekly basis, we will monitor
their scores on the vocabulary portion of their weekly Trophies assessment.
We will analyze the data on the Kaplan score report under the topic words and phrases in context.
What 21st Century Skills (collaboration, technology, and/or management of time and materials) must students learn and practice in order to succeed?— Technology productivity tools
• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase p r o d u c t i v i t y, a n d p r o m o te creativity.
• Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.
What information will be used to provide feedback during the lesson? How will student progress be measured toward the selected standards?
• Have the students complete a pre-radar chart for technology skills related to PowerPoint Creation.
• Rubric for slide creation.
n ADDL RESOURCES• Harcourt Schools Website
• Internet Clipart
• Rubistar.com
• United Streaming
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n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts/ Reading Vocabulary and Technology
n GRADESThird Grade Intervention Groups
n OBJECTIVES/GOALSThis lesson occurs in theme 1 of
the Trophies Reading Series, Theme 1 – Tell Me a Story. The stories are: Papa Tells Chita a Story. The vocabulary that will be presented will also be encountered by students in their intervention reader stories. Goals are:
3 To i n c r e a s e v o c a b u l a r y comprehension by using technology to create PowerPoint slides.
3 To increase student knowledge related to technology.
n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS
LA.3.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly.
LA.3.1.6.4: Categorize key vocabulary and identify salient features
LA.3.1.6.5: relate new vocabulary to familiar words.
LA.3.1.6.6: identify shades of meaning in related words (e.g. blaring, loud).
LA.3.1.6.10: determine meanings of unfamiliar words by using a dictionary, thesaurus and digital tools.
n MATERIALS• Harcourt Trophies• 3rd Grade Interventions Teacher’s
Guide• Computers• Inspiration Software• LCD Projector • Scanner• Headphone/mic comb. Headset• PowerPoint Software• Teacher created unit vocabulary
pretest and posttest
n DIRECTIONS Student Task Description
You will be teaching the vocabulary for all the stories in Theme 1 Tell Me a Story. You will need to design PowerPoint vocabulary slides to present to your students (your classmates) .
Student Steps1. Introduce vocabulary – tell students
that they are going to learn 6 new words that they will see again when they read “Papa Tells Chita a Story” in their homeroom and “The Bravest Soldier” in our class.
2. Use these suggestions to give meaning or context to the vocab. words listed on page 159 of the Intervention Teachers’ Guide.
3. Teacher will demonstrate how to open a PowerPoint document, how to insert a new slide, add the title (vocab. word) to the slide, and search for internet clip art to insert in slide. If student would prefer to illustrate the word- show them how to scan the picture into a PDF file and save. Demonstrate how to add a subtitle to slide (word in the context of a sentence). How to apply background color to the slide. Demonstrate how to modify a font’s size and color.
4. Students will write a rough draft of their vocabulary sentence. The teacher reviews the rough draft and has the student edit if needed.
5. Students will create their own PowerPoint Slide.
6. Students will use the microphone headset combination to practice recording their sentences. They will use the insert movies and sound button and record sound and save
Teacher DirectionsDisplay the vocab. words written on
sentence strips. Discuss the meaning of the words. Ask students to choose one word that will be used in their PowerPoint slide.
“Word Power! More Power to You” Karen Reece & Amy TillLesson Plan No 2: Papa Tells Chita a Story
Teacher will send a file attachment of the PowerPoint slides to the homeroom teacher to share with class. Homeroom teacher will project the PowerPoint presentation and allow the student who created it to present the slide to the class.
n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT On a weekly basis, we will monitor
their scores on the vocabulary portion of their weekly Trophies assessment.
We will analyze the data on the Kaplan score report under the topic words and phrases in context.
What 21st Century Skills (collaboration, technology, and/or management of time and materials) must students learn and practice in order to succeed?— Technology productivity tools
• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase p r o d u c t i v i t y, a n d p r o m o te creativity.
• Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.
What information will be used to provide feedback during the lesson? How will student progress be measured toward the selected standards?
• Rubric for slide creation.
n ADDL RESOURCES• Harcourt Schools Website
• Internet Clipart
• Rubistar.com
• United Streaming
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“Word Power! More Power to You” Karen Reece & Amy TillLesson Plan No 3: Coyote Places the Stars – 3rd Grade Harcourt Story
n DIRECTIONS Student Task Description
You have learned how to create PowerPoint slides. Today I will help you select one word from this week’s vocabulary list for the story “Coyote Places the Stars”. You will create on a sheet of paper the word in the center of the page. You will need to write a sentence using the word, illustrate the word, write the definition of the word. When this is completed we will move to the computers.
Student Steps1. Introduce vocabulary – tell students
that they are going to learn 6 new words that they will see again when they read “Coyote Places the Stars” in their homeroom and “Many Moons Ago” in our class.
2. Use these suggestions to give meaning or context to the vocab. words listed on page 168 of the Intervention Teachers’ Guide.
3. Teacher will demonstrate how to open a PowerPoint document, how to insert a new slide, add the title (vocab. word) to the slide, and search for internet clip art to insert in slide. If student would prefer to illustrate the word- show them how to scan the picture into a PDF file and save. Demonstrate how to add a subtitle to slide (word in the context of a sentence). How to apply background color to the slide. Demonstrate how to modify a font’s size and color.
4. Students will write a rough draft of their vocabulary sentence. The teacher reviews the rough draft and has the student edit if needed.
5. Students will create their own PowerPoint Slide.
6. Students will use the microphone headset combination to practice recording their sentences. They will use the insert movies and sound button and record sound and save.
Teacher DirectionsDisplay the vocab. words written on
sentence strips. Discuss the meaning of the words. Ask students to choose one word that will be used in their PowerPoint slide.
Teacher will send a file attachment of the PowerPoint slides to the homeroom teacher to share with class. Homeroom teacher will project the PowerPoint presentation and allow the student who created it to present the slide to the class.
n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT On a weekly basis, we will monitor
their scores on the vocabulary portion of their weekly Trophies assessment.
We will analyze the data on the Kaplan score report under the topic words and phrases in context.What 21st Century Skills (collaboration, technology, and/or management of time and materials) must students learn and practice in order to succeed?— Technology productivity tools
• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase p r o d u c t i v i t y, a n d p r o m o te creativity.
• Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.
What information will be used to provide feedback during the lesson? How will student progress be measured toward the selected standards?
• Rubric for slide creation.• At the end of the unit or year, have
the students complete the post-radar chart in order to determine technology learning.
n ADDL RESOURCES• Harcourt Schools Website• Internet Clipart• Rubistar.com • United Streaming
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n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts/ Reading Vocabulary and Technology
n GRADESThird Grade Intervention Groups
n OBJECTIVES/GOALSThis lesson occurs in theme 1 of
the Trophies Reading Series, Theme 1 – Tell Me a Story. The story is “Coyote Places the Stars”. The vocabulary that will be presented will also be encountered by students in their intervention reader stories. Vocabulary is: canyon, pride, swiftly, skillful, feast, gazing, arranged.Goals are:
3 To i n c r e a s e v o c a b u l a r y comprehension by using technology to create PowerPoint slides.
3 To increase student knowledge related to technology
n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS
LA.3.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly.
LA.3.1.6.4: Categorize key vocabulary and identify salient features
LA.3.1.6.5: relate new vocabulary to familiar words.
LA.3.1.6.6: identify shades of meaning in related words (e.g. blaring, loud).
LA.3.1.6.10: determine meanings of unfamiliar words by using a dictionary, thesaurus and digital tools.
n MATERIALS• Harcourt Trophies• 3rd Grade Interventions Teacher’s
Guide• Computers• Inspiration Software• LCD Projector • Scanner• Headphone/mic comb. Headset• PowerPoint Software• Teacher created unit vocabulary
pretest and posttest
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“Word Power! More Power to You” Karen Reece & Amy TillAdditional Information
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Radar Chart for Technology Learning
School Year:Word Power - More Power To You!
Beginning of Year End of YearPowerPointOpening a new PowerPoint ProjectSaving a ProjectCreating a PowerPoint SlideInsert text, changing font style and colorChange Slide BackgroundInsert ClipartInsert a picture using scannerSaving a project to a jump driveInsert a Sound FileInsert Sound by Recording Own VoicePrint the Project to create a book Other:
Please complete highlighted cells as well as the beginning/end of the year rating.
KEY
0 - No Clue1 - Heard It2 - Understand It3 - Can apply it4 - Can explain it5 - Can teach it6 - Can evaluate it
“Word Power! More Power to You” Karen Reece & Amy TillAdditional Information
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“Word Power! More Power to You” Karen Reece & Amy TillAdditional Information
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Assessment & Assessment ProceduresPrior to the beginning of the unit we created an Excel
document that serves as a checklist / pretest for all the vocabulary words in the unit. We administer the pretest individually to each student in our reading groups. We determine if they can read the word and give an example or explanation of their meanings. Next, we print out and analyze their Kaplan scores related to words and phrases in context.
Finally, to determine their current technology skills and to record progress, we administer a radar chart to determine what they already know about PowerPoint.
During the unit, we check for understanding by conferencing with students on the sentences and slides they have created. Using the PowerPoint rubric, students self-assess. We also give them feedback on how to improve the quality. Once
they have created all the slides for the week, I email them as an attachment to their classroom teachers. The classroom teacher shows the slides to the entire class as review. In doing this, it gives the students a sense of pride to show off their work to their classmates. It gives them an audience and a purpose for creating quality slides.
This program has been implemented with our 3rd grade reading groups. These students are all on ASP’s with goals related to improving their reading ability. This program could be used with small groups, depending on how many classroom computers there are available for student use. It could also be completed by an entire classroom by either rotating through centers to complete the slides or doing them in a computer lab setting.
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“Word Power! More Power to You” Karen Reece & Amy TillRubric
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Add a vocabulary word to a slide. Yes No
Add a sentence using the vocabulary word in the correct context.
Add a background color using the insert slide background
Does your clip art match your sentence?
Add (voice) sound using the insert button and recording sound.
Play back and edit inserted voice until the read portion matches the written.
Power Point Slide Rubric for Self – Assessment
Materials Budget SuPPLIER ITEM DESCRIPTION COST QuANTITY TOTAL COST
