Up, Up, and Away
Jeanne
Brow
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Morehead Elementary School at Camp Glenn
Reading Teacher
5/29/02
Subjects included in this Lesson
Plan:
Science,
English/Language Arts, Computer Technology
Brief Description:
Lesson is a web quest designed to serve as an introduction to
a study on clouds and how they relate to weather systems.
Approximate time required: Two
class periods, approximately 30-40 min. each.
Standard Course of Study Goals and
Objectives:
Technology:
1.4 Describe the use of Acceptable Use Policy
2.1 Use technology tools to collect, analyze, and display data.
3.7 Evaluate information found via telecommunications for
appropriateness, content, and usefulness.
Science:
4.02 Analyze the formation of
clouds and their relation to weather systems.
English Language Arts:
1.01 Expand and refine vocabulary
through knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, roots, derivatives, and
etymologies (word origins) to assist comprehension.
1.02 Select key vocabulary critical to the text and apply
appropriate meanings as necessary for comprehension.
1.03 Increase reading and writing vocabulary
1.04 Use word reference materials (e.g., glossary, dictionary,
thesaurus, on-line reference tools) to identify and comprehend
unknown words.
2.02 Interact with the text before, during, and after reading,
listening, and viewing.
2.05 Evaluate inferences, conclusions, and generalizations and
provide evidence by referencing the text (s).
2.07 Evaluate the usefulness and quality of information and ideas
based on purpose, experiences, text (s), and graphics.
2.10 Identify strategies used by
a speaker or writer to inform, entertain, or influence an audience.
3.01 Respond to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using
interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes.
3.04 Make informed judgments about television, radio, video/film
productions, and other electronic mediums and/or formats.
3.06 Conduct research (with assistance) from a variety of sources
for assigned or self-selected projects (e.g., print and non-print
texts, artifacts, people, libraries, databases, computer networks).
4.02 Use oral and written language
4.09 Produce work that follows the conventions of particular genres
(e.g., clarification, essay, feature story, business letter).
4.10 Use technology as a tool to enhance and/or publish a product.
Teacher's Lesson Goals/Objectives:
- Students
will define clouds.
- Students
will locate cloud pictures on the net, make sketches, and label.
- Students
will write a descriptive paragraph about one type of cloud.
Materials/Resources Needed:
Pre Activities:
- Teacher
will introduce topic of weather, specifically clouds and their
role.
- Teacher
will review with students how to write a descriptive paragraph.
- Teacher
will review appropriate use of the Internet while completing web
quest.
- Class discusses what makes
information found via telecommunications appropriate and useful.
Activities:
Students go through the "Up, Up, and Away"
WebQuest.
Closure:
Students
will read their paragraph to the class.
Assessment:
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Rubric
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Answer Key
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