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Our Favorite Pet
Debbie Springle
Beaufort Elementary
4-27-03
Subjects included in this Lesson Plan:
Math, Science, Language Arts
Brief Description: After teaching a
unit on animals, we will tally each child's favorite animal.
The choices will be DOG, CAT, FISH, AND BIRD. We will then
enter data into a spreadsheet and watch the pre-made graph on the
computer appear to correspond with the number the students
entered for each animal.
Approximate time required: 30 minutes
Standard Course of Study Goals and
Objectives:
Technology
2.1- Locate and use letters, numbers and special keys on a
keyboard.
2.2- Place the cursor at specified location.
2.3- Identify items by different attributes, using computer
activities.
Language Arts:
1.04 Read or begin to read
Math:
1.01 Model numbers in a variety of ways.
1.02 Read, write and count using whole numbers; rote count
forward to 30 or beyond and backward from 10.
1.03- Use 1-1 correspondence to identify how many (0-10)
1.07 Create and identify sets with more, less, or equal
members by matching.
4.01 Collect data to create concrete and pictorial graphs and
describe the results as a group activity.
Science:
3.01 Describe objects in terms of their physical properties
(type of animal)
Teacher's Lesson Goals/Objectives:
The teacher will make tally marks on the board to find out
what the favorite class pet is. The data collected will be
recorded in a prepared spreadsheet with bar graph on the
computer. The bar graph will be displayed on the television
for the whole class to see.
Materials/Resources Needed:
Pre-activities: The students will
have prior knowledge of the words Favorite Pet. The students
will have prior knowledge of collecting data by using tally
marks.
Activities:
- The students will each have a turn,
telling the class his or her favorite pet. The choices are
cat, dog, fish or bird.
- The teacher will record each child's
favorite pet with a tally mark on the board beside the
picture of that animal.
Guided Practice:
- Using the computer, the information from
the tally will be recorded on a spreadsheet
and bar graph. Students will view the spreadsheet on
the class television.
Independent Practice: Student will
tally the favorite animal of everyone in his or her math
station and will record the information in the spreadsheet and
watch the graph move up according to the data count.
Closure: The students will go to their journal and
draw a picture of his or her favorite animal.
Assessment:
- Observation:
Students can place the cursor in the correct cell beside
the animal they enter data for.
- Check as mastered after
spreadsheet and graph are printed: Students
correctly find the number on the keyboard and enter it in
the spreadsheet.
- Check as mastered after
spreadsheet and graph are printed: Students
counted tallies of their animal and entered data
into the spreadsheet correctly.
- Check as mastered when
teacher listens for response: Students correctly
answer "how many" and "more,
less, or equal"
questions created by teacher.
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