Lesson+B


 * Daily Lesson GAME Plan B **
 * **Unit: **Creating Opportunities for and Exposure to Literacy Development
 * Lesson Title: **What is the problem with literacy in our community?
 * Related Lessons: **Problem Solving Strategies
 * Grade Level: **4


 * GOALS **
 * Content Standards: Reading **
 * RF.4.4a **Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
 * RL4.10 **By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
 * RI4.10 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">College and Career Readiness for Reading **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">R.CCR.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Writing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">W.4.7 **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">College and Career Readiness for Writing **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">W.CCR.4 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">W.CCR.6 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Speaking and Listening **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">SL.4.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">L4.3 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technology Standards: NETS-S **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Creativity and Innovation **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Communication and Collaboration **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Research and Information Fluency **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, & Decision-Making **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5. Digital Citizenship **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">6. Technology Operations and Concepts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations.

ð ** Ö **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Creativity and innovation ð ** Ö **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Communication and collaboration ð ** Ö **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Research and information fluency ð ** Ö **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision-making ð ** Ö **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Digital citizenship ð ** Ö **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technology operations and concepts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISTE NETS-S **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Instructional Objective(s): **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The students will collect and analyze data that will be utilized for creating a solution.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The students will illustrate their plan for a solution using digital graphic organizers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The students will contribute to the class wiki and Google Document.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The students will work collaboratively in group and with a distant school community.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The students will engage in critical thinking and problem solving skills with peers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The students will exhibit initiative and employ creativity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The students will explore the use of digital resources.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">ACTION **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Before-Class Preparation: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish a partnership with another class in a different state or country using <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|www.ePals.com] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prepare the group roles powerpoint for viewing and the groups poster for display.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish members of cooperative groups with a maximum of four students per group. One or two <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">students will be on a lower level of proficiency.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Predetermined group member roles such as materials, recorder, and reporter will be explained to students. For example, only the reporter will approach the instructor with questions after making several attempts to find solutions among their peers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prepare a list of YouTube videos that demonstrate efforts to support literacy development in communities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Copies of group tasks, reflection worksheet, and rubrics should be ready for distribution.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Communicate with the school’s Media Specialist to establish usernames and passwords for the Class Google Document, class wiki, and YouTube channel.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Time: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Duration minimum 2 class sessions, maximum 1 week

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">group roles PowerPoint, groups poster, ePals, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|www.expandedlearning.org] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|https://bubbl.us] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Google Docs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|https://docs.google.com] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Materials and Resources **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Superstars and Divas promote literacy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">media type="youtube" key="ieYpddfGUfQ" width="392" height="219"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Alliance for Literacy 24 Hour Read-A-Thon <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="youtube" key="wRmnSAwS1X4" width="392" height="219"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sheriff Opens Four Community Reading Oases <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">media type="youtube" key="Pb7Jq-BE71U" width="392" height="219"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Teens Launch Fun’raisers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">media type="youtube" key="-_GkIWvLYc4" width="392" height="219"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ending Illiteracy media type="youtube" key="MaZJuygvkLo" width="392" height="219"

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">All Groups __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grade Level Books Group __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Instructional Activities **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Initiate a discussion with students about collaborative group member roles using a PowerPoint presentation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Guide students in determining group member roles with students including clear descriptions of the responsibilities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Assign students to their group and allow time for students to decide who will acquire the different roles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Introduce the partnership with ePals <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">as a method for collaborating with students outside of the community.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Introduce Expanded Learning for the purpose of providing a resource of current articles about literacy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Introduce the Class Google Document and the class wiki then, discuss the expectations.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Distribute copies of group tasks, group reflection worksheet, instructions for the personal reflection paper, and rubrics.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Discuss the expectations of assignments.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Play one YouTube video that illustrates a strategy for promoting literacy outside of the classroom and discuss with students.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Each group will watch the YouTube videos presented by the instructor and write a group reflection about ideas they generated from the videos.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Each group will post their reflection on the class wiki.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Each group will find an additional video about ways to promote literacy in the community and post the link to the Class Google Document.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will gather the data from classmates about fourth grade level books they have read, fiction and informational, and engage in collaborative discussions about the books and activities that support comprehension.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will collaborate online with students from different states or countries using the ePals account.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The group will generate a list of digital and hands-on activities for at least four different books, and include their reasoning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post a brief description of the activities and their reasoning for the books they listed to the Class Google Document.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will consistently check the Class Google Document to review updates from each group.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post two questions on their wiki page to gain support from classmates.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Favorite Books for Fourth Graders <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

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__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neighborhood Activities Group __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will communicate and collaborate with a distant community using the ePals account to exchange and gather ideas about creative literacy activities or games in common places of a neighborhood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will make a table or graphic organizer to display the activities or games in the common places of a neighborhood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post the table or graphic organizer along with a brief description of the activities and games to their wiki page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will consistently check the Class Google Document to review updates from each group.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post two questions on their wiki page to gain support from classmates.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">How to Make a Graphic Organizer with Microsoft Word <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">media type="youtube" key="3aD-E8XGeE0" width="392" height="219" __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Community Voice Group __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Video Group __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will design and distribute a questionnaire to gather information about students’ favorite literacy activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will analyze interview responses from staff members and parents about literacy activities they engage in with their children.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post the results of the questionnaire and interview responses to the Class Google Document.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will consistently check the Class Google Document to review updates from each group.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post two questions on their wiki page to gain support from classmates.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will gather information from the Class Google Document that was posted by other groups about different literacy activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will make a storyboard that consists of at least three recommendations for promoting literacy development outside of school.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post the storyboard to the group wiki page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post a brief description of the storyboard to the Class Google Document.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will consistently check the Class Google Document to review updates from each group.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The group will post two questions on their wiki page to gain support from classmates.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">How to Create a Storyboard <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">media type="youtube" key="XKz0ij4VWVg" width="392" height="219"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Notes: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">It may be necessary to intervene and ask probing questions as groups decide on their roles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Review appropriate use of <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">the Internet as a research tool and how to use the Google Document.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrate for students how to navigate the class wiki.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish deadlines for submissions to the Class Google Document and the wiki.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students may need additional support for making a storyboard.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Refer to the Resources page for additional tools.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">MONITOR **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ongoing Assessment(s): **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groups will complete the group work reflection worksheet.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groups will post responses to questions on each group’s wiki page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students will view the wiki pages of each group to review the updated status of each group’s progress. Each student will then add new ideas to their digital graphic organizer that will help them meet their goals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students will write part two of a three page reflection on the problem presented. In their reflection, students will discuss the new ideas they decided to add to their digital graphic organizer and include their reasoning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use rubrics to grade student work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Accommodations and Extensions: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Allow individual students or groups to sign up for extra time to use the technology in the school.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The PowerPoint presentation will be available in audio and sequenced with slides.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Group students with varying abilities so they can provide additional support to each other.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Back-up Plan: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the event that Internet access is unavailable, a large class chart should be utilized to replicate the Class Google Document. Groups will write their information on index cards and attached it to the appropriate area on the chart, until service to the Internet is restored. The same strategy will be utilized for wiki pages. A large sheet of chart paper will be designated to each group.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Begin a whole-group discussion about collaborative group roles and allow time to use the think-pair-share strategy. Instruct groups to record the roles and responsibilities that are agreed upon.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish telephone connection with a school in a neighboring county of the same state.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Groups will sketch and write any portion of their assignment that would have been documented with the use of the Internet.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students will continue to sketch and write additions to their personal graphic organizer.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">E ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">VALUATE AND EXTEND **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson Reflections and Notes: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Observe the work habits of students and the relationships within the groups to determine when to provide intervention, if necessary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Observe the communication and collaboration with the distant community that was arranged through ePals and make any necessary adjustments to the criteria for connecting with a distant community.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Observe the time frame for work being completed and submitted and make any necessary adjustments.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Observe the frequency of groups requesting clarification or assistance from peers or the instructor and make necessary adjustments to the lesson. ||