MMSD Linking Technology & Literacy

Sports With Koala Lou

Grade Level: 1

Standards | Lesson Plan |Templates | Assessment

Language Arts Standards

  • Uses picture clues to read for meaning
  • Recognizes high frequency words
  • Tells about and uses background knowledge
  • Makes predictions and gives support
  • Plans for own writing
  • Generates ideas while writing
  • Shares writing with others
  • Edits final copies
  • Publishes own writing

6 Traits + 1

  • Ideas
  • Word choice
  • Conventions
  • Presentation

Technology Standards

  • Uses a word processing program to open, save, and print a document
  • Demonstrates the ability to enter and edit text
  • Uses a word processing program to create original work
  • Demonstrates beginning drawing and painting techniques using a variety of tools to modify, arrange, format and add detail to a picture

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Lesson Plan

Purpose:

  • To create an original graphic
  • To use the keyboard
  • To write sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization
  • To open a textbox, input and edit text

Step by Step:

Step 1 Read the story Koala Lou, by Mem Fox to the class.
Step 2 Talk about the koala's sport. What sport did the author choose for Koala Lou? Why?
Step 3 Brainstorm ideas of different animals and sports that would be appropriate for that animal. They could be real sports...whales-swimming, or pretend sports....elephants-stomping contest.
Step 4 Open Kid Pix. Illustrate an animal of your choice doing its favorite sport.
Step 5 Open a Text Box. Write about your animal character. Give it a name. Tell about the sport it does. Did your character win? What was the prize? Who is he/she competing against? What are the rules of this sport?
Step 6 As students finish, make sure they go back into their text box to edit their sentences. It can be helpful for students to hear their sentences read aloud in order to identify errors. When the textbox is selected, go to "Speech" and "Read Text Aloud."

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Example of Finished Project

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