MMSD Linking Technology & Literacy

The Very Busy Spider

Grade Level: 1

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Standards

Language Arts Standards

  • Uses a variety of cues to read for meaning: pictures, context of the story, knowledge of sentence structure
  • Recognizes high frequency words
  • Write to communicate ideas
  • Uses complete sentence

6 Traits + 1

  • Ideas
  • Word Choice

Technology Standards

  • Demonstrates ability to enter and edit text.
  • Identifies tools and options within a graphics program.
  • Uses a graphics program to create original work.

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Lesson Plan

Purpose:

Step by Step…

Step 1 Read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.
Step 2

In Kid Pix, draw a spider using the the circle and oval tool (The Shift key changes an oval into a circle).
Step 3 Use either the line tool or pencil to draw the legs and add a face.
Step 4 Use the line tool to draw the web.
Step 5 Color the spider and use stamps to show who visits the spider.
Step 6 Have the students use the typewriter to tell what the animal wanted the spider to do.

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Example of Finished Project

 

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