MMSD Linking Technology & Literacy

The Turkey Saves the Day

Grade Level: 1

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Standards

Language Arts Standards

  • Use a variety of cues to read for meaning: picture, letter-sound relationships
  • Recognize high frequency words
  • Tell about and use background knowledge
  • Ask and answer questions about what is read
  • Plan for own writing
  • Generate ideas
  • Edit final copy
  • Publish work

6 Traits + 1

  • Ideas
  • Word choice
  • Sentence fluency

Technology Standards

  • Begin word processing techniques
  • Uses a graphics program to create original work

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Lesson Plan

Purpose:

  • To create an original graphic
  • To manipulate graphics
  • To explore and use tools
  • To use prepositions
  • To use word processing

Step by Step…

Step 1    Read the story The Turkey Saves the Day, by Shelagh Canning to the class.
Step 2 Talk about the many places the turkey tried to hide.
Step 3 Explain and then brainstorm prepositions. Write them on the board along with the sentence, ‘The turkey hid _____.’
Step 4 Demonstrate using a variety of tools to make a turkey. Include the student’s ideas as you demonstrate.
Step 5 Refer to the list of prepositions you brainstormed and choose one.
Step 6 Draw or use stamps to illustrate the prepositon you chose.
Step 7 Get the typewriter tool. Using the sentence starter and the prepositions, have the students write a sentence to match their picture. Encourage students to use inventive spelling / phonemic strategies to complete their sentences.

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Example of Final Project

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Updated: May 16, 2001
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