Lesson+Plan

The Mitten A WebQuest for 1st Grade (Language Arts)

Lesson Plan **


 * Grade Level:** 1st Grade


 * Curriculum Area:** Language Arts

// 1. ////Creativity and Innovation// Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: a. Create original works as a mean of personal or group expression. // 2. ////Communication and Collaboration// 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. Students: a. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. // 3. ////Research and Information Fluency// Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: a. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific task. // 4. ////Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making// Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students: a. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project. // 5. ////Digital Citizenship// Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students: a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity. c. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning. d. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship. // 6. //// Technology Operations and Concepts // Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students: a. Understand and use technology systems. b. Select and use applications effectively and productively. c. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.
 * Related NET-S Standards:**

LA.1.1.5.1: The student will apply letter-sound knowledge to decode phonetically regular words quickly and accurately in isolation and in context.
 * Appropriate Standard Codes:**

LA.1.1.5.3: The student will adjust reading rate based on purpose, text difficulty, form, and style.

LA.1.1.7.3: The student will retell the main idea or essential message.

LA.1.1.7.4: The student will identify supporting details.

LA.1.1.7.6: The student will arrange events in sequence.

LA.1.1.7.9: The student will self monitor comprehension and reread when necessary.

LA.1.5.2.3: The student will listen attentively to fiction and nonfiction read-alouds and demonstrate understanding.

LA.1.5.2.5: The student will communicate effectively when relating experiences and retelling stories read and heard.

LA.1.6.4.1: The student will use appropriate available technology resources (e.g., writing tools digital cameras, drawing tools) to present thoughts, ideas, and stories.

Students will create a reader’s theater using characters in the story The Mitten by Jan Brett. Students will use the digital media and resources provided through this wiki to learn about the story, the characters, the setting, the sequence of events, the author, and what a reader’s theater looks like. Student will then participate as a whole group to create and perform a classroom reader’s theater that will be taped.
 * Lesson Plan Description:**

Students will be using Microsoft Word, wikispaces.com, YouTube, and Jan Brett’s homepage on the World Wide Web for this project. The teacher will be using a camcorder to tape the reader’s theater.
 * Technology Integrations:**

The following websites were used to create the lesson plan. Jan Brett – [] WebQuest Template – [] Scott Firenza Digital Storytelling - []
 * Research Component:**