WEEK 2:
BIG IDEA: How can technology enhance your reading skills?
BIG IDEA: How can technology enhance your reading skills?
Technology class will be an extension of the reading skills taught in the classroom this week, as I partner with the librarian and all teachers to introduce SMOY’s reading program, Accelerated Reader. All students will take a pre-test during computer lab to use technology to assess one’s reading level.
TASKS: Review how to log in and out of the computers, teach the difference between HARDWARE and SOFTWARE, allow the students to explore the software in the computer lab, and assess students’ reading skills with the Accelerated Reader software
INTRODUCTION: Review Logging-In/Logging Off
LESSON:
What is HARDWARE and SOFTWARE?
What is HARDWARE and SOFTWARE?
BRAIN POP: The components of a computer
DISCUSSION:
Discuss the differences between hardware and software.
Discuss the differences between hardware and software.
Objectives: Students will identify the parts of the computer and describe if each component is hardware or software.
TRANSITION:
Explore the use of software in the computer lab and connect technology to students’ reading skills.
Objective: Students will access the Accelerated Reader software to take a pre-test that will measure one’s reading skills.
*After pre-test, if student finishes early, he/she may explore the other software on the computer while waiting for all students to finish in order to build knowledge of computer software
RESULTS:
At the end of class, students will receive their IRL (individual reading level) and ZPD (teachable reading level) score. I will inform them of the difference between each score and also provide their homeroom teacher each students’ score.
At the end of class, students will receive their IRL (individual reading level) and ZPD (teachable reading level) score. I will inform them of the difference between each score and also provide their homeroom teacher each students’ score.
Kindergarten and First Grade:
Since these students do not test for Accelerated Reader, we will explore phonics to connect to the reading skills they are learning within their classrooms.
Since these students do not test for Accelerated Reader, we will explore phonics to connect to the reading skills they are learning within their classrooms.
The above phonics game (click to continue to website) concentrates on the beginning consonant sounds of words. This connects
Skills Mastered:
All students will be able to correctly identify the parts of the computer.
All students will be able to recognize and describe the difference between hardware and software.
