GRADE LEVEL: 1
 

OBJECTIVE: Using the technology available to students and teachers in the

Patchogue -Medford School District, Students Will Be Able To
 

· With teacher assistance, access the Internet e-mail sent by teacher (to assure at safe sites)
· Acquire information from appropriate children's sources
· Use a variety of strategies to identify unknown words
· Demonstrate comprehension
· Select information appropriate to the purpose of their investigation and relate ideas from one text to another
· Apply prior knowledge to new reading tasks
· Develop and understanding of the sun, moon and the stars

New York State Standards Addressed.

ELA

Standard 1- Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing for information and understanding
Standard 2-Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression

MS&T

Standard 3- Recognize situations where only an estimate is required
Standard 2.1 - Accessing, generating, processing and, transferring information using appropriate technologies.
Standard 4- Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, and principles to explain the earth and celestial phenomena which can be described by principals of relative motion and perspective

Procedure:
 

1 Teacher will model retrieving e-mail from the Internet
2 Group children in teams of four to six students for center work
3 Organize students according to assignments
4 With teacher and two students per computer, students will access the Internet to read for information
5 Students will cooperatively answer questions generated by teacher for site
6 Students will have agreed upon period of time at each Center to complete assignment
7 Students will enter the Internet through the Internet book on the School Vista bookshelf
8 Students will click on the left hand box, the Read mail box
9 Students will click on READ at the bottom of the screen
10 Students will click on the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of the screen to access sites
 

EVALUATION
 

Students will read for comprehension

Students will complete assignment on time
 
 

The Universe
 

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/universe.html
 
 
 

My name is ___________________________
 

The Universe is a huge wide-open sp_________ that holds
 

everything from the smallest particle to the biggest galaxy.
 

N_____________ knows just how big the Universe is.
 

Astronomers try to measure it all the time. They use a special
 

instrument called a spectroscope to tell whether an object is
 

moving away from Earth or toward Earth. Based on the
 

information from this instrument, scientists have learned that the

Universe is still growing outward in direction.
 

Scientists believe that over _____ billion years ago, a powerful
 

explosion called the B______B________ happened. This powerful
 

explosion set the Universe into motion and this motion continues
 

today. Scientists are not yet sure if the motion will st_____,
 

change direction, or keep going forever.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

My Name is ________________________________________
 

My Grade is __________
 

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar system.html
 

1. What is the solar system? The solar system is our S______and
 

everything that travels around us.
 

2. Our solar system is elliptical in shape. It is shaped like an egg.
 

What does that look like?
 

Draw a picture of that shape
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3.The S _______ is in the center of the solar system.
 

4. The S_______ is the biggest object in our solar system.
 
 

5. Astronomers think the solar system is more than _______ billion years old.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SUGGESTED CENTERS
 

CENTER 1

HANDS ON

· Students will do astronomy project assigned by teacher Cooperative
 

CENTER II

WRITING

· Students will do practice writing as specified by teacher following the PMLI model
 

CENTER III

COMPUTER

· With teacher, students will access the Internet e-mail. Teacher has sent specific sites to students so as to facilitate the use of the Internet in a safe manner
 

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
 

CENTER IV

READING

· Students will do independent reading of classroom material or library material following the PMLI* model

G. Russo D.Cannon

Grade 1 Grade 1&2 Special Education

Barton Elementary School Bay Elementary School