GRADE LEVEL: 1
 

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

Patchogue -Medford School District, Students Will Be Able To
 

· Gather and interpret information from children's reference books, magazines, textbooks, electronic bulletin boards, audio and media presentations, oral interviews, and from such forms as charts, graphs, maps and diagrams

· Select information appropriate to the purpose of their investigation and relate ideas from one text to another

· Interpret information found on subject

· Discriminate between important and unimportant information

· Organize material into coherent structure
 
 
 

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

Standard 3- Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation

Standard 4-Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interactions
 

MS&T

Standard 2.1- Accessing, generating, processing and transferring information using appropriate technologies.

Standard 4- Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science

Standard 5.3 Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs
 

Procedure:

1. Group children in teams of four to six students for center work

2. Organize students according to assignments

3. Students will understand the structure, characteristics and habitats of plants and animals

4. Students will use the five senses to observe accurately

5. Students will note the differences and similarities between living and non living things

6. With two students per computer, students will access the Internet to read for information

7. Students will have agreed upon period of time at each Center to complete assignment

8. Students will enter the Internet through the Internet book on the School Vista bookshelf

9. Students will click on the left hand box, the Read mail box

10. Students will click on READ at the bottom of the screen

11. Students will click on the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of the screen to access sites

12. Students will cooperatively practice managing their way through the Internet using e-mail

13. Students will practice using the mouse for clicking and scrolling

14. Students will develop a sight vocabulary through shared reading, guided reading, independent reading and exposure to print on the Internet

15. Students will make connections and organize thinking

16. Students will apply prior knowledge to new reading tasks

17. Students will monitor and adjust activities

Evaluation
 

Students will complete assignment in agreed upon time period

Students will cooperate with peer team member to accomplish tour of the Internet

Students feel comfortable looking at the Internet to research information on various topics
 
 
 

SUGGESTED SITES FOR RESEARCH ON BUTTERFLIES
 
 
 

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/butterfly-life-cycle.html

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/images/egg500.jpg
 

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/images/larva500.jpg
 

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/images/chrysalis500.jpg
 

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/butterfly-adult-emerge.html
 

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/images/but-moth600.jpg
 

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/butterfly-coloring.htm
 

Click on the small inline images to download full-sized images.

Click on the links to see full-sized images on a Web page.

Download images to print out and color, or use in electronic paint program.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

D.Holdorf

Grade 1

Tremont Elementary School
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SUGGESTED CENTERS
 

CENTER I

HANDS ON

OBSERVATION CENTER
 

· Students will observe the process of crystallization occurring in the center
 

CENTER II

Writing

· Students will use writing workshop skills to record data concerning butterflies in the classroom
 
 
 

CENTER III
 

RESEARCH

· Students will use classroom materials available, picture books, pamphlets, library books to look at information on butterflies.
 

CENTER IV

COMPUTER

· Students will access the Internet e-mail where the teacher has sent exact sites to

students so as to facilitate the necessary practice