Johnson STEM Mrs. Anderson First Grade Discovering Main Ideas in Informational Text using Literacy...

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First GradeFirst Grade

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Literacy and TechnologyLiteracy and Technology

Grade One California StandardsGrade One California StandardsLiteracy TechnologyLiteracy Technology

• 2.0 Reading Comprehension• Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material.

They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed (e.g., generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, comparing information from several sources). In grade one, students begin to make progress toward this goal.

• Structural Features of Informational Materials • 2.1 Identify text that uses sequence or other logical order.

Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-AppropriateText • 2.2 Respond to who, what, when, where, and how questions. • 2.3 Follow one-step written instructions. • 2.4 Use context to resolve ambiguities about word and sentence

meanings. • 2.5 Confirm predictions about what will happen next in a text by

identifying key words (i.e., signpost words). • 2.6 Relate prior knowledge to textual information. • 2.7 Retell the central ideas of simple expository or narrative

passages.• 1.0 Writing Strategies• Students write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that

develop a central idea. • Their writing shows they consider the audience and purpose.

Students progress through the stages of the writing process (e.g., prewriting, drafting, revising, editing successive versions).

• 1.1 Select a focus when writing. • 1.2 Use descriptive words when writing. • 1.3 Print legibly and space letters, words, and sentences

appropriately.• 2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the drafting, research, and organizational strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0.

• 2.2 Write brief expository descriptions of a real object, person, place, or event, using sensory details.

The learner will understand important issues of a technology-based

society and will exhibit behavior in the use of computers and other

technologies.• Identify uses of technology at home and at school• Identify the parts of the computer and how they operate.• Demonstrate the correct care and use of computer.

The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use ofcomputers and other technologies.• Identify and discuss basic computer terms.• Locate and use letters, numbers, and special keys on a

keyboard.

• Identify basic word processing terms.• Key words and/or sentences using word processing.• Identify the Internet as a source of information.

Recognize the features of multimedia (combining differenttechnologies such as, text, graphics video animation, and soundthrough the use of a computer.

Methods and ResourcesMethods and Resources

Project Grouping Students worked in small groups, partnerships, individually and whole class.

Description of Product using Technology

Students work individually, in partnerships and triads to organize word processed documents that reflect their understanding of main ideas in informational text. Students applied their knowledge and skills in of keyboarding as they used the AlphaSmart Neoboard and computers. In addition, students used the Pixie program to draw the peanut and sweet potato. Finally, students used their listening and speaking skills as they rehearsed and provided narration within the

Powerpoint presentation.

MSAP Human ResourcesSteve Harris

Resources used supplied by MSAP:•Alphasmart Neoboard•Pixie•Emac computer•Steve Harris•RedCat speaker and microphone•Headphone sets•Garage Band•External microphone•Flashdrive

Human ResourcesReba MatthewsMichelle Bryant

Technology Supplies:•MacBook Laptop• Scanner

• AlphaSmart Neoboard• Laser Printer• Internet • Digital camera• Document camera

I hold down the shift key to make a capital letter.

Discovering Main Ideas in Informational TextStudents read grade level text to find main ideas.

Brayson said, “Peanut butter sandwiches are the best!”

Abryana said, “ George Washington Carver

Made many things like peanut oil and peanut milk.”

“Instead of planting to Cotton, plant goobers.”

Jordyn said, “This was about when he

was kidnapped.”

George Washington Carver

What We Know•He discovered lots of things made of peanuts and sweet potatoes•He is a scientist•He went to college•He helped people with plants•He created jobs for people•He is called the Plant Doctor•He was kidnapped as a baby•He was an inventor•He used crop rotation•He was president of a college

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What We Want to Know

When did he die?Where did he live?When did he start to make peanut products?When did he go to school?Did they ever find his mother Mary?When start school?How old was he when he died?Did he have a wife and children?

The Life of George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver was born in 1864 in Diamond Grove, Missouri. As a baby he was kidnapped. His mother Mary was never found. He was interested in how plants grow and animals live. Mr. Carver was a sickly child. Butthat didn’t stop his curiosity. He left his life with the Carvers to go to school. First, he went toLincoln Elementary School at age of ten years old. Then he heard of another school that couldhelp him answer questions about plants and farming. In other words, agriculture. While at IowaState College he became an expert in peanut and sweet potato products. Finally, Professor BookerT. Washington asked him to come and teach at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He did! In conclusion, he used his gift to help farmers and young scientist. He gave the world 300 ways touse the peanut and 118 ways to use the sweet potato. Although, he was not married and did nothave children of his own Mr. Carver was not a lonely man. He taught many students, loved to workwith people and received many awards. Dr. George Washington Carver was a selfless man who willalways be remembered for inventing a food favorite: peanut butter! He died on January 5, 1943 inTuskegee, Alabama.

Dr. Carver’s Timeline

1864 Born in Diamond Grove, Missouri1877 Begins school in Neosho, Missouri1884 Attends high school in Minneapolis, Kansas1891 Attends Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts1894 Graduates from Iowa State College with a degree in agriculture; joins the staff.1896 Receives master’s degree in agriculture from Iowa state;

becomes director of agriculture at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.1898 Begins issuing bulletins about his experiments. 1918 Becomes a consultant in agricultural research for the U.S. Department of Agriculture1923 Is awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.• Opens George Washington Carver Museum in a ceremony with

Henry Ford.1943 Dies on January 5 in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Words to Know

• agriculture: the study of plants and farming• award: An honor given to a person for doing something

special. • boll weevil: A small bug that kills cotton plants.• college: A school beyond high school.• crop rotation: Ways to rest the soil by not planting a

crop on it for several years or by growing different crops.

• goobers: An old African name for peanuts. • Iowa State College: A college founded in 1858, now

called Iowa State University of Science and Technology.• products: Something for sale• Tuskegee Institute: A university in Alabama.

What We LearnedDr. George Washington Carver:

•Attended college

•His mother Mary was never found

•He made peanut products

•He loved plants and animals

•He wanted to be an artist

•He is known as the “Plant Doctor

•He made 300 peanut products

•He made over 100 sweet potato products

What We Learned About the Peanut













Dr. Carver’s Peanut ProductsDr. Carver’s Peanut Products

• FoodsFoods: salted peanuts, regular peanut butter, pancake flour, : salted peanuts, regular peanut butter, pancake flour, peanut flour, peanut surprise, chocolate coated peanuts, peanut flour, peanut surprise, chocolate coated peanuts, peanut brittle, dry coffee, cream candy, chop suey sauce, peanut brittle, dry coffee, cream candy, chop suey sauce, mayonnaise, peanut flakes, Worcestershire sauce and chili mayonnaise, peanut flakes, Worcestershire sauce and chili sauce.sauce.

• BeveragesBeverages: peanut orange punch#1, peanut lemon punch, : peanut orange punch#1, peanut lemon punch, beverage for ice cream, evaporated peanut beverage, beverage for ice cream, evaporated peanut beverage, pineapple punch and normal peanut beverage. pineapple punch and normal peanut beverage.

• GeneralGeneral: paints, paper, synthetic cotton and silk, printer’s ink, : paints, paper, synthetic cotton and silk, printer’s ink, glue, face cream and gasoline.glue, face cream and gasoline.

• HouseholdHousehold: laundry soap, insulating board, nitroglycerine, soil : laundry soap, insulating board, nitroglycerine, soil conditionerconditioner

Sweet Potato Plant

root tuber

roots

leaves

What We Learned About the Sweet Potato

•There are many kinds of sweet potatoes.•They grow from slips.•They have roots.•They grow on vines.•It is a tuber.•They need rich soil, water and sun.•They grow in gardens and pots.•It has smooth skin.•It is shaped like an oval.•It is thick.•It takes 10 - 15 days to start to grow.

















Dr. Carver’s Sweet Potato Products

• Foods: flour, vinegar, lemon drops, orange drops,dry coffee,• breakfast food, candy, 14 varieties with chocolate, after dinner mints,

granulated potatoes, egg yolk, molasses, sugar and starch.

• General: stains, dyes, paints, medicine, writing ink, library paste,• alcohol, synthetic cotton and silk, paper, rubber compound, fillers for

wood and shoe blackening.

• Stock Foods: stock feed meal and hog feed.

























Our Thinking Tool: Venn Diagram

Next Steps

We will begin to investigate how a sweet potato grows.First, we will plant the slip.

Next, we will put the sweet potato in the sun and water it.Then we will observe how the sweet potato grows and keep a record of how tall it gets.We are look forward to growing our sweet potatoes!

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