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Hance Elementary School Focus on Learning for Every Student Every Day Week Of: May 18 - May 22, 2020 Teacher Name: Kevin McKinney Library and Computers K-3 Date/time learning Detailed plans available on Mr. McKinney’s library page *AASL Library Standards opportunities via the Hance website. (Pine-Richland School District K-3 Library Curriculum) shared with Mr. McKinney’s Teacher Website: https://www.pinerichland.org/Page/8713 families: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LIBRARY LESSONS/ACTIVITIES COMPUTER LESSONS/ACTIVITIES (Grades K-3) GRADE K Learning Goals: Students will become familiar with the Learning Goals: Students in Kindergarten and Grade 1 will Learning Goal: well-known children’s author and illustrator, Tomie de have practice in using a computer’s mouse, touch screen or Paola. touch pad in order to manipulate and create a variety of objects using the website, www.abcya.com. Students will understand that a “folktale” is a story that has been told over and over again through generations in a family and culture usually told out loud in the oral tradition. Students will understand the differences between the Caldecott Award and the Caldecott Honor (First place winning book vs. runner-up). Students in Grades 2-3 will have continued practice with programming, computer coding skills. Students will choose directional arrows in order for the robot to reach the end FolktaleS destination. *I.A.1 I.A.2 I.C.1, I.C.2 Learning Activity: Learning Activities: (Author & illustrator, Tomie de Paola Grade K and the Caldecott Honor award) Learning Activities: First explain that children’s books that have animals as the main characters are considered “fantasy” stories. Computer Mouse Skills The Caldecott Honor Medal was introduced in 1971. Once in www.abcya.com go to the Kindergarten Books that were runners-up to the main, Caldecott Medal bubble and choose “Skill”. Award (Best Pictures/illustrations). These books came in second and third place for the “most distinguished American picture book for children”. Review the following mouse maneuvering skills.: The icon is all the way to the right and you should see an artist’s paintbrush and paint palette. Practice with the following activities: Make a Cupcake! Introduce your child to the following Caldecott-honor Make a Pizza book, Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola. It’s pronounced, de”POW”la. Build a House and… This is an italian folktale. A folktale is a story that is Make an Ice Cream Sundae told orally or read aloud and told throughout a family over many years and can be related to a family’s cultural traditions. Have fun! Strega Nona which means strega=witch, Nona=grandma in Italian. Grade 1 Check out the link below for the story read by the author and illustrator: Learning Activities: Computer Mouse Skills Once in www.abcya.com go to the First Grade bubble and choose “Skill”. Review the following mouse maneuvering skills.: The icon is all the way to the right and you should see an artist’s paintbrush and paint palette. Create a Car Make a Backpack See link below: Make a Robot and… Make a Treehouse Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola Have fun! Next, view another story with the characters of Strega Nona and her helper assistant, Big Anthony. Notice below the original title and cover for the story and the newly updated version of the story and change in title from 2018. It’s the EXACT same story! Which cover do you like better? Grade 2 Learning Activities: Computer Programming/Coding Skills Once in www.abcya.com go to the Second Grade bubble and choose “Skill”. Scroll to the middle of the Skill section and choose Robot Islands 1. Begin with Level 1. This level should already be unlocked. See if you can manipulate and move through Levels 1-8. See the link below for the book, Big Anthony and the Magic Ring: This is fun and challenging! Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, by Tomie de Paola Tomie de Paola: Check out some other books by the award-winning author and illustrator. Be sure to click on the directional sign then click in the area of the maze to put it in place. Grade 3 Learning Activities: Computer Programming/Coding Skills Once in www.abcya.com go to the Third Grade bubble and choose “Skill”. Scroll to the middle of the Skill section and choose Robot Islands 1. Begin with Level 1. This level should already be unlocked. See if you can manipulate and move through Levels 1-8. This is fun and challenging! If you would like to learn more about Tomie dePaola, check out his website: https://www.tomie.com Be sure to click on the directional sign then click in the area of the maze to put it in place. ENJOY THE BOOKS ! Method for sharing Mr. McKinney’s Teacher Website Mr. McKinney’s Teacher Website with families: https://www.pinerichland.org/Page/8713 https://www.pinerichland.org/Page/8713 (Teacher Website, Email, Class Dojo, etc) Links to Resources Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola www.abcya.com (video clips, etc) Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, by Tomie de Paola https://www.tomie.com ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GRADE 1 Learning Goals: Students will become familiar with the Learning Goal: well-known children’s author and illustrator, Tomie de Paola. Students will understand that a “folktale” is a story that has been told over and over again through generations in a family and culture usually told out loud in the oral tradition. Students will understand the differences between the Caldecott Award and the Caldecott Honor (First place winning book vs. runner-up). *I.A.1 I.A.2 I.C.1, I.C.2 I.D.2., I.D.3 Learning Activity: Learning Activities: (Author & illustrator, Tomie de Paola and the Caldecott Honor award) First explain that children’s books that have animals as the main characters are considered “fantasy” stories. The Caldecott Honor Medal was introduced in 1971. Books that were runners-up to the main, Caldecott Medal Award (Best Pictures/illustrations). These books came in second and third place for the “most distinguished American picture book for children”. Introduce your child to the following Caldecott-honor book, Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola. It’s pronounced, de”POW”la. This is an italian folktale. A folktale is a story that is told orally or read aloud and told throughout a family over many years and can be related to a family’s cultural traditions. Strega Nona which means strega=witch, Nona=grandma in Italian. Check out the link below for the story read by the author and illustrator: See link below: Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola Next, view another story with the characters of Strega Nona and her helper assistant, Big Anthony. Notice below the original title and cover for the story and the newly updated version of the story and change in title from 2018. It’s the EXACT same story! Which cover do you like better? See the link below for the book, Big Anthony and the Magic Ring: Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, by Tomie de Paola Tomie de Paola: Check out some other books by the award-winning author and illustrator. If you would like to learn more about Tomie dePaola, check out his website: https://www.tomie.com ENJOY THE BOOKS ! Method for sharing Mr. McKinney’s Teacher Website with families: https://www.pinerichland.org/Page/8713 (Teacher Website, Email, Class Dojo, etc) Links to Resources Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola (video clips, etc) Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, by Tomie de Paola https://www.tomie.com ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GRADE 2 Learning Goals: Students will have practice navigating The World Book Online, eBook Database. Students will Learning Goal: have practice in searching for materials and exploring the various types of books available to “read” online. *I.A.1 I.A.2 I.C.1, I.C.2 I.D.2., I.D.3 World Book Online database for eBooks. Learning Activity: Learning Activities: First go to the link below: WORLD BOOK EBOOKS FOR HANCE ONLINE Click on the World Book link above. The icon looks like the one below: The login information is: LOGIN: hance PW: gorams Once logged in, notice the menu bar along the top of the page. There are many ways to search for books. You can choose by category or simply search by using the magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner. Try searching for some favorite things, places, animals and people. If you notice on many of the books you’ll see a pair of headphones on the front cover. You can read along and have the book read to you. Enjoy looking for, reading and checking out books electronically online! Have fun! This will give you some practice using a safe online database for finding some great book titles, fun facts and the opportunity to explore. The possibilities are endless. Method for sharing Mr. McKinney’s Teacher Website with families: https://www.pinerichland.org/Page/8713 (Teacher Website, Email, Class Dojo, etc) Links to Resources WORLD BOOK EBOOKS FOR HANCE ONLINE (video clips, etc) DESTINY HANCE LIBRARY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GRADE 3 Learning Goals: Students will review the different Learning Goal: characteristics of the SCIENCE FICTION genre. Students will become aware of some suggested science fiction chapter book titles for reading pleasure. Students will have practice in placing fiction chapter books in ABC order as they would be found on the shelves of the library. *I.A.1, I.A.2 I.C.1, I.C.2 I.D.2, I.D.3 I.B.1, I.B.