Grade Level:             3-6

Subjects:               Language, Spelling, Reading

Learner Outcomes:    Students will be able to create their own on line puzzles  after reading a bibliography. They will use information from the bibliography to incorporate into their puzzle. Students can create word find, crossword, or word searches.

Time Frame:                Two days

Materials:                   Biographies, Internet site, (puzzlemaker)

Technology Tools/Courseware:  multi media computer(s), internet access, bookmark puzzlemaker.com, a projector would ease in the demonstration of creating puzzles, a floppy disk
for each student
 

1.  The teacher will give an overview of the day's activities by showing examples of puzzles, such as a word find, crossword puzzle and a word search.
2.  The teacher will explain that the students will be creating their own puzzles with the aid of the computer. They will be using their information that they read from their biographies.
3.  The students will decide which type of puzzle they want to create.
4.  The students will write out the questions/vocabulary they want to use in their puzzle. They will need their biography books as a resource.

                       Day two

1.  With the use of a projector the classroom teacher will demonstrate how to open the www.puzzlemaker.com using the preset bookmark.
2.  Students will then go to Create Your Favorite Puzzle and click on the style of puzzle they want to create.
3.  Students will need to follow the step by step procedures listed for each puzzle.
4.  Once the students have created their puzzle they will save on  floppy disks and then print their pages.
5.  The class will get the opportunity to try their classmates puzzles.

Modifications:
   Students with special needs:
   Assign a computer buddy with students that have difficulty working on their own.

Enrichment Activities:
Students can create a second choice of one of the puzzle types listed in the Puzzlemaker.
Students can create a self biography puzzle on Puzzlemaker

Evaluation/Assessment:
            Students will receive points for correctly formed puzzles. These points will be awarded for spelling of words, correct subject content, following program setup, and completion of activity. Scoring Sheet

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives/National Standards
Spelling : 3.47, 3.50,3.55,4.56 ,4.58,4.61 ,4.62,4.67,4.68,5.82,5.94,6.67 ,6.86,6.87
Language: 3.57,3.58,3.59,3.60,3.61,3.62,3.763.77,3.79,4.69,4.70, 4.77,4.81,4.85,,4.87,
                    5.155,5.157,5.176, 6.111 ,6.131,6.135,6.147
Computer/Technology :  3.83,3.85,3.92,4.93,4.99,4.100,5.179,5.188,6.153,6.162
Reading Vocabulary:  3.35,3.38,4.46,5.36,5.46,6.44,6.49,6.66

References
 

Diana Burns
Cheryl Osborne
Linda Whitman