Title:
Grade Level: 4
Subjects: Social Studies
Learner Outcomes:
Duration of Lesson: This lesson will take several sessions depending the availability of resources both books and computers
Materials: Collection of folk tales including fairy tales.
Technology Tools: Multi-media computer, Microsoft Word including clipart, printer, printer paper.
Teacher Notes: Students should have submitted Acceptable Use Form.
Procedures:
Teacher will introduce the lesson by reading a brief definition of folktales and their history.
Teacher will discuss with the class samples of tales that they are familiar with.
Teacher will direct students to go on-line and read an on-line electronic version at:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html,
or http://aaronshep.com/stories/
or students will read hard copies from classroom collections or the library.
Students will be given a group of three or four items to use as story starters, for example a, rubber ball, a feather, a ring.
Students will open a blank Microsoft Word document. For instructions log onto: http://www.videoprofessorlearning.com
Modifications: Student with special needs may have the story read aloud and may compose the original tale and tell the story aloud. The lesson should be modified to meet the student's IEP. Students could use writing paper if Microsoft Word is not available.
Enrichment Activities: Students may read additional stories, collect stories and record them as early collectors did, or compose additional original tales.
Writing
References: World Book Encyclopedia, Microsoft Word
Susan Ratcliffe
J.E. Robins Elementary
Grade Level: 4
Subjects: Social Studies
Learner Outcomes:
- Students will understand the history of folktales and the sub-genre fairy tales.
- Students will read samples of each type both on-line and from a hard copy or hear stories of both type read aloud.
- Students
will learn the criteria of folktales.
- Students will compose original tale using household items as story starters.
Duration of Lesson: This lesson will take several sessions depending the availability of resources both books and computers
Materials: Collection of folk tales including fairy tales.
Technology Tools: Multi-media computer, Microsoft Word including clipart, printer, printer paper.
Teacher Notes: Students should have submitted Acceptable Use Form.
Procedures:
Teacher will introduce the lesson by reading a brief definition of folktales and their history.
Teacher will discuss with the class samples of tales that they are familiar with.
Teacher will direct students to go on-line and read an on-line electronic version at:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html,
or http://aaronshep.com/stories/
or students will read hard copies from classroom collections or the library.
Students will be given a group of three or four items to use as story starters, for example a, rubber ball, a feather, a ring.
Students will open a blank Microsoft Word document. For instructions log onto: http://www.videoprofessorlearning.com
Students will use the blank form to compose their original tale.
- Type "My "Folktale across the top of the page.
- Select a graphic to go with the story. Insert the clipart onto the page.
- Type "My name" and a blank line beside it on the left.
- Print the blank form.
Modifications: Student with special needs may have the story read aloud and may compose the original tale and tell the story aloud. The lesson should be modified to meet the student's IEP. Students could use writing paper if Microsoft Word is not available.
Enrichment Activities: Students may read additional stories, collect stories and record them as early collectors did, or compose additional original tales.
State Standards
- Social Studies: 5.5.3, 3.5.7, 5.4.5
- Reading/Language Arts: 5.1.5,5.1.2,5.1.6,5.1.9,
- Writing: 5.2.1,5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.8, 5.2.9
- Listening: 5.3.6
- Technology: 5.3.1,5.3.3
National Standards:
Historical Understanding
- 5. Distinguishes between past, present, and future time
Writing
- 1. Prewriting: Uses prewriting strategies to plan written work (e.g., uses graphic organizers, story maps, and webs; groups related ideas; takes notes; brainstorms ideas; organizes information according to type and purpose of writing)
- 2. Drafting and Revising: Uses strategies to draft and revise written work (e.g., elaborates on a central idea; writes with attention to audience, word choice, sentence variation; uses paragraphs to develop separate ideas; produces multiple drafts)
- 3. Editing and Publishing: Uses strategies to edit and publish written work (e.g., edits for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling at a developmentally appropriate level; uses reference materials; considers page format [paragraphs, margins, indentations, titles]; selects presentation format according to purpose; incorporates photos, illustrations, charts, and graphs; uses available technology to compose and publish work)
- 1. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of literary passages and texts (e.g., fairy tales, folktales, fiction, nonfiction, myths, poems, fables, fantasies, historical fiction, biographies, autobiographies, chapter books)
- 2. Knows the defining characteristics of a variety of literary forms and genres ( e.g., fairy tales, folk tales, fiction, nonfiction, myths, poems, fables, fantasies, historical fiction, biographies, autobiographies, chapter books)
- 1. Knows the basic functions of hardware (e.g., keyboard and mouse provide input; printer and monitor provide output; hard and floppy disk provide storage; the cpu processes information)
References: World Book Encyclopedia, Microsoft Word
Susan Ratcliffe
J.E. Robins Elementary
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