Session Two SC ETV Workshop

Session Two


SCETV Technology Workshop

12:15-1:45

July 26, 2011

Lesson Plan

Instructor: Valeska Gioia, Ed.S.











Interactive White Boards in Special Needs Classrooms

Gabriella Robinson

August 12, 2011



Overview

In this lesson, the instructor will use a SMARTBoard to facilitate the learning process in a first grade classroom. The SMARTBoard is an excellent selection for special needs students because it has a touch response feature which is excellent for these students. In this lesson, the students will use reading skills and strategies.

Strategies :

Retelling a Story

Sequencing

Interactive White Board (SMARTBoard).



Materials:



SmartBoard

Smart Notebook Software

Copies of Jack and the Beanstalk



Learning Objectives:

• Develop vocabulary skills

• Retell important facts from a story

• Group discussion

• Sequencing

• Plant Life Cycle

Vocabulary: beanstalk, life cycle, plants, story

INSTRUCTION

The lesson is a SMART Notebook lesson. (http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?subject=Special+Education#page=3) If you do not have SMART Notebook Software installed on your computer, you may preview the presentation by clicking on the Presentation button.

The students will tell or retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk while viewing the story using a SmartBoard. The students will also sequence the events in the story, learn about the life cycle of plants and answer discussion questions. In order to teach this lesson, you will need a SMARTBoard and the SMART Notebook Software.



ACTIVITIES

1. View the story using the SMARTBoard.

2. Place the events from the story in chronological order.

3. Complete the life cycle of plants activity.

4. Answer discussion questions.



STANDARDS

Mc Rel Standards

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Relate new information to prior knowledge and experience.

SCIENCE

• Identify the ways in which an organism’s habitat provides for it’s basic needs (plant’s require air, water, nutrients, and light; animals require food, water, air and shelter).

SC ELA STANDARDS

Standard

1-3 The student will learn to read by applying appropriate skills and strategies.

Indicator

1-3.20

Use picture and words to construct meanings.

SC SCIENCE STANDARDS

Standard

1-2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the special characteristics and needs of plants that allow them to survive in their own distinct environments.

Indicator

1-2.4

Summarize the life cycle of plants (including germination, growth, and the production of flowers and seeds).

TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS

NTK-12.6 Technology Problem Solving and Decision Making Tools



RESOURCES FOR INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARDS in SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOMS

http://smarttech.com/

http://matnonline.pbworks.com/w/page/20569569/Interactive%20Whiteboards

http://matnonline.pbworks.com/w/page/20569570/IWBs%20for%20SpED%3A%20Early%20Learners

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/professional-development/best-practice/lesson-plans/

http://www.triptico.co.uk/

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.cast.org/index.html





Assessment

The students will draw a scene from the story in their language arts journals. They will write two or three sentences which describe this event.