Miguel's 2nd grade writing lesson plan
I think that Miguel has a good lesson plan incorporating technology. With kids being exposed to technology, most likely of the video game type, earlier on in life, it is important to show them how they can do something fun but learn as well. That way instead of running to the playstation, they may run to the computer to make a book. However, there are one or two things I would suggest to Miguel to possibly improve his lesson plan.
The first thing I would suggest is to possibly do a rhyming poem. Depending on when in the year this technology lesson is occuring, some students may have lost some of their reading ability over the summer or still be on a first grade level. Rhyming words help with their phonological skills, and depending on if they are sharing with other second grade classes or second and first, it would be easier for the students not as literate to follow some of the poem if there was a pattern or rhyming. They may also enjoy writing it more if they can make it rhyme.
Another suggestion I have is that the outline seems kind of complex. I'm in a first grade practicum, so I do not know the extent that one grade makes on webbing, but it might be easier for them to just have a sheet of paper with columns that have the senses and have them list words and worry about the sentences after. If not a paper, maybe they could be shown how to use kidspiration to make webs to make it easier.
My final suggestion is that I can see you care about how students feel by stating that if they don't have positive comments they shouldn't speak and they should wait their turn, but in this same respect, I don't think it is fair to have the students vote on the five best poems. They are young and they are all going to want theirs to be the one you pick. If you don't have time to put all the poems on the blog or if you do pick only five, maybe you could make a class book to send to the other classrooms so that the other students who wrote their poems can have them possibly read during the other classes free time. Maybe instead of a class book, you could have them make individual books so at least their parents can see their poem (unless the parents have access to the blog site or a class webpage site).
Overall, I liked the lesson and think you did a good job. I think the kids would enjoy it.
The first thing I would suggest is to possibly do a rhyming poem. Depending on when in the year this technology lesson is occuring, some students may have lost some of their reading ability over the summer or still be on a first grade level. Rhyming words help with their phonological skills, and depending on if they are sharing with other second grade classes or second and first, it would be easier for the students not as literate to follow some of the poem if there was a pattern or rhyming. They may also enjoy writing it more if they can make it rhyme.
Another suggestion I have is that the outline seems kind of complex. I'm in a first grade practicum, so I do not know the extent that one grade makes on webbing, but it might be easier for them to just have a sheet of paper with columns that have the senses and have them list words and worry about the sentences after. If not a paper, maybe they could be shown how to use kidspiration to make webs to make it easier.
My final suggestion is that I can see you care about how students feel by stating that if they don't have positive comments they shouldn't speak and they should wait their turn, but in this same respect, I don't think it is fair to have the students vote on the five best poems. They are young and they are all going to want theirs to be the one you pick. If you don't have time to put all the poems on the blog or if you do pick only five, maybe you could make a class book to send to the other classrooms so that the other students who wrote their poems can have them possibly read during the other classes free time. Maybe instead of a class book, you could have them make individual books so at least their parents can see their poem (unless the parents have access to the blog site or a class webpage site).
Overall, I liked the lesson and think you did a good job. I think the kids would enjoy it.
posted by Shanika @ 9:45 PM
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