Moon Folklore Lesson Plan

Grade Level: K-4 grades

Curriculum Area: Language Arts

Lesson Objectives:

• ELA-1-E5 reading, comprehending, and responding to written, spoken, and visual texts in extended passages; (1, 3, 4)
• ELA-4-E2 giving and following directions/procedures; (1, 4)
• ELA-4-E5 speaking and listening for a variety of audiences (e.g., classroom, real-life, workplace) and purposes (e.g., awareness, concentration, enjoyment, information, problem solving); (1, 2, 4, 5)
• ELA-4-E6 listening and responding to a wide variety of media (e.g., music, TV, film, speech); (1, 3, 4, 5)
• ELA-5-E4 using available technology to produce, revise, and publish a variety of works; (1, 3, 4)
• ELA-6-E2 recognizing and responding to a variety of classic and contemporary literature from many genres (e.g., folktales, legends, myths, biography, autobiography, poetry, fiction, nonfiction); (1, 4)

Technology Performance Indicators: Use technology tools (e.g., publishing, multimedia tools, and word processing software) for individual and for simple collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities for a variety of audiences. (1,3)

Technology Connection: HyperStudio or KidPix

Assessment: HyperStudio Card or KidPix Picture

Procedures:

1. The teacher will introduce folklore stories to the children.
2. Instructions for using the HyperStudio Stack. The students will stay as a whole group while the teacher navigates through the HyperStudio stack provided on Moon Folklore. Note: To view the HyperStudio stack you will need to download the HyperStudio plugin 3.3 and QuickTime 4.0
3. After listening and seeing the Moon Folklore stack, students will decide what they see in the moon, and create a card for a HyperStudio (HyperStudio Instructions) stack or a KidPix picture to be placed in a slideshow.
4. Break students into groups and let them brainstorm to decide what they see in the moon. Let the students do an Internet search using an appropriate Search Engine.
5. Have them fill out the HyperStudio planning sheet or KidPix planning sheet.
6. Demonstrate the appropriate software if necessary. (Allow students to be coaches)
7. The teacher or assigned student will combine the cards to create one stack to show the class.
8. Let each group present there card.
9. Assess student work with a rubric: Student Self-evaluation form for Moon Folklore, Student Self-evaluation form for HyperStudio, Teacher evaluation rubric

Websites:
www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellows/georgepage.html  Women in the Moon
www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html   Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.hyperstudio.com/library/index.html  HyperStudio Online Library
www.learningspace.org/prof_growth/training/Kidpix/KidPixOverview.html   KidPix Tutorial

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