1st Technology Lesson Plan

Intern:  Liz Barry                                    Subject Area:  Technology Grade Level:  Third Grade                      Date:  26 October, 2011 STEP 1 DESIRED RESULTS CORE (standards): Alaska Content and Performance Standards, 4th ed, for Technology: ·         A: A student should be able to operate technology-based tools. ·         B: A student should be able to use technology to locate, select, and manage information. ·         D: A student should be able to use technology to express ideas and exchange information. OBJECTIVES ·         Learn how to open a blank document in Microsoft Word, check that the font style is “Times New Roman,” adjust the font size to 18, and indent with the “Tab” key before beginning to type a short paragraph. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: ·         How do you open a blank document in Microsoft Word and format the document correctly before beginning to type a paragraph? UNDERSTANDINGS: Students will understand: ·         How to do basic tasks in Microsoft Word. ·         How to type a correctly formatted paragraph. Students will know: ·         How to open a blank document in Microsoft Word. ·         How to correctly format a short paragraph. Students will be able to: ·         Open a blank document in Microsoft Word ·         Correctly format a short paragraph. STEP 2 ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE PERFORMANCE TASKS: ·         Students will open a blank document in Microsoft Word and type a correctly formatted short paragraph. OTHER EVIDENCE: ·         I will browse the classroom as students are typing to be sure they formatted their paragraphs correctly. STEP 3 LEARNING PLAN ·         Before laptops are passed out to the students, I will show them step-by-step, using the flat screen TV hooked up to a desktop computer, what they will be doing throughout this lesson. ·         I will first show the students what the Microsoft Word icon looks like and how to click on the icon to open the program. ·         When the program first opens I will be prompted to choose what type of document I would like to open so I will show them that we want to open a “blank document” and what their screen should look like once they do so. ·         I will tell them that before we start typing we need to do a few things to be sure that our papers will be formatted correctly.  The first thing we will check on the tool bar is that the font style selected is “Times New Roman.” ·         I will tell them that another option on the tool bar is to change the size of their font and for this assignment we want our font size to be “18.”  I will show them where this option is on the tool bar and select it. ·         I will tell them there is one last step we will do before beginning to type and that is to indent the first line by pushing the “Tab” key once, just like we do with the first line of a paragraph when we are writing. ·         After I push the “Tab” key once, I will show them what their short paragraph should look like after typing a couple of lines.  This example will be kept up on the TV for them to refer to. ·         To review the steps that I just modeled, I will review the process with the students by having them help me write the steps on the white board for them to refer to. ·         I will then ask my Helper Hats to help me pass out a laptop to each student and tell them that they may begin as soon as they receive their laptop. ·         After the laptops are all passed out I will browse the classroom as the students are working to be sure that they are formatting their paragraphs correctly and to answer any questions the students have that their classmates cannot help them answer. ·         When students start finishing up I will show them how to close the Microsoft Word program, ask them to close their laptops, and ask the Helper Hats to help me put the laptops away.  I will also tell them that tomorrow we will be using these formatting skills that we just learned to type another piece.