Teacher's Edition

Seasonal Sentences Word Processing

Overview

In this lesson, students use word processing skills to edit sentences about the seasons. Students replace text, copy and paste words into a table, and change font color. They also search for and add clip art to illustrate each season.

TEKS Addressed

Technology Applications   Grades  K-2   10B  11A  1A  1B  1C  2A  2C  2D  2E  3A  4A  4B  5A  5B  6A  6B  7B 
English   Grade  2   2.14A  2.15C  2.17B  2.18E 
Science   Grade  2   2.7D 

Grade 2

• Complete sentences about seasons
• Double-click to select text
• Select and change font color
• Use the Undo command
• Copy and paste text
• Use punctuation, capitalization, and word-spacing skills
• Use the Delete or Backspace key to edit sentences
• Find, insert, move, and resize clip art
• Use adjectives to complete a sentence
• Print work
• Use online help
• Understand and comply with Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
• Use vocabulary appropriately

• Familiarity with seasons
• Beginning keyboarding skills
• Experience writing complete sentences
• Familiarity with adjectives

Two 45-minute class periods

• Word processing software
• Color printer
• Large-screen display (optional)

• Preview the student lesson, Helpful Tips, and template.
• Use the Print button to print the student lesson. Make photocopies of At the Computer to post at computers.
• You may wish to turn off the grammar checker, if available.
• Post a word bank of weather adjectives at each computer.
• Go to the following Web sites to collect additional clip art for this lesson. Save it in your word processing program's clip art file. Check the Web sites for details regarding copyright and terms-of-use information. If you find clip art at another site, check for permission and terms of use.
  Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery
  Barry's Clipart
• Open the template and save it for students. See Help for tips on working with templates. Choose an application:
  Seasons Microsoft Word template
  Seasons AppleWorks template
• View these Helpful Tips:
  Add to Clip Art Gallery
  Add to Clippings
• View this Tutorial:
  Word Processing Tutorial

You can find definitions for technology terms in the Glossary. Students can access the Glossary from the Connected Tech home page.

Content: adjective, fall, season, sentence, spring, summer, weather, winter

Technology: Backspace, clip art, copy and paste, delete, font, insert, keyword, move, open, print, replace text, resize, save, search, template, undo

Procedure

Part A — Online and Offline, Whole Class

Part B — Online, Whole Class

Part C — Online, Individuals

• Keep Going! If time allows, have students open a new document and type sentences about their favorite seasons. Students can write about what activities they do in each season and why they enjoy that time of year.
• Have students use draw and paint software to create pictures of a season. The finished product should illustrate the adjectives that were included in the students' season sentences.

Science: Students can do a similar lesson illustrating food groups. Students can add the names and pictures of foods in the table and complete sentences about the food groups.

English-Language Learners: English-language learners benefit from verbal interaction in low-anxiety, casual situations (such as in small groups, not in front of the whole class). Simple lesson accommodations can help English-language learning students be successful. Break down a task into its constituent parts. Modify assignments for students who are still at early stages of English language acquisition. Make sure all learners can find key words and phrases and main ideas. Make sure that all students understand key technology vocabulary words. Explain terms clearly and avoid using idioms or slang. Assessment can be adapted for ELL students. For example, you might read assessment questions aloud or have students draw pictures instead of answering in words.

Special Needs: Depending on the special needs of individual learners, you may want to reinforce new vocabulary prior to work on the computer, model tasks, simplify lesson outcomes, or modify tasks for students with fine motor problems. Adaptive technology such as touch screen computers, modified keyboards, or other input devices may be available as part of a student's Individualized Educational Program (IEP). For students with visual needs, use adaptive devices that magnify a computer screen or programs that allow the print size to be modified. In some situations, it may be appropriate to tape record a student's ideas and have someone else assist with writing them down or to accept the tape as the assignment. Because the modification can be so specific to individual students, specialists at the building or district level should be consulted to ensure the most effective approaches to meeting individual needs.

Gifted: For gifted students and those who have mastered the skills targeted in the lesson, consider expanding the selection of suggested reading or research or offering open-ended tasks that allow them to demonstrate skills outside the focus of the lesson. Because the modification can be so specific to individual students, specialists at the building or district level should be consulted to ensure the most effective approaches to meeting individual needs.

Assessment

Use the following checklist to assess learning as you observe students working or as you evaluate their completed work. Go to Find Resources to browse for quizzes and checklists to use after students have had several experiences using the technology.

• Student completes sentences about seasons.
• Student double-clicks to select text.
• Student selects text and changes font color.
• Student uses the Undo command.
• Student copies and pastes text.
• Student uses punctuation, capitalization, and word-spacing skills.
• Student uses the Delete or Backspace key to edit sentences.
• Student finds, inserts, moves, and resizes clip art.
• Student uses adjectives to complete a sentence.
• Student prints work.
• Student uses online help.
• Student understands and complies with Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
• Student uses vocabulary appropriately.

Standards

Highlighted standards are in the TAKS test. This lesson addresses the following:

Technology Applications Grades K-2 Communication Formats digital information for appropriate and effective communication.   10B Use font attributes, color, white space, and graphics to ensure that products are appropriate for the communication media including multimedia screen displays and print material Delivers the product electronically in a variety of media, with appropriate supervision.   11A Publish information in a variety of media including, but not limited to, printed copy or monitor display Foundations Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs, and their connections.   1A Use technology terminology appropriate to the task   1B Start and exit programs as well as create, name, and save files   1C Use networking terminology such as on-line, network, or password and access remote equipment on a network such as a printer Uses data input skills appropriate to the task.   2A Use a variety of input devices such as mouse, keyboard, disk drive, modem, voice/sound recorder, scanner, digital video, CD-ROM, or touch screen   2C Demonstrate touch keyboarding techniques for operating the alphabetic, numeric, punctuation, and symbol keys as grade-level appropriate   2D Produce documents at the keyboard, proofread, and correct errors   2E Use language skills including capitalization, punctuation, spelling, word division, and use of numbers and symbols as grade-level appropriate Complies with laws and examines issues regarding use of technology in society.   3A Follow acceptable use policies when using computers Information Acquisition Uses a variety of strategies to acquire information from electronic resources, with appropriate supervision.   4A Apply keyword searches to acquire information   4B Select appropriate strategies to navigate and access information for research and resource sharing Acquires electronic information in variety of formats, with appropriate supervision.   5A Acquire information including text, audio, video, and graphics   5B Use on-line help Evaluates acquired electronic information.   6A Determine the success of strategies used to acquire electronic information   6B Determine usefulness and appropriateness of digital information Solving Problems Uses appropriate computer-based productivity tools to create and modify solutions to problems.   7B Use appropriate software including the use of word processing and multimedia, to express ideas and solve problems

English   Grade 2 2.14 Writing/purposes A write to record ideas and reflections (K-3) 2.15 Writing/penmanship/capitalization/punctuation C use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly such as capitalizing names and first letters in sentences, using periods, question marks, and exclamation points (1-2) 2.17 Writing/grammar/usage B compose complete sentences in written texts and use the appropriate end punctuation (1-2) 2.18 Writing/writing processes E use available technology for aspects of writing, including word processing, spell checking, and printing (2-3) Science   Grade 2 2.7 Science concepts D Observe, measure, and record changes in weather, the night sky, and seasons