Teacher: Landa Uffelman

Date:

12/1/2015

Subject: Noun Word Cloud

Grade: 2nd

Goals/Objectives/Standards:
NETS

3a. Use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote
creativity.
3b. Use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced
models, preparing publications, and producing other creative works.

Timeline/structure of lesson:
Time
30 mins

Opening/Framing the
Lesson/Introduction/Early Assessment
Lesson Introduction and material presentation:
The teacher will read a story to the class
during their daily reading time. The teacher
will then talk to the class about nouns and find
nouns on the first page. The teacher will then

Monitor/Feedback
Short discussion on how to
identify nouns.
Model word cloud with
Wordle.

show students how to make a word cloud on

Wordle. The end goal is to have students
create a word cloud with nouns from the story.
The Lesson Structure: Activities
Students will work in groups of three to create
40 mins

a word cloud. First, each group will have a copy

of the story. The students will go through the
book and find as many nouns as they can. The
students will then enter the nouns into Wordle
and create a noun word cloud.

Closing/Assessment
When the students are finished, they will present
their word cloud with the projector in the front of
the room.

Observe project creation

Homework
None

Self and Peer Evaluation of the Lesson

Brief discussion with the class about working in groups and using Wordle.

Resources/Materials
Computers with internet access
Copies of story read that day (enough for each group to have one)
Paper
Pencil