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Lesson Idea

Lesson Idea Name: Living vs nonliving

Grade Level/Content Area: K-3
Content Standard Addressed: SKL1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about
how organisms (alive and not alive) and non-living objects are grouped.
ISTE Technology Standard Addressed:  What would you like students to know and
ISTE Standard 1.6 Creative be able to do by the end of this lesson:
Communicator: Students communicate
clearly and express themselves creatively Students should be able to determine the
for a variety of purposes using the difference between living and nonliving
platforms, tools, styles, formats, and things. Students should also be able to
digital media appropriate to their goals. answer questions about what makes
something living and what makes something
non-living. Students will be able to place
things in non-living verse living categories
based on which one they belong in. Through
this lesson students will be having to
evaluate things and answer questions about
living things vs non-living things.
Students will be able to create their own
story based on the lesson using powerpoint.
What is the student learning goal for this lesson idea?
Students should be able to express creatively what they learned about living vs. non-living
things. Students should be able to communicate what they know about living verse non-living
things.
Through this lesson students will be given many kinds of learning opportunities to develop an
understanding about living verse non- living things.

Selected Instructional Software Tool: Microsoft PowerPoint

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

✓ Remembering ✓ Understanding ✓ Applying ✓ Analyzing ✓ Evaluating ✓ Creating

How will this lesson be implemented? Check all that apply.

✓ Teacher-directed: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided by the
teacher's direction and expectations.
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✓ Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the topic for
presentation and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. Products of
learning will be uniquely designed. Teacher simply facilitates the learning in a lesson like this.

☐ Project-based and/or Publishable: Students are completing projects to demonstrate their learning
and the projects can be shared outside of the classroom. This objective could be reached by
displaying the project on the school’s morning newscast, posting the project to the classroom
blog, presenting it to another class, or publishing it via an outside source.

Lesson idea implementation:

I will introduce to the students what we will be learning, and we go over our wonderings as a
class about what we will learn about in this lesson. Then I will play the e-book I created
because it is a great way to keep students engaged and attracts all learning styles. The whole
class will listen to the book, and we pause after each page and talk about the page before
continuing onto the next. Then after reading the whole book, I will ask students some
questions as a whole group about living verse non-living things. I will ask students to go to
their desk and get out the journals and come up with examples of living and non-living things
on their own. After the students have come up with examples on their own the students will
write a story with facts about living verse non-living which will also include their own
examples. The students will use power point to create their own book based off what they
put in their journal. Students will then have the opportunity to share to the class about their
story about living verus non-living. Students will then come to the carpet, and I will open the
floor to likes, wishes, and dislikes about the lesson. As teachers it is super important to get
feedback from your students to better your future lessons.

Managing engagement: Describe a way to use this technology in a way that gets students
actively involved in authentic tasks and contexts?
The e-book I created that we will be using throughout the lesson attracts all learning styles.
Students will be able to sit on the carpet and listen to the audio or read it themselves. It has
pictures and it is full of color. Students will be shown this story at the beginning of the lesson
getting them super excited to learn more. It will only take up a short amount of time. This
focuses on the learning goals because it is creatively teaching them about the difference
between living verse non-living things. Students will be super excited to create their own
story because they get to make their own decisions and be creative in their own way. I will be
walking around answering questions as needed so I will always be there to help students. I
will make sure students are on topic and following the directions given to them.
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Using visual, aural, and kinesthetic modalities, this
course serves all children. As a result of this, each student's method of learning is
encouraged, which supports and improves the learning experience for kids in the classroom.
The UDL tool "Engagement" is supported by Microsoft PowerPoint because it allows you to
work at the highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy, creating.

Reflecting on enhanced learning:

I feel as the activities I created for my students will be a great way to hit on all learning styles
and bring a creative way to learning. Students love making their own decisions and that’s why
I chose an activity that allowed them to express themselves and be creative in showing what
they learned. I look forward to implementing the e-book because it is a great way to bring get
students excited about the lesson. It is fun, creative, colorful, and hits on all learning styles. I
think my students will really enjoy the e-book and want to create one in the future.