Sunday, June 7, 2015

4-5 LS1A
Plants and animals can be sorted according to their structures and behaviors.
With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
TTL1: 1.1.1
Generate ideas and create original works for personal and group expression using a variety of digital tools.

In my 4th grade introductory lesson I would integrate Science, technology, and writing (ELA). Students will learn how animals are grouped, based upon their structure. This 1 week lesson would allow for students to study animals with backbones (vertebrates) and without backbones (invertebrates). During the Science aspect, students will perform labs to investigate multiple species of animals and how their structures differ and analyze why. Students will learn the differences amongst different subgroups of animals within the two major groups: vertebrates and invertebrates.

As part of the activity for this lesson, students will create and publish a music video using iMovie. The ELA aspect of this lesson will require students to collaborate within groups to produce a song to represent the differences between the two major groups of animals. Using their knowledge gained from their Science lesson, students will write a 1-minute song highlighting key ideas of the two groups.


Once their song has been written and verified for correctness by the teacher, the students will record their song. Students will use digital tools, ie. cell phone recording app, iMovie, internet, to produce their music video. With guidance from the teacher, their song will be uploaded in the iMovie application, and students will edit and trim song while importing images as a background to their song to visually illustrate their piece. Once their music video has been completed, they will publish their video to the school’s website and share during an in class presentation.

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