Is That a Bird in Your Hat?

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Is That a Bird in Your Hat?

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After learning about the adaptations that animals need for survival, students imagine that they find an injured bird. They create a clay bird and nest to stimulate creative writing. The lesson includes an integrated week-long art, science, and writing activity.

Education Levels:

1, 2, Kindergarten

Subject:

Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Birds, Creative writing, Survival, Narrative writing

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Elisabeth Coogle

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/LA.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 2: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.

The student uses basic computer skills for writing, such as basic word-processing techniques such as keying words, copying, cutting, and pasting; using e-mail; and accessing and using basic educational software for writing.

1. uses basic word processing skills and basic educational software for writing (including but not limited to proofreading, using appropriate fonts and graphics, using technology to 'publish' writing)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student makes a plan for writing that includes a central idea and related ideas.

2. makes a plan before writing the first draft (for example, drawing pictures, using graphic organizers)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand F: Processes of Life

Standard 1: The student describes patterns of structure and function in living things.

Benchmark SC.F.1.1.4: The student understands that structures of living things are adapted to their function in specific environments.

Second
1. understands that structures of living things are adapted to their function in specific environments

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student produces final simple documents that have been edited for

correct spelling;
appropriate end punctuation;
correct capitalization of initial words, "I," and names of people;
correct sentence structure;
and correct usage of age-appropriate verb/subject and noun/pronoun agreement.

2. uses references to edit writing (for example, word lists, dictionaries, charts)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student drafts and revises simple sentences and passages, stories, letters, and simple explanations that:

express ideas clearly;
show an awareness of topic and audience;
have a beginning, middle, and ending;
effectively use common words;
have supporting detail;
and are in legible printing.

7. evaluates own and other's writing (for example, determining how own writing achieves its purposes, asking questions, making comments, responding constructively to other's comments, helping classmates apply conventions)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student produces final simple documents that have been edited for

correct spelling;
appropriate end punctuation;
correct capitalization of initial words, "I," and names of people;
correct sentence structure;
and correct usage of age-appropriate verb/subject and noun/pronoun agreement.

6. uses strategies to "finish" a piece of writing (for example, incorporating illustrations, photos, charts, and graphs; preparing a final copy)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student drafts and revises simple sentences and passages, stories, letters, and simple explanations that:

express ideas clearly;
show an awareness of topic and audience;
have a beginning, middle, and ending;
effectively use common words;
have supporting detail;
and are in legible printing.

8. revises writing to improve supporting details and word choice by adding or substituting text

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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