FCSU Technology Integration Lesson Plans Grades 5 - 6 Click on the link associated with each of the descriptions below to read the entire lesson and look at examples. To search for lessons by Technology GCE, Content GCE or Standards, or other characteristics click here.

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Math

Data About Us Investigation #1 - Students will organize and collect data about the number of letters in their names. Lead a discussion about whether there is a typical name length. Also, students will learn how to create a table to display information.

Interpreting Graphs 1.2 – Data About Us - This problem reviews or teaches students about line plots and bar graphs and relates the structures of these two types of graphs. Research has shown that students do not automatically “translate across representations “ – they may not initially view the line plot and the bar graph as comparable representations and may not recognize when a line plot and a bar graph display identical information. This problem provides an opportunity for you to assess and reinforce students’ understanding

Science - No lesson plans at this time.

Reading - No lesson plans at this time.

Language Arts

Top Ten Traits To Know About Me - This activity is an icebreaker activity well suited to the first days of school, a get to know each other activity. Students will use technology to create a poster of the ten most important personality traits that they feel the staff and other students need to know about themselves. Posters will be published in the classroom and hallways. Always remind students to protect their privacy (i.e.; Don’t publish traits about themselves that they don’t want to be public). This is a great activity to have completed before an autumn Open House or parent conferences.

Social Studies

Interactive Map – Vermont Geography Presentations - Students will create an interactive map using a drawing program and a spreadsheet. The map will allow the students to present information they discovered during research in an interesting, interactive method.

Provinces of Canada - Students will take on the role of tourism marketers to promote one province of Canada. Each student will research their province, create a brochure displaying the province’s most interesting features, and give a short oral presentation to the class that will entice people to want to visit this province.

Unified Arts

Art - Digital Photo Manipulation Lesson - Using Microsoft PhotoDraw, students will manipulate a photograph of themselves to create a distorted version of the photo. This manipulated photo could be used in a later lesson. (The students could try to recreate what they see in the distorted version in the art room by using charcoal, paint, colored pencil etc.)

Art - Artist Study Fact Sheet - The purpose of this lesson is not to teach students how to use the PowerPoint program, but to use their prior knowledge of this program to add to an art history lesson, and to create an interactive, fun way for students to work with information on famous artists!! Using Microsoft PowerPoint students will create individual fact cards based on a famous artist from the past or present. The Fact card will allow students to display an example of the artist’s work, and information discovered during research of that artist. This is a fun and interactive way for students to become more familiar with a masterpiece and its maker. The student’s fact cards can be put together to create a resource book of famous artists as well as a slide show for all to view.

Art - Microsft Paint Artist Study - Using Microsoft Paint, students will create a drawing in the style of a particular artist (Joan Miro). Creating this drawing will allow student to express themselves while exploring the style and techniques used by a particular artist (Miro = repeated colors, designs, shapes, lines etc.)

Music - Rondo Power Point ala Beethoven (or Any Other Composer) - This could be the final activity for a unit on Beethoven. Students will demonstrate their understanding of “rondo” form through the use of a Power Point presentation. They will also research on selected websites facts about the composer and include them in the presentation

Music - Composition in Rondo Form - Students will compose in rondo form.

PE - Personal Best – Goal Setting/Fitness Journal -Students will be creating an electronic journal that emphasizes goal setting in relation to their results from their recent fitness testing scores. The journal will allow them to develop a personal fitness plan and track their progress by entering their data into a table and viewing a bar graph.

Digital Camera's to Analyze Movement Performance - Students will be using a digital camera to capture a video clip of a partner's movement performance. Students will then import their video into the computer for analysis. Students will look at how they can improve their skill technique.

Other

Guidance - Top Ten Traits To Know About Me - This activity is an icebreaker activity well suited to the first days of school, a get to know each other activity. Students will use technology to create a poster of the ten most important personality traits that they feel the staff and other students need to know about themselves. Posters will be published in the classroom and hallways. Always remind students to protect their privacy (i.e.; Don’t publish traits about themselves that they don’t want to be public). This is a great activity to have completed before an autumn Open House or parent conferences.

 

The lesson plans included here were created by the following FCSU teachers in August of 2005.