Kindergarten Spotlight

Objectives

 

Common Core State Standards:

 

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.7Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.8With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.3Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.4Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

  CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.5Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

  CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

 

Desired Outcomes for Students:

Students will learn about their environment in order to better understand other cultures and improve computer and communication skills.

 

Knowledge:

Share and exchange thoughts, data, and other information.

 

Curriculum Area (s):

• Literacy: writing and reading

• Computer

• Science

• Language

• Technology

• Math

• Social Studies

 

Skills:

• Language: Oral language skills, expressing thoughts and experiences through pictures

• Visual arts: artwork (drawings and computer images)

• Social: Getting to know and understand other cultures

• Cognitive: language and literacy and social studies

• Affective: A chance to think about future of our planet and native country, enhance understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures, foster tolerance understanding and break down cultural barriers, being an observer, sharing work and information with other students

• Feelings: Excited to begin, to learn and make new friends!

 

Essential Question:

Can daffodils and tulips grow in different parts of the world?

 

Project Monitoring

 

Benchmarks:

Develop rubrics that assess and evaluate aspects of the project, including collaboration or teamwork, presentation, data collaboration

 

Assessing the Project:

Students will be evaluated during their participation in lessons and activities. Their communication skills and new vocabulary will be monitored.

 

Evaluating the Experience:

Students will be asked what their favorite part of the project was. Their answers will be recorded on a tape, which will be sent to the partner class.

 

Final Assessment:

Students will be judged on their ability to record and share data with others. When asked to find another classes information, students will be able to tell if the class was able to grow their flowers.