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Me and My World

Me and My World. A 3-D project for Grade One and Beyond By Glenda MacPhee Hazel M Kellington Beautiful Plains School Division gmacphee@bpsd.mb.ca. Outcomes and rationale. Social Studies I Belong – explore identity, family

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Me and My World

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  1. Me and My World A 3-D project for Grade One and Beyond By Glenda MacPhee Hazel M Kellington Beautiful Plains School Division gmacphee@bpsd.mb.ca

  2. Outcomes and rationale • Social Studies • I Belong – explore identity, family • Connecting with others – rights and responsibilities, rules and conflict solutions • My Environment – community, natural environment and landmarks, distinguish between needs and wants

  3. Social Studies Cluster Titles

  4. Outcomes and rationale • Information and Communication Technology (ICT) • PLAN AND QUESTION • follows and revises plans • GATHER AND MAKE SENSE • edits electronic work according to established criteria, conventions, and/or standards • finds and collects information • COMMUNICATE • displays and/or discusses and adjusts electronic work • REFLECTS • invites and shares constructive feedback, related to established criteria, to reflect on using ICT to learn

  5. Prerequisites and Developing skills • Copy/paste commands • Basic writing skills using templates as with community places • Inserting files and photos • Basic filing skills, save, locate, • Various computer programs

  6. The Project • 3-D cube created in layers • Used a variety of technology to create • Word • Photos • Power point • SMART Notebook • Web tools – wordle, acrostic • Layers produced at end of units with final completion at end of year

  7. Other Possibilities • Novel studies • Science – classifications of animals • Special Events • Autobiographies • Social Studies countries/communities • EAL • ?

  8. The Process • One layer created towards the end of unit or each term. • Specific computer skills are taught within context as needed. • Kid experts begin to teach others. • Some teacher compiling may be necessary at some points.

  9. WORD • WORD in table format • Font size adapted to ability of the writer so that all had a near full page • Editing completed depending on ability level and time constraints Term 3 Term 2 Term 1

  10. SMART Notebook • Prepare SMART Notebook page • Whole Group Interview each student • Write about a school leader (partner activity) • Export as image file (jpeg) Term 2 Term 1 Photo File Interview File

  11. Power Point Slide • Prepare a power point slide to copy. Tour of Neepawa Animal inserts Template

  12. Additional Details Prepare WORDLE page (web tool) Use print screen command. Crop image to fit box dimensions http://www.wordle.net/create

  13. Other Possibilities • an acrostic page (web tool) Working view Ready to print view Use print screen command to copy into WORD document. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

  14. Acrostic

  15. Preparing Actual Box • Use four 12x12 inch scrapbooking sheets • Cut to form one of each • 27cmx27cm with 9x9cm squares cut out • 29x29cm with 9.5cm squares cut out • 12x12 with cuts at 10cm but nothing removed • Lid folded 12x12 instructions

  16. Links and other Resources • Acrostic:http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic • Wordle (word splash) http://www.wordle.net/create • Smart Notebookhttp://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/Admin+tools/AdminToolsNB.htm • Origami box http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-box.html(great video) and printable version • Book: We Are All Born Free Amnesty International A wonderful kid version of basic human rights. • http://www.hmk.bpsd.mb.ca/macphee/index.htm • or email gmacphee@bpsd.mb.ca

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