BEYOND-THE-BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Name: Joshua Bradley

Grade Level: First Grade
Content Area: Language Arts
Basic Productivity Tool Used: Kidspiration
Standards Addressed: See www.georgiastandards.org
ELACC1L2: Conventions of standard English: Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
ELACC1W2: Text Types and Purposes: Write informative/explanatory texts in which
they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of
closure.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: Start out this lesson by
introducing the students to Kidspiration. Show them all the different tools they can
use, so when hey get to work on their letter, they will understand how to effectively
use the program. After explaining all the tools, as a class, form a letter to the
principle about what the students are doing in the class. Be sure to mention things
like, the greeting of a letter, introduction, body, closing sentence, and signature. Then
have the students split up into individual computers or tablets. Have the students
start to form their own letters to their parents about what they are doing in class
today. Be sure to walk around and make sure all students are on task and formatting
their letters correctly.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): This activity easily reaches a LoTi
level 3. It allows the students to learn about the program and then interact with it
themselves. To get it up at a LoTi level 4+ try changing around the letter to be more
relevant to your classroom.
Description of the sample BBPT file provided: The file attached shows a
template for the Letter t a parent activity. It gives students explicit directions for
what they need to fill in.
Other comments about your proposed BBPT Activity: This letter activity can be
changed around to incorporate whatever letter the kids need to write.