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Contents
My Favorite Animal
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Curriculum Areas
Addressed
Curriculum
Competency
Objectives
Technology
Performance
Objectives
Prerequisite Content
Knowledge & Skills
Prerequisite

My Favorite Animal
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Rebecca Mattison

Curriculum Areas Addressed

Common Core Writing Standards
Common Core Technology Standards Related to Writing

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Curriculum Competency Objectives

o CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2-Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts
about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
o 1. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a
reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about
the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .).
o 2. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which
they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
o 3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked
events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

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Technology Performance Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will have the ability to use the
internet to do basic research about a topic. (Favorite animal). Students
will also be required to do an image search and will learn to copy and
paste their desired images to a word document. The assignment will
allow the kids to learn how to type, print, and save a document using
word processing software.
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Prerequisite Content Knowledge &

Skills
Before the lesson, Students must be able to form a
personal opinion about what their favorite animal is. They
must also have knowledge of how to form complete
sentences.

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Prerequisite Computer Knowledge &

Skills
In order to complete this assignment, students must
have prior knowledge about searching the internet
Students must also have prior knowledge about how to
type a document using Microsoft word

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Internet Resource
http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals - Website that
students may use to collect research about their
favorite a

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