Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

Lesson Idea Name: Missing Dog Treats!

Content Area: English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): First Grade

Content Standard Addressed: ELAGSE1RL3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a
story, using key details.

Technology Standard Addressed: 4. Innovative Designer: Students use a variety of technologies within a
design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. Students:
b. select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and
calculated risks.

Selected Technology Tool: bubbl.us

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☐ Level 3: Infusion ☒ Level 4: Integration
☐ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

Engagement: This lesson is engaging to students because they get the chance to create their own digital mind
map. Students are able to show off what they know about an engaging story they read in class.
Representation: Students are able to find the information they need for the mind map using physical copies
of the book, images of the book that are saved onto the computer, and digital copies of the book when
available.
Action and Expression: Students are able to choose what parts of the story they add to the mind map. They
are also able to change the colors of the mind map, place the bubbles in a way they like, and change the size
of the text.
Lesson idea implementation:
After students have already begun learning about characters, settings, and main events in stories, the teacher
will read the book King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats by Dori Hillestad Butler to the class.
The teacher will ask students questions about the characters, settings, and main events of the story. The
students will then work in pairs to create a visually pleasing mind map of the book.
While students are working the teacher will be providing support and feedback for the students. Student
learning will be assessed by how many characters, settings, and main event they add to their mind map.
These mind maps can even be uploaded to the classroom blogs to highlight the tools that students are
learning. To further expand this lesson, student can create mind maps of their favorite books or any other
book in the classroom.
Reflective Practice:
This lesson idea will engage students and help them visualize the concepts of the different parts of a story.
Students are able to read through a story and figure out where to find each of the required parts. An
extension to this lesson idea would be to have the students create a digital timeline of events from the book.

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