Instructional Software

Lesson Idea Name: Book Riot!

Content Area: ELA
Grade Level(s): 3rd

Content Standard Addressed:

ELAGSE2W1: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about,
state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also)
to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Technology Standard Addressed: 3 – Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool: BrainPop

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/blogs/

Type of Instructional Software:

☐ Drill and Practice ☒ Tutorial ☐ Simulation ☐ Instructional Game ☐ e-books/e-

references

Features of this software (check all that apply):

☒ Assessment Monitoring/Reporting
☐ Allows teacher to create customized lessons for students
☐ Multi-user or collaborative functions with others in the class
☐ Multi-user or collaborative with others outside the class
☒ Accessible to students beyond the school day
☒ Accessible via mobile devices
☒ Multiple languages
☒ Safety, security and/or privacy features

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):

BrainPop, as a tutorial site, supports UDL in the following ways:
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 Audio and Visual components of the video support auditory and visual learners.
 ELL students can access the Spanish or French version of the assigned video.
 Students with learning disabilities can easily watch the video as many times as needed to
support the understanding of the content being covered.

Lesson idea implementation:

The teacher will ask students if they have ever read a blog, as students share their responses create a
list of blogs on the whiteboard. The teacher will share some different types of blogs with the class and
discuss their features. The students will then watch a BrainPop video about blogs, pausing as new
terms are introduced in the video to turn and talk to their neighbors, at the end of the video the class
will have a whole-group discussion. The teacher will then explain that the class is going to be creating
a reading blog as a way to share the books we have read. Students then work together to create a post
on the blog for books they have read together as a class. Students will be allowed to choose from a list
of books that they have read in the class and divided into groups of three or four based on their
selected book.

Each group will need to complete a book review graphic organizer and address these components, the
title of the book, the author, genre of book, one to two interesting facts they liked about the book,
their opinion of the book, three supporting reasons, and who they would recommend the book to.
Students will use pencil and paper to write a rough draft of their book review. The book review rough
drafts are peer edited and then the students’ type and post the final draft to the classroom blog. The
students will read and comment on at least two of their peer's reviews. Rubric, graphic organizers and
checklists will be used to support the students as they write their book reviews.

Reflective Practice: To extend this lesson to a higher LOTI level, students would have the
opportunity to talk with a credible book blogger to discuss the importance of opinions and how we
can use reasoning to help persuade our audience.

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