Basic Productivity Tools (BPT)

Lesson Idea Name: Count the Spaces: One, Two, Three

Content Area/Grade(s): Kindergarten
Content Standard Summarized: Students will be able to understand basic features of a sentence. Students
will be able to identify how many words are in the sentences by counting spaces and will be able to create
sentences with multiple words.
Technology Standard Addressed: Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the
desired objectives of their creation or communication.

Selected Technology Tool: Microsoft PowerPoint

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

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

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

Levels of Technology Integration:

☐ Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice or Choice”
during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

☒ Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is student-
driven. Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and determining the
technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. All products of learning are unique and
personalized. The teacher becomes more of a facilitator walking around monitoring the student-led
activity.
☐ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student work and
promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

 To make sure all learners are engaged I would make a list of topics that interest everyone and allow
them to pick their own topics to write sentences about. The topics would be simple like colors,
shapes, or animals. If one topic is picked more than once, that is fine so learners can choose for
themselves. Since this is a technology project, I would allow students to work with one other partner
if they would like so hopefully they could learn together or even from each other.
 This lesson includes engagement because it is hands on and creating something of their own. They
are able to express themselves personal by picking their own topics as well as the pictures they will
insert. The book example is presented in two ways. The book will be shown on screen and recording
will be playing, I will also print book out and leave out for an example.

Lesson idea implementation:

To begin this lesson I will discuss that when writing a sentence you must include spaces between each
word. I will write the same sentence twice on the whiteboard, one with spaces and one without. I will
ask the students if they see the difference. I will speak with them that we are going to use PowerPoint
to make books. I will explain that each person or group will have to make 3 sentences about their
topic. Each sentence will have to be made of a different numbers of words, ranging from 3 to 7.
Learners will need to include at least 2 pictures of topic whether drawn or found in clipart on
PowerPoint. (I would use clip as a precaution to make sure nothing unseemly comes onto the
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computer screen.) In order to advance this learning I may ask children who are ready to try and
include different types of punctuation in their sentence choices instead of just a period every time. I
would make note that all students need to be aware they can ask for help at any point during the
assignment, whether for spelling, typing, technology issues, or etc.

Reflective Practice: I believe this lesson would be good to share with parents to show what students are
working on and what they came up with. I think it would be great to print all books and have learners present
them to class. I would also leave said books out for children to read when wanted or I can read if we are
discussing topic that was in a book. I feel this lesson impacts student learning on a way that encourages using
their skills to become an author. It gives them the power of their own topic and storyline.

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