Basic Productivity Presentation Tool

Lesson Idea

Lesson Idea Name: Personal Budget eBook Creation

Grade Level/Content Area: 4th Grade Social Studies
Content Standard Addressed: SS4E2: Identify the elements of a personal budget (income,
expenditures, and saving) and explain why personal spending and saving decisions are
important.
ISTE Technology Standard Addressed:  What would you like students to know and
Creative Communicator - Element 1.6b be able to do by the end of this lesson:
Students create original works or responsibly
repurpose or remix digital resources into new Students will be able to identify the parts of a
creations. personal budget, and how saving and
spending correlate to each other.

What is the student learning goal for this lesson idea?

Students will be able to identify and explain the elements of personal budget, utilizing the
creation of an eBook to create a story surrounding the topic.

Selected Basic Productivity Tool: Microsoft PowerPoint

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

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

X Remembering X Understanding X Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating X Creating

How will this lesson be implemented? Check all that apply.

☐ Teacher-directed: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided by the
teacher's direction and expectations.

☐ Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the topic for
presentation and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. Products of
learning will be uniquely designed. Teacher simply facilitates the learning in a lesson like this.

X Project-based and/or Publishable: Students are completing projects to demonstrate their learning
and the projects can be shared outside of the classroom. This objective could be reached by
displaying the project on the school’s morning newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog,
presenting it to another class, or publishing it via an outside source.

Lesson idea implementation:

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Lesson Idea

Students will be taught the elements of a personal budget through a teacher-led lesson, then
shown an example of an eBook created by the teacher about the topic. Students will then
make their own story about the personal budget, and be given creative freedom to tell the
content as they wish. Feedback will be given by the teacher to students during the
brainstorming phase, creation of the eBook, and when the final product is done. Students will
be encouraged to share their book with the class if they would like to in a class watch party to
conclude the lesson.

Managing the technology/engagement: Describe a way to use this technology in a way that
gets students actively involved in authentic tasks and contexts? How will you manage the
classroom behaviors on the technology:

“Ask 3, Then Me” will be implemented with questions students might have, so they ask
their peers first, allowing me to be more proactive with teaching, as well as harboring
communication skills between students.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

This lesson supports two parts of UDL. It supports engagement by giving students creative
control and freedom to approach the eBook lesson how they wish, and supports action and
expression by the software used having multiple ways for students to format and design their
eBook how they see fit.

Reflecting on enhanced learning:

By giving creative freedom and free expression to students to present the topics as they wish,
engagement within the students will be higher, as they look forward to making the eBook
however they see, whether with a comedic spin or a very serious tone. This makes the usually
dull subject more fun and appealing, and more likely for the lesson to stick with students
afterwards.