TPACK/SAMRACTIVITYDESIGN

Yourassignmentistodesignalesson/activitythatincorporatestheelementsofTPACK,
orSAMR,standards,andafocusonspecifictechnologythatwillhelptheclassin
meetingyourteachinggoals.
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Yourname:AndreaShoemaker
Gradelevelfortheactivity:FirstGrade
Contentarea(math,ELA,science,etc):LanguageArts
Integrationmodel(TPACKorSAMR):TPACK
Technologiesintegrated:SMARTboard,Ipads(Ifapplicable)
Activitytitle:Sequencingeventsinastoryread
Classdemographics(describeyourstudents):

FirstGraders
Alllevelsofreaders
AllEnglishspeakersexceptacoupleELLstudentswithintheclass
LanguageArtsblock,morning

Activityoverview(describetheactivity):

Studentswillbesittinginpartners,eachsetofpartnershavingtheirowncopyto
shareofAVeryHungryCaterpillar
Thestudentswillfollowalongastheteacherreadsthestoryoutloud.Thiswillbe
thesecondread.Thelessonprior,thedaybefore,theywillhavealreadyheard
thebookreadtothemonce.

TheSMARTboardwillhaveplacesfor17andpicturesofwhatishappeningin
thebook.Togetherthestudentswillplacethephotosinorder,sequencingthe
events.VolunteerswillbetakentogetstudentsuptotheSMARTboardandusing
it.
Theeventsofthestorywillbeinpicturesforthestudentstomoveintothe
placesof17tosequence,usingthetouchscreen
IfIPADSareavailable,studentswillbeabletohavethesameappthatis
ontheSMARTboardinfrontofthemontheirIpadandcanparticipatein
thesequencingactivitywhiletheteacherisconductingitontheboard.
AftertheactivityiscompletedontheSMARTboard,studentswillgetdiscusswith
theirpartnersandretellthestoryusingthesequencingactivityontheboard.
Studentswillthenswitchpartnersandretellthestoryagain,usingtheactivityas
areference.

Activitygoal(describewhattheactivitywillaccomplish):Thegoalisforthestudentsto
listenorreadatext,beabletosequencetheeventsthatarehappening,andthenbe
abletoverballyretellthestorytotheirpartners.
Standardscovered(pickfromState,CCSS,NGSS,etc):CommonCore:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.1.2

Retellstories,includingkeydetails,anddemonstrateunderstandingoftheir
centralmessageorlesson.
Procedure(describethestepsstudentswillfollow):

Studentswillentertheclassroomandgetsettled.
Studentswillsitwiththeirpartnersandfollowalongwiththestoryastheteacher
readsit.
StudentswillthenparticipateintheactivityontheSMARTboardwithvolunteers
cominguptomovethepicturesintothe17spotsinordertosequence.
Studentswillthendiscuss/retellthestory,usingtheactivityontheSMARTboard
asareference,withtheirpartner
Studentswillthenswitchpartnersandretellagain.

Assessment(describehowyouwillassessstudentunderstanding):

Inordertoassessstudentsunderstanding,theywilldrawpicturestoretellthe
story,inorder.Theywilldothisforhomework.Thisismuchlikethesequencing
activity,buttheyaredoingitontheirownforhomeworkanddrawinginsteadof
verballyretellingthestoryorwriting.Thisallowstheteachertotrulyseeifthe

studentscomprehendedsequencingandunderstoodtheorderinwhichthey
wouldretellthestory.
Drawingitallowsforthemtofeellessstressedbecausetheywon'tbeaskedto
write.

Personalreflection(discusshowtheactivityyoudesignedcoversTPACK/SAMR
principles):

ThisactivitycoverstheTPACKprinciplesforseveralreasons.Thetechnological
aspectisthatstudentsareusingtheSMARTboardandpossiblyIpads.Students
willusethesetosequenceevents.Theywillbeinteractivebygettingupand
movingtocomeuptotheboardandmovetheeventsintotheirplace.Thelesson
demonstratescontentknowledgebecausethestudentsareworkingtowards
retellingthestory,acommoncorecontentstandard.Thesequencinghelpsthem
toorganizeandthenmoreeasilyretellthestory.Lastly,thereisalotof
pedagogicalcontentontheteachersend.Itisimportanttorecognizethatpartof
thelessonrequiresstudentstoworkinpartnersandanotherportioniswhole
groupdiscussion.Additionally,studentsarereceivingdirectinstructionwhilethe
teacherisreadingthestorytothem.Thisprovidesmultiplemediumsforthe
studentstoreceivetheinstruction.Theyarealsoabletohearthestorywhile
visuallylookingatit.ThesamegoesfortheactivityontheSMARTboard.The
studentsheartheteachertalkwhilevolunteersareplacingtheeventsinorder.
Theycanvisuallyseetheeventsandheartheirteachersaythemoutloud,aswell
asthemselvesandtheirpeerswhentheypartneruptoretell.Thesedifferent
mediumsofteachingandincorporatingthetechnologyensuresthatmore
studentsareabletounderstandandgainfromthematerial.
Thetechnologysupplementsthecontentandsupportsthestudentslearningof
thematerial.Itdoesnottakeawayordistractbecausetheactivitywillbe
designedtogorightwiththelessonandenhancetheiroverallunderstandingand
organizationofevents.
ThislessonusestheTPACKprinciplesinordertoimprovelearning.