(#10) Second Grade Word Discovery

Word Discovery in "Fun With Dick and Jane"

Standard 7:

Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Reading Literature (RL.2.7)
Use information gained form the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

I.       Word Detective

The purpose of this activity is to help second graders with vocabulary.

A.    TSW will discover new words in a book and create a three section diagram.

1.    Antonym-Synonym Tic-Tac-Toe

a.    First, TTW give a lesson on synonyms and antonyms.  Next, TTW choose a word with many different meanings and write it on top of the Tic-Tac-Toe board.

b.    The "X" player will choose a space to mark his/her letter along with a synonym.  The "O" player will do the same, but instead use an antonym.  The game will continue until one player has three in a row.

B.    TSW will write what he/she thinks the word means, look it up in a dictionary or on the Internet, and then write the actual definition of the word.

II.     Lotoria Board Game

The purpose of this game is to help second graders with their vocabulary.

A.    This board game is similar to Bingo.  Each player has a board with sixteen images.  The caller will select a card and either announce it or give a clue to what it is.

B.    The player who contains the image will mark it with a bean.  The first person to get four in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row or all four corners wins the game.

III.    Practice Language Skills With a Dance Map

The purpose of this activity is to help second graders with vocabulary.

A.    TSW draw "What" and "How" on a piece of paper.  The "What" section contains eight different movements and the "How" is eight adjectives that describe how to do the movements. 

B.    TTW help the student put his movements in pairs.  He/She now can create his/her own dance.  To make sure the student is learning, discuss how movements may be similar or different.

IV.    Read Out Loud

The purpose of this activity is to help second graders with fluency.

A.    TSW will read a sentence from "Fun With Dick and Jane" while TT records him/her. 

B.    TT will ask the TS if his reading was smooth, choppy, or robotic.  TT will record TS once again and they will both discuss what improved and what needs work.

V.     Write Your Own Tall Tale

The purpose of this exercise is to help second graders with comprehension.

A.    TTW invite the student to unleash his/her imagination and then talk about the importance of setting and how one's region can greatly impact his/her tale. 

B.    Let the student begin his/her story in their hometown and then drift into another setting.  Watch as new tall tale heroes are born.  Let the students draw pictures to accompany their stories.  

lookstoogoodtobetrue Test Results

Test 1:

Are You an Unwitting Accomplice in Crime?	Yes	No
Do you chat online or visit chat rooms?
Have you received gifts from someone you met online?
Have you received packages to hold or ship to someone you met on the Internet?
Have you given your address or birth date to a friend or employer you met online?
Have you been asked to cash checks or money orders and wire transfer money to help your friend or employer?
Are you looking for a job that allows you to work from home?

I am low risk because I have given my birth date to a friend online.


Test 2:

Authentic or Counterfeit?	Yes	No
Do you advertise items on classified Internet websites or in newspapers?
Do you accept payments via cashier's check and/or money order?
Would you agree to receive cashier's checks/money orders that are written for an amount in excess of the asking price?
Have you been asked to keep what you are owed for the item and wire the difference to an associate of the buyer?
Do you have the authenticity of the cashier's check/money order verified through your financial institution?
Are there several names and addresses associated with the transaction?

I am low risk because I do accept cashier's check or money orders and because I have the authenticity of them verified through my bank.


Test 3:

Are You at Risk to be Scammed Through an Internet Auction?	Yes	No
Do you research feedback prior to completing purchases?
Do you do business with sellers/buyers from other countries?
Do you conduct transactions outside of the auction website?
Do you receive/make payments by a specified escrow website identified by the seller/buyer?
Do you conform to the seller's/buyer's wishes to use a unique escrow payment system identified by the seller/buyer?
Are several different names and addresses associated with the transaction?

I am low risk because I am an ebay shopper and love to purchase items from China and Hong Kong.

Malware Analysis: Drive-By Download'

I've just finished looking at Cory's video and he is a life saver.  He gave a lot of much needed information on how to keep your computer clean and how easy it is for other's to simply infect it.  I thought I knew the basics on computer safety, but after watching this video I am a lot more informed.

My mom just recently bought my dad the new HP Windows 8 laptop.  His previous laptop was slow and he often made remarks about other people tapping into it.  My mom and I laughed it off and thought why would anyone want to tamper with his belongings.  Now that I too have a more up to date laptop, I know a bit more about computer safety and precautionary measures.  I wish I would have known all of this a few years ago, though.  Fortunately my dad's previous laptop only had to be cleaned; no virus or suspicious activity was found.  Now I can go back and teach my dad how to look for suspicious activity and how to keep his antivirus and other security systems up to date.  I too will do the same.

'Safe Practices for Life Online'

Here are my answers to the questions given:

1.) Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
2.) Considering the fact that children have killed themselves due to cyberbullying, I agree with the consequences given to students who do not have proper online etiquette.
3.) 'Sexting' is having sexual conversations and sending nude pictures via text messaging. 'Cramming' is when one illegally adds extra charges to another person's phone bill.  'Trojan Horse' is a program that breaks into a computer's security system and causes damages.  'Phishing' is when fake companies defraud people's online financial accounts.  'Spyware' is software that allows a user to use their hard drive to transmit information from someone's computer.  'Rootkit' is undetected software tools that allows people to take control of someone else's computer.  'Zombie' is a computer being used by another to send spam and illegal things to other computers.
Google.23Sept.2013.
4.) These screen names are not appropriate because they are not professional
5.) These screen names give too much private and unnecessary information to the public.
6.) They all provide their age and/or reference to if they are a child or adult.
7.) Although I think that KeKe1995 is temporarily appropriate, all of the name choices are poor because they still provide too much private and unnecessary information to the public.
8.) jmmcmillian77@yahoo.com, klsmith@gmail.com, ccporter11@hotmail.com
9.) a.) no
     b.) no
     c.) yes
     d.) no
     e.) yes
     f.) yes
     g.) no
     h.) no
     i.) no
     j.) no
     k.) no
     l.) no
     m.) no
     n.) no
     o.) no
     p.) yes
10.) I think that the most-common reason is because students give their passwords to their friends, who then decide to use it or give it to others who use it.
I think the least-common reason is that other students see the password as the student enters it on a keyboard.

Pedagogy

My class and I were asked to give an example on how we can use the The Pedagogy Wheel V2.0.  I am not sure if I have a good understanding of the wheel, but I tried my very best.  Here is how I would use it.

First, I chose Facebook IPad App to use.  Besides Google, it is very popular, fun, and easy to learn at the same time.  Because Facebook is a social network, it seems that all or most of the listed activities would be considered 'social networking,' so I will be a bit specific.  I will use Journaling and Commenting as my activities.  The action verbs that best fits my activities are describe, summarize, paraphrase, explain, compare, identify, classify, exemplify, interpret, and expand.

The Remembering/ Understanding section of the wheel is where I design a learning outcome.
My students will log into their Facebook accounts and complete their daily journal on an assigned topic.  The topic will consist of two or more of the above action verbs.  Next, they will get with their assigned partner, read each others journal and then comment on them.  Commenting requires students to recognize, list, describe, identify, retrieve, name, locate, find, etc., which are all remembering verbs.

Common Core Standards for ELA and literacy

What is the purpose of the college and career readiness standards?
The purpose is to supply students with the skills needed to be successful in college and their careers.

What are the benefits and challenges of the shift to reading and writing non fictions texts?
The benefits are that students learn to read closely and make logical responses.

What are the benefits and challenges of having standards for science, social studies, and technical?
The benefit is that it helps children learn how to read complex texts.  It also helps them write arguments, informative and explanatory texts, and read from sources.

Enhancing the Common Core With Arts Integration

        Simply put, integrating the arts (visual art, music, dance, or drama) will meet the expectations of the Common Core because it is meant to build leaders instead of followers.  Integration requires much engagement from the teacher and the student.  More importantly it requires research, collaboration, and alignment from the teacher.  Although Arts Integration is effective, it is also overlooked.  Many teachers feel that they are not capable of this integration because of their lack of artistic abilities.  However, there are a few strategies that can be used for first time users.  "Mirroring" can be used for students to share their understanding of movement, concentration, and problem-solving skills.  "Stepping into the Painting" is used for students to create stories by combining their interpretations of a painting.  Lastly, "Call and Response" is a music technique that involves building composition skills and fluency.  It can even be used for reading and math concepts.
        I have a strong background in music, cheer, and dance.  Therefore, I agree with the idea of integrating arts.  The arts will provide students life skills, show them how to be a team player, and to show appreciation for hard work.  I especially feel that music can brighten anyone's day.  Children love to move around and make sounds with their body parts and/or other objects.  MUS 361 showed me how to incorporate reading with music.  That class required plenty of engagement (that is indeed a requirement of Arts Integration).  Music can also be applied to many other subjects, but actually collaborating, researching, and aligning those Common Core applications really is the hard part.  I'm not saying that it is the hardest thing in the world, but once the hard part is over, the benefits will be worth wild for both the student and teacher.

John Hunter and The World Peace Game

Hunter works in the Richmond Public School District as a fourth grade gifted children's teacher.  He says that the World Peace Game started as a small game map that was interacting.  It is now a 4x4x4x4 structure.  There are four countries around the board and the kids make up the names to them.  It is a fictional Africa.  Hunter tells the children that there is a problem within the world and they have to fix it.  He says that "there collected wisdom is much greater than his."

This game has become a self evident analysis.  It is nothing he has planned and nothing that can be taught.  The students have put much emotion into this setting and really think carefully about the decisions they make.  Through this you can see how engagement really makes a difference in teaching.  The students are learning and obtaining more than what a book or lecture could probably teach them.  At such a young age, Hunter's class is aware of what the world is going through.  It may seem bad, but their "collected wisdom" is preparing them to be young, caring leaders.