Planning+for+Technology+Integration

**Activity 1: Small group with 5 computers in classroom.**
__***Description:**__ Before the students are able to use the computers, they will get into their groups and play a simple game. While in the groups, the students will each have a bag of rhyme words. The students will have to put each word that rhymes into a pile. When they are done with this game I will go around and check to make sure they got all the words into the right pile. While students are doing this the teacher will go around and set up all computers the students will use. The teacher will need to get the website ready for use. The students will be using EZ Rhyming Words. This is an activity in which each group of students will work together to compete with each other to see what team is able to get the most rhyming words correct. __***Materials:**__ Each student will receive a bag that contains 14 different words. There will be 4 groups of rhyming words that the students must match. These words are cat, hat, mat, bat, sit, hit, pit, ball, fall, hall, call, car, jar, far. The technology used in this lesson is a website which contains an activity on it. The website's URL is []. __***During Instruction:**__ While the students are doing the game I will make sure that they are placing all the words into the correct piles. During the activity on the computers I will need to make sure that the students don't have any problems reading words and that they follow all the rules. If the students are having problems sounding out words or finding the answer I will hint to them what the answer is or help them sound out words, but I will not give them the answer. I will warn the students at the beginning of the lesson that if they do not follow the rules they will not be able to finish the activity. If the students go on a different website or are not doing the activity they are supposed to be doing, all the students in the group will not be able to finish the activity. Instead they will go back to their desks and do a rhyming worksheet by themselves, quietly. If the students are not taking turns with the mouse, those students that are fighting or having problems will not be able to use the mouse for the rest of the activity. __***Back Up Plan:**__ If the technology does not work during class I will have a worksheet for the students to use. After the students finish the game, I will hand out a worksheet. This worksheet will have a nursery rhyme on it with a picture of a character from the nursery rhyme. The students and I will read the nursery rhyme together, then I will ask them to pick out the rhyming words in the rhyme. After the students underline the rhyming words they will be able to color the picture. When they are finished with the worksheet we will all stand up and say the rhyme again together so the students can remember it. The nursery rhyme worksheet will come from this website--http://www.tlsbooks.com/nurseryrhymes.htm.
 * __*Before Class Preparation:__** Before class I will have to make the rhyming word game. To do this, I will write words in marker on pieces of paper. I will then laminate these words and cut them out. I will make 6 sets of the game. I will also have to prepare the computers. To do this, I will set up each computer to go to the URL of the test. Then I will save the URL as a favorite so that it will be in the right place and easy to get to when class starts. I will also need to make sure the volume is on and turned on low so that the students can hear the computer but it does not disrupt the other groups. There are few rules for the students. First, each student must take a turn using the mouse. Second, the students must not go to any other website, they have to stay on the website which is set up for them. Third, the students each have to participate in answering the questions. If there is a student with a special need I will place a raised sticker or a ball on the left clicker of the mouse so that it will make using the right click easy for the student.

**Activity 2: Individual use in a computer lab.**
__***During Instruction:**__ While the students are doing the worksheet I will make sure that they are matching all the words correctly. While the students are on the computer I will need to make sure they are not having any problems with the game. I will go around and check the student's computers throughout the period to make sure they are staying on the website and that they are able to play the game without problems. If a student does not stay on the website, I will first give him/her a warning. If I catch them on a different website again I will tell him/her that they need to get off the computer and go to a table in the computer lab and work on another worksheet. They will then lose their computer time for the remainder of the day.
 * __*Description:__** During the lesson the students will be able to match different words together that rhyme. First, each student will be handed a worksheet that has 2 columns of 8 words. The students will have to use a crayon to draw a line to match each rhyming word. While students are doing this the teacher will go around and set up all computers the students will use. The teacher will need to get the website ready for use. The students will be using Elmo's Rhymes on PBS Kids. On this website, the students will be listening to Elmo tell them what he wants them to rhyme. The students will need to look at the picture and listen to what Elmo says, then they will pick two pictures that rhyme with the picture that Elmo shows.
 * __*Materials__:** The materials needed for this lesson the worksheet made from a Word document, and crayons. The worksheet will have 2 columns of 8 different words in each. The words in the first column are cat, dog, car, hop, spoon, ball, box, and hip. The words in the second column are bat, frog, jar, mop, moon, fall, fox, and dip. These words will be in a mixed up order so the students will have to read them and find the rhyming words to match. The technology materials are The PBS Kids website, the URL is []. I will also need a pair of headphones for each student so they can listen to Elmo while they are playing the game.
 * __*Before Class Preparation__:** Before class I will have to make the rhyming worksheet. I will make this worksheet on a Word document. I will also have to put the website on each computer in the computer lab. To do this, I will type in the URL on each computer and save it to the favorites. By doing this it will be easy to find the website so the students can use it. The guidelines for the students are that they must stay on the website that is given to them. They must also be quiet since they are in a computer lab. If there is a special needs student in the classroom I will make sure there is a pair of headphones for him/her to use during the activity. I will also put a raised sticker or ball on the left clicker of the mouse so it is easier for them to know what to click.
 * __*Back Up Plan:__** If the technology fails to work when it is time to use the computers I will have another game for the students to play without using technology.The students will play a BINGO rhyming game. I will print off a set of BINGO boards that I make from a Word document. I will also print different rhyming words. I will give each student a board and some chips. I will then read off a word (example: cat) and the students will have to put a chip on a word that rhymes with cat (example: bat, mat, sat, or hat). The student that gets 5 in a row first will be the winner.