What's in a Name?
Darlene Bishop and Kristen Schonauer
Introduction
Standards
Objectives
Activities
Assessment
Results
Resources
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 Introduction
This is an inclusion activity that we use at the beginning of the school year.
Subject: Language Arts
Topic: Literature
Grade Level: 2
Student Lesson 
Standards Addressed

Second Grade
Language Arts Standard 4
Student demonstrates the ablity to analyze and respond to literature.

a) Identify genre (poetry and drama).
b) Identify and compare elements of different stories.
d) Generate alternative endings to stories.
e) Identify rhythm, rhyme and alliteration in poetry.
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Instructional Objectives
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  1. After viewing an animation of continental movement on a laser disk, students will be able to arrange the fit of the continents with continental puzzle pieces.
  2. After analyzing information from an Encarta CD, students will be able to compare the distribution of fossils, rock types and ancient climatic zones on different continents as evidence for plate tectonics by fitting puzzle pieces marked by these special features.
  3. Students will be able to draw a diagram of the earth’s layers.
  4. After collecting information from The Earth CD, students will be able to locate earthquakes, volcanoes and mid ocean ridges as evidence for plate tectonics.
  5. After viewing a laser disc geology chapter, students will be able to pass a true/false quiz on lithospheric plates and layers of the earth.
  6. Students will be able to identify the major geologic events that result from plate motions in a Power Point multimedia presentation.
  7. Students will be able to present their findings on the sixth grade plate tectonics and Earth’s structure standards in a Power Point multimedia presentation to an audience of peers and adults, including the World Geologic Society.
  8. Students will be able to write, edit and revise their findings on the sixth grade plate tectonics and Earth’s structure standards using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
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Student Activities
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Read ChrysanthemumBy Kevin Henkes.
Have a discussion about where various names came from. 
Listen to selected poetry.
Give pretest.
Assign homework: Parent Interview/Why did you pick my name?

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Introduce biopoem.
Brainstorm personal characteristics.
Fill out biopoem questionaire.
Write biopoem and publish on computer.
Share poems.
Compile poems into a class book.

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Create a math graph of the number of letters in the students names.
Have the children make new words out of the letters in their name.
 

Assessments
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Results
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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials
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Introductory Activity
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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Murdock Elementary
Willows, CA
Darlene Bishop: dbishop@wunif.k12.ca.us
Kristen Schonauer::kschonauer@willows.net
Last Revised: 06/13 /2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page)