In the I Am Responsible unit, students learn about being responsible at school, home, and in the community. This blog includes three activities related to the unit that connect to a specific literacy standard, communication standard, and technology standard. The activities incorporate the use of technology as a tool for the students to showcase their ability to proficiently create a writing response, sequence events, and compare and contrast throughout the unit. Seesaw Responsibility - WritingAfter introducing what it means to be responsible, students will begin the first activity by brainstorming how they show responsibility at home, school, or in the community. Students will engage in an cooperative learning structure, Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up for students to share one way they personally show responsibility with a partner. Once students finish sharing, they will complete a writing activity. They will use the Responsibility Writing Template to draw a picture of them showing the responsible act they shared with their partner, and complete the sentence stem, “I am responsible when___.” For students to complete this task digitally using Seesaw, click on the Seesaw activity link here. If you would like more information about getting started with Seesaw, click here. After all students submit their responses to Seesaw, the teacher can have students listen and respond to other students using Seesaw or pull up the responses on the Smartboard and allow students to share their writing with the class. *Teacher Tip: If a student is unable to write independently they can illustrate a picture showing responsibility and record a description of their picture. If you do not have enough technology devices for students to respond in during writing, have students upload and record during workstation time. Sequencing a Story with Seesaw - Whole GroupThis activity focuses on students retelling a story in sequential order. Before reading the teacher will review what sequencing and transitional words are using a Brainpop Sequencing Video and anchor chart Sequencing and Transitional Words. Students should then listen and discuss the story Arthur’s Pet Business. Students will complete a sequencing activity using the following story event pictures and sentence strips. The students will label (using numbers 1-5) the events in order after gluing them down on a sentence strip as shown in the teacher reference example pictured below. Next, students will take a picture of their sentence strip and upload it to the Arthur's Pet Business Sequencing activity in Seesaw (this link should allow you to add the activity to your account). Afterward, students will record themselves retelling the story events. Click here for additional support with Seesaw. EPIC! Compare and Contrast - WorkstationThis activity focuses on students using online read-alouds to compare and contrast stories with a similar theme. Students will complete the activity during comprehension workstation time. Students will use the application EPIC! to read/listen to stories. EPIC! is a digital library for kids that gives classrooms unlimited access to books, videos, and quizzes to help students read, learn and grow. Click here for more information on EPIC! For this activity, click to add Manana Iguana and The Little Red Hen to your favorites. Then, assign both to each student’s mailbox.
Standards ELA 1-W.6.1, 1-C.3.2 CS 1-DL.1.2 AuthorsJessica Avino
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