lesson plan

We will start our project at the begin of the year after reading the first story of Houghton Mifflin-Dragon gets By. The story focues n a dragon that has to learn how to shop/eat a well balanced diet.

First step will be a teacher modeled recipe. Prior to sharing my recipe (written/final Kidpix project, I will teach students the foucused skill which is "How to follow a Recipe". The steps will be outlined on a poster for future reference (see below)

HOW TO FOLLOW A RECIPE
Step 1 - Read the recipe
Step 2 - Read ALL the directions first
Step 3 - Be sure to gather all materials before you begin the activity
Step 4 - If there are more than one step to follow, re-read each step carefully. Do the steps in order following the numbers.

STEP 2
I will model how I organized my steps to writing my recipe. Explain to students this is a How To Non-fiction wring.
Step 1- will explain how to do something
Step 2 - tells what materials are needed and gives specific amounts necessary
Step 3 - organized in steps ( sequence of events)

STEP 3
Step 1 - Share written recipe with students (done in front of students)
Step 2 - Share the completed project on KidPix of my recipe
Step 3 - Introduce students to laptop-KidPix (just for exposure)

Step 4
Step 1 - Do a shared writing with students
Step 2 - Students will work with teacher to create the same recipe (making a fruit smoothie)

Step 5
Step 1 - Note to parent asking them to help with a simple recipe
Step 2 - Students start writing recipe using HM format
Step 3 - Students begin working on creating KidPix slideshow; narrating each page as they complete it
Step 4 - Put all students work on disc to be distributed to each family.