TEACHER: Victoria Wilson SUBJECT/GRADE: Technology/Grade 5 DATE: 4/4/16- 6/17/16

Academic Standard:Creativity and Innovation & Communication and Collaboration

SWBAT:
1) CI: Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

I can use virtual tours online

to help me to understand more about what I am studying.
2) CI: Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

movies into my projects.

to share my ideas.

I can place photographs and

I can use technology software

3) CI: Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

search engine on different types of technologies.

CO:

I can find information using a

4) CC: Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety
of digital environments and media.

to and complete a group project using technology.

I can work with others to add

5) CC: Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a

variety of media and formats.

I can work with other

students on a document that needs input and ideas from our group.
6) CC: Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

I can work with others in a

group to present a project using a variety of technologies.

Essential Questions:
What are the ways that I can determine
whether a website is trustworthy or not? 4/18, 5/2
What is research? What are some research
strategies?4/20, 4/25, 4/27
How can I locate information using
technology? 4/20, 4/25, 4/27
What are some of the ways that I can
narrow my search results? 4/20, 4/25, 4/27
What are the different ways that I can
travel the world with technology? 5/4, 5/9
What is collaboration? How can I
collaborate using technology? Why is

Assessment & Performance:

Formative Assessment:
Observation
Questioning
Grand conversation
Graphic organizers
Think, pair, share
Exit tickets
Quick-Checks
Free Rice
Collaborative activities
Coding activities

collaboration important? 5/11

What is an infographic and how do I
create one? 5/16, 5/18, 5/23, 5/25
What is coding? What are the careers
available in the Computer Science field? Why is
knowing how to code an important skill to have?
6/1, 6/6, 6/8, 6/13
Modifications:
The students who have difficulty reading will be
accommodated through the teacher reading the material to
them. The students who have trouble writing will be
paired with a student who does not have trouble writing,
the teacher will also be around to assist students with
difficulties. The teacher will display many materials
visually as well as read them verbally. Students who need
tests read to them or who need shortened tests will also be
accommodated for.

Summative Assessment:
Piktograph

Materials:Chromebooks, the internet, projector, white board, dry erase markers, VR Goggles, Cell
phones
Learning Plan: Activities and Sequence of Instruction
5AMonday- 1:30-2:15
Wednesday-1:30-2:15
5BMonday-8:15-9:05
Wednesday-8:15-9:05

4/4 & 4/6

Monday
1. The teacher and students will read the
objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will introduce the students to a
charitable competition that will be taking place
between the fourth and fifth grades,
freerice.com, by playing a video. This
competition will allow the students to practice
for the upcoming M-STEP and NWEA testing
all while helping to feed the hungry through
the World Food Program. Students will answer
a variety of questions and earn ten grains of
rice for every correct answer. The teacher will
keep track of the rice earned between the

Wednesday
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The students will be asked to
recall what we did last class
period.
3. The teacher will direct the
students to freerice.com where
they will continue answering MSTEP and NWEA prep questions
to earn rice for the hungry.
***Classwork

4/11 & 4/13

4/18 & 4/20

grades.
3. The teacher will demonstrate how
freerice.com works and the students will
proceed to the website and begin answering
questions to earn rice.
1. The teacher and students will read the
objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will direct the students to
freerice.com where they will continue
answering M-STEP and NWEA prep questions
to earn rice for the hungry

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together.
2.Students will be asked if all information on
the internet can be trusted. Students will then
be asked to hypothesize how we can identify
good information/websites from bad.
3. As a class,we will watch the Brainpop video
online sources. Students will be taking a
quiz during the video. The video will be played
twice. After the quiz, we will discuss the
answers.
4. When all students are finished, they are to
practice typing using the Typing Club
program.

***Quiz

4/25 & 4./27

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will ask the students to recall
what we did last class period.
3. Students will proceed to Google Classroom
where they will find an assignment that will
allow them to practice doing research using

1. The teacher and students will

read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The teacher will direct the
students to freerice.com where
they will continue answering MSTEP and NWEA prep questions
to earn rice for the hungry.
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The teacher will ask the
students to explain what Google is
and what it can be used for to an
elbow partner.
3.The teacher will refresh the
students on how to get to and use
Google. The teacher will also go
over ways to narrow the results
and we will discuss using key
words.
4. Students will proceed to Google
Classroom where they will find an
assignment that will allow them to
practice doing research using
Google.
5. When the students are finished,
they are to practice typing using
the Typing Club program.
6. Using the last few minutes of
class, the students will discuss
their search results with a partner.
***Classwork
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The teacher will ask the
students to reflect on why being
able to research is an important
skill to have.

Google.
The teacher will encourage the students to use
the new research strategies that the teacher has
taught them.
4. When the students are finished, they are to
practice typing using the Typing Club
program.
6. Using the last few minutes of class, the
students will compare their search results with
a partner.

5/2 & 5/4

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together
2. The students will be asked to think, pair, and
share with a partner ways that a trustworthy
site can be identified.
3. The students will be told that they are taking
a quiz over researching using Google and
identifying a trustworthy website.
4. The students will take the quiz and turn
them in as they are completed. When the
students are finished, they are to practice
typing with the typing club program or any
typing game.
***Quiz

5/9 & 5/11

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will ask the students to recall
what they did last class period.
3. The teacher will tell the students that they
will continue going on virtual field trips but
this time, using Google Classroom to
document where they are going, the interesting
things they are seeing, and what they are

3 Students will proceed to Google

Classroom where they will find an
assignment that will allow them to
practice doing research using
Google. The teacher will
encourage the students to use the
new research strategies that the
teacher has taught them.
4. When the students are finished,
they are to practice typing using
the Typing Club program.
5. Using the last few minutes of
class, the students will compare
their search results with a partner.
***Classwork
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The students will be asked to
discuss if they believe that it's
possible to travel the world
without actually leaving their
seats. They will discuss how this
is possible.
3. The students will be shown how
to use Google Maps and we will
go on a few virtual field trips as a
class. The teacher will also briefly
discuss how to use the virtual
goggles.
4. The students will then
independently explore places and
take their own virtual field trips
using both Google Maps and the
VR goggles.
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The teacher will ask the
students to define what
collaboration is and looks like.
The teacher will ask the students
to identify times that we have
collaborated in Technology class.

learning about these places, the people, the

cultures, etc.
4. Finally, the students will share this doc with
a friend.

5/16 & 5/18

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will introduce the students to
their new project, creating an infographic. The
teacher will show the students examples of
infographics and explain the purpose of
infographics to the students.
3. The students will open a Google Doc and
brainstorm different infographics that they are
interested in creating.

5/23 & 5/25

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together.
2. The students will be asked to recall what we
began working on last week.
3. The teacher will explain to the students that

3. The teacher will then explain to

the students that collaboration is a
group of people working towards
a common goal and that they will
be participating in a group
collaboration activity today.
4. The teacher will create a Google
Doc that includes all of the
students in the class, the teacher
will write a sentence starter and
the students will continue to
collaborate and add to the story
one word at a time.
5. Once the activity is complete,
the teacher will ask the students to
reflect on how they collaborated in
this activity. They will turn and
talk to a partner and share why
collaboration is important.
***Classwork
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The students will be asked to
recall what they learned during the
last class period.
3. The students will be asked to
proceed to Google Classroom
where they will respond to a
writing prompt concerning
infographics.
4. The teacher will give the
students a brief tutorial over
Piktochart.
5. The students will proceed to the
website Piktochart.com where
they will begin experimenting
with the program and learning
how to use it.
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. The teacher will direct the
students to complete their final

(No school
5/30) 6/1

6/6 & 6/8

their final test is to create an infographic that

include five things that they learned this entire
year in Technology.
4. The students will proceed to piktochart and
where they will work on their final exam.
***Final

exam on piktochart. Students will

submit the URL to the teacher
when they have finished.

No School

1. The teacher and students will

read the objectives for the day
together.
2. Students will be asked to recall
what they remember about coding.
3. Students will be reintroduced to
Coding through a variety of
inspirational videos located on
Code.org.
4. If there is time, the students will
proceed to code.org where they
will practice coding using the
variety of activities on the site.
1. The teacher and students will
read the objectives for the day
together.
2. Students will be asked to recall
what they have been
practicing/learning.
3. The students will be directed to
the website playcodemonkey.com.
This website is a bit more
advanced than code.org. The
students are actually coding by
typing in their own HTML.
Students are free to choose a
website.

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together.
2. The students will be asked to recall what
was discussed in the previous class.
3. The students will be directed to the website
code.org where they will choose a coding
activity to participate in.

1. The teacher and students will read the

objectives for the day together.
2. Students will be able to choose either a
coding website or typing website from the ones
weve learned.

***Final