TLED 430 Spring 2018

TPACK Creating Assignment

Subject Reading
Content Knowledge

Grade Level Second Grade

Learning Objective 2.8 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.
c) Ask and answer questions about what is read.
e) Describe characters, setting, and important events in fiction and poetry.

Activity For this learning activity, students will follow along and read a new poem
Pedagogy

aloud. Then the students will design an illustration to demonstrate their

comprehension of the poem using an online painting tool.

The activity will begin with the teacher reading the poem “Maggie and
Milly and Molly and May” by E.E. Cummings aloud to the students. The
poem will be written on the board to encourage all the students to follow
along. Then the teacher and students will read the poem a second time
aloud together. The teacher will then discuss the poem with the students,
making certain to go line by line and asking questions covering the
characters, setting, and ideas presented in the poem. The teacher will also
give the students an opportunity to ask their own questions and express
their thoughts about the poem. After the discussion, the teacher will instruct
the students about the assignment associated with the poem. The teacher
will demonstrate the procedures for accessing the online tool and using the
different features the tool offers.

With the online painting tool, the students will illustrate a couplet from the
poem by designing a creative, colorful, and expressive representation of a
couplet which should include the following:

 The chosen couplet copied correctly onto the artwork (using

quotation marks)
 A creative background representing the setting
 At least one character presented in the poem

The students will take a minute to decide which couplet from the poem
they would like to illustrate and retrieve a handout from the teacher. Then
the students will obtain their individual Chromebooks and access the
webpage provided in the handout. They will then follow the instructions on
the handout to assist them in completing their assignment in class as the
teacher observes and assists any student needing extra guidance.
Technology

Technology The technology the students will use is an online painting tool accessed on:
http://www.abcya.com/abcya_paint.htm
This website is free to use and allows the students to print their artwork
once finished.
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Directions for Use

1. Click
2. Type www.abcya.com into your search bar.

3. Click
4. Scroll down until you see “Second Grade Skill Games”

5. Click
6. Wait for your canvas to load
7. To get started:
A. Click to color the background

B. Click to choose a color

C. Click on the canvas to color

D. Click to go back

E. Click for more tools

F. Click to add a text box

G. Click to choose text color

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H. Click on the canvas and start typing

I. Click to make text box bigger or smaller

8. Explore the rest of the tools and have fun designing!

9. Before you are finished go over the checklist:
o Include the quote being illustrated
o Include a background representing the setting
o Include at least one character

10. Click

11. Click
12. A pop up window appears

13. Click
14. Retrieve your artwork from the printer
15. Write your name and the date below your artwork
16. Turn it in to the “Completed” assignment box
17. Close all open windows and shutdown your Chromebook
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18. Put Chromebook away to demonstrate you are finished