Planning+for+Technology+Integration

=**Grade 4 Reading **=

**Classroom with 5 available computers! **
=**OR **=
 * This class session has been centered around the students being in small groups scattered around 5 computers in the classroom. Before class, the teacher has created an account on m.socrativ.com and created a quiz for synonyms and antonyms. The quiz includes a statement with a blank space, and the students have to choose which word best fits the statement, depending on what it is asking for. For example : Synonym : The sun shone brightly today during recess. Possible Answers : beautiful or ugly. The statements will get progressively challenging for both synonyms and antonyms. The teacher, during class, will be answering any questions and monitoring the groups progresses and making sure they are staying on task. **
 * Materials: **
 * 5 computers **
 * Teacher account on m.socrativ.com **
 * Before class instruction: **
 * 1) **Make sure all computers work and all computers can connect to m.socrativ.com **
 * 2) **Make sure students have a basic understanding of synonyms and antonyms and proficient practice from the previous class session. **
 * 3) **Modification: **
 * 4) **Larger text for students with sight difficulties **
 * During Instruction: **
 * Monitor **
 * 1) **Student's understanding **
 * 2) **Group Participation **
 * 3) **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Enforce that all students must participate or they will take a 0 for the day for participation **
 * 4) ** Keep classroom volume low **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Back up Plan **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Use the teacher's computer and allow students to raise their hands and answer the questions. It may take more time, but it allows the teacher to see who participates more and who may not have a grasp on the information. **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This activity is meant to be used in a classroom with a single computer. Before the class session, the teacher has created a powerpoint presentation, first introducing information that should be review for the students about synonyms and antonyms. After the review, on each slide there is a single sentence with a blank where a synonym or antonym would go. The students will be separated into two equal teams, if there is one extra person they will keep score and be included in the game during the next rounds. After reading the sentence, one person from each team goes to the board and writes either a synonym or antonym, depending on what the slide asks for. The next person from each team goes to the board, and so on until everyone on the team has gone. Once the teacher checks the lists, the team that completed the list correctly and the fastest gets a point. This continues until all the slides are completed. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Materials: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Single Computer **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">White Board/Blackboard **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chalk/Dry erase markers **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Before Class Instruction: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Prepare, finalize, and review powerpoint for the day's activity. Make sure every slide works efficiently and can be seen clearly throughout the room. The students will take notes on the review section, and will remain as quiet as possible during class so the noise level does not interfere with other classes. One modification will be large text on the powerpoint and an unlimited time limit for each slide in case some students can not come up with answers as quick as others. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">During Intstruction: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Monitor students progress and speeds. Remind students of noise level if necessary, and that it does count as a participation grade. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Back up Plan: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Write sentences from powerpoint onto board directly and conduct the activity as normal. **