Lesson Plan #: AELP-EDT0012
Kid Pix and Goldilocks
An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan
Submitted by:
Lorraine Hofmann
Email:
lorraine-hofmann@mail.seaford.ny.us
School/University/Affiliation:
Seaford Harbor School
Date:
December 13, 1999
Grade Level:
Preschool Education, Kindergarten, 1
Subject(s):
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Computer Science
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Language Arts/Literature/Children's Literature
Duration:
Five 45-minute sessions
Description:
Students use Kid Pix to illustrate
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
(a culminating activity for a unit on fairy tales and Kid Pix).
Goals:
Children will create a class big book of their own version of
Goldilocks
. Children will use Kid Pix to illustrate each page of the book.
Objectives:
- Children will use brainstorming, editing, and revision to write their
versions of the story.
- Children will use Kid Pix to create pictures to illustrate each page
of the story.
- Children will use the tools of the Kid Pix program- stamps, lines,
squares, color, fill, etc. Concepts of big, medium, and small will also
be covered. They will use the shift and option keys to enlarge the stamp
pictures for their illustrations.
Materials:
-
many versions of
Goldilocks
-
Kid Pix
-
laminating machine
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book binder
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chart paper
Procedure:
Children are gathered as a whole class and plan their version of
Goldilocks
. The teacher writes their ideas on chart paper. These ideas are then written into story format, revised and edited as a whole class. The story is broken into pages, and each child (or pair) is given a page to illustrate. They are encouraged to use as many of the tools in Kid Pix as they can to create their pages (including the shift and shift/option keys to make the different sized objects needed for the tale).
Assessment:
The big book is then shared with each child's family. Each family is encouraged to write back to the class commenting on the super job they did.