Title – Rhyming words –

Green Eggs and Ham


By – Alicia Dyer

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Secondary Subjects – Computers / Internet

Grade Level – 1st

Duration – 20-minute session

Overview:

The students will drag and drop rhyming words within a Venn diagram.

Learning Outcomes:

Language Arts:
The learner will:
• Identify rhyming words in the element of the story.

Curriculum and Technology:

The learner will:
• Use technology to share and communicate information with others.
  
• Open and save a document to/from a specific folder.
  
• Identify the appropriate application for the task by name.
  
• Drag and drop.
  
• Review basic word processing skills: format text, edit, and print.

Materials:

• Computer with Kidspiration
  
• 
  Green Eggs and Ham
  
  book
  
• 
  Green Eggs and Ham
  
  template

Procedure

• The students will read
  
  Green Eggs and Ham
  
  prior to the activity.
  
• The students will choose a list of words that have the same beginning and ending sounds.
  
• The teacher will demonstrate how to:
  1. Open document named Green Eggs and Ham
     
  2. Drag and drop the rhyming words in the Venn diagram.
     
  3. Print document.
     
  4. Name and save the document to the student’s folder.
     
  5. Quit Kidspiration.

Assessment:

Language Arts:
• The teacher will check to see that the learner has placed the words within the Venn diagram correctly.

Technology:

• Observe students using technology to share and communicate information with others.
  
• Observe students opening and saving a document to/from a specific folder.
  
• Observe students identifying the appropriate application for the task by name.
  
• Observe students formatting text, editing, and printing.