SPREADSHEET LESSON SUMMARY ASSESSMENT Renee Payne

rpaynerenee2@gmail.com Dr. Clif Mims IDT 7061-M52 September 22, 2013

Title: Whats the temperature,how can we plan and what can we do on our vacation? Grade Level: 3rd grade Objectives: By the end of the lesson student will be able to: Understand climate and temperatures in different cities Students will be able to research information on the internet Compile and log information onto a spreadsheet Student will write a vacation plan to each location and activities in that region. Students will answer questions on the activity sheet give to them by the teacher Curriculum Standards: CCSS1.01 Understand the diversity of human cultures. 1.02 Discuss cultures and human patterns of places and regions of the world. 1.03 Recognize the contributions of individuals and people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and socioeconomic groups to the development of civilizations.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3e Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

NET Standards:

Creativity and Innovation

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

2 Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats 2 C o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d C o l l a b o r a t i o n

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

d. Process data and report results

R e s e a r c h a n d I n f o r m a t i o n F l u e n c y

4 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,Decision Study Students use critical thinking skills to planned Making conduesearch, manage projects, solve problems, make informed decisions using digital tools
Problem Statement: What is the temperature in different cities what types of activities are common during these temperatures.

Description of lesson:

Students will be given several cities to create a spreadsheet to organize a vacation with planned activities during their stay. They will be in charge of knowing the weather so they can know what to bring. They will be researching why weather
temperatures are different around the United States? What types of activities would those cities represented on the chart look like during high, low temperatures and the rainy season. The data represented on this chart will answer some of the question. To find out specific things about each city you may google each cities at http://www.google.com.

Description of the student product: Student will present final product as a completed spreadsheet from information answered on the activity sheet. Student will then submit to teacher for grading as a written paper.

Rubric CATEGORY Exemplary Proficient Partially Proficient Unsatisafactory POINTS

Research Questions

3 points Wrote clear, creative and interesting questions which fit the topic.

2 points Wrote clear questions which fit the topic.

1 point Wrote some questions which did not fit the topic.

0 points Wrote many questions which did not fit the topic.

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Selection of Sources

3 points Identified useful sources in many formats (books, magazines, electronic).

2 points Identified mostly useful sources in many formats (books, magazines, electronic). 2 points

1 point

0 points

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Identified Identified no a few useful sources useful in any format. sources in one or two formats.

Note-taking & Keywords

3 points

1 point

0 points

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Located and recorded informatio n which answered all of the research questions.

Located and recorded information which answered most of the research questions.

Located and recorded a lot of informati on that did not directly answer the research questions. Failed to organize notes effectively ; many were messy and hard to read. Wrote some

Located and recorded incomplete information which failed to answer any of the research questions.

Organized neat, easy to read notes.

Organized notes and most were neat and easy to read.

Did not organize notes; all notes were messy and hard to read.

Wrote all notes using

Wrote most notes using

Copied most or all of the

own words and key facts.

own words and key facts.

notes that notes wordwere for-word from copied the source. word-forword from the source. Selected many keywords that were not effective. 1 point Selected no effective keywords.

Selected effective keywords.

Selected mostly effective keywords.

Sharing and Presenting Information

3 points

2 points

0 points

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Presented all informatio n in a clear and organized way.

Presented most of the information in a clear and organized way.

Presented informati on which was poorly organized or was difficult to understan d some of the time.

Presented information which was poorly organized, hard to understand.

Selected a Selected an Selected a highly effective format effective format for which was and the only creative presentation minimally format for . effective the for this presentatio topic. n.
Listing

Selected a format which was not effective for this topic.

3 points

2 points

1 point

0 points

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Sources

3 Included all sources used and listed sources in the correct format. Included most sources used and listed sources in the correct format. Included Failed to most include most sources of the sources used, but used, and a lot some of the informati information on was was missing missing or or incorrect. incorrect. /15

TOTAL POINTS

References https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/elemresearchrubric.html http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.cfm#primary http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/5