Working+as+a+Team

//__**Lesson #4**__//

**__Grade Level: __** Kindergarten

__**Unit: **__ Plants and Animals

__**Assignment type: **__ Collaborating In Small Groups

__**Lesson objectives: **__  __**Time required to complete this lesson:**__  __**Title of lesson:**__   __**// Me, You and a ToonDoo //**__ __**//! //**__ __**
 * Student will understand the importance of teamwork, sharing and taking turns and how to complete assignments through collaborating in small groups.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will locate key words/phrases that describe teamwork, cooperation and sharing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Student will create a group project by combining individual work with their cooperative work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">1 class period to gather research and necessary information on plants/animals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">1-2 hour discussion on teamwork, sharing, collaboration and how to incorporate individual work into a group project. (Including establishing and identifying key words that are important in team projects)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">1 class period to create an individual cartoon on the animal of their choice.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">2-3 class periods to complete ToonDoo.

Resources/materials needed :**__

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**__<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Description of lesson: __** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Teacher will introduce concepts of teamwork, sharing and cooperation. Different books surrounding these topics will be the introduction to the lesson (as mentioned above). Students will establish key words/phrases that entail teamwork and sharing (kindness, problem solving, getting along, etc.), these phrases/words will be posted in the classroom. Student will then create an animation about the animal that they have research. This can be a sketch with crayons or markers on a piece of paper. The students should have at least 2-3 facts about their animal written somewhere on their sketch. When completed, students will get into groups of 2-3 to create a group project. Students will brainstorm to create a cartoon strip including each students' animal of choice. The students will sketch the cartoon and will then create it on ToonDoo. These comics can be humorous or serious, but must include at least 1 fact about each of the students' animal. Students can use their creativity on the scenery that is used but including appropriate habitat of the animals is encouraged (with animals from different habitats, inclusion of this might be difficult). Students will publish and print their comics to share with the class. //(This project can be published with plants as well.)// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Assignment (homework or in-class: this is how the learner will practice the learning that has just occurred) :**__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Below an example of a ToonDoo cartoon can be found. These are an example of both plants and animals and will be the finished product of what the students will create in class as a group project. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Books about sharing, cooperation and teamwork:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Helping" by Shel Silverstein
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Aesop's Fable "The Tortoise and the Hare"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Too Many Bunnies" by Matt Novak
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Little Red Hen" by Paul Galdone
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">"<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Can I Help?" by Marilyn Janovitz
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Pumpkin Soup" by Helen Cooper
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">"The Crayon Box That Talked" by Shane DeRolf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Stone Soup" by Jon Muth
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Crayons, markers or colored pencils and construction paper
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Poster board with key words written for students to view to keep in mind during group work
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Access to www.toondoo.com in order to create cartoon



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Technology used :**__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;">ToonDoo at www.toondoo.com was the main resource for this lesson which allowed for the creation of cartoon comic strips with lots of creativity!

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**__<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: __** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Using the ToonDoo cartoon creations provides a wonderful resource for both teachers and students. This website gives flexibility in the types of cartoons that can be created. People, animals, and even your own images can be uploaded to be included into the cartoon strip. It provides excitement for the students to be able to have a wide array of images that can be used and the comic strip can always be modified which allows the students to revise it if need be. This resource eliminates the crayons a paper and gives the children a different outlook on how comic strips are created. It makes students work together in selecting the images that would be appropriate for their cartoon, enhancing their understanding the meaning of teamwork.