Overview
My name is Caitlin Kiess and I am currently a junior at Appalachian State University seeking a degree in Elementary Education. This site is constructed for Curriculum Instruction 2300: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age. This course examines how emerging technologies are transforming our society and schools, as well as the implications these changes have for teaching and learning. Throughout the course, pre-service teachers will explore the institutional context for the use of technology in schools and will develop skills at identifying and addressing the constraints and contradictions implicit in using technology creatively in public classrooms.
Goals
The goal of this website is to provide detailed interdisciplinary lesson plans to Kindergarten teachers focusing on Science and Art. Using the guidelines according to the North Carolina Essential Standards and the Information and Technology Standard we have developed specific lesson plans to focus on art and the weather aspect of the science curriculum.
North Carolina Essential and Information and technology standards
Essential Standard: Earth Systems, Structures and Processes
K.E.1 - Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year.
Clarifying Objectives:
K.V.3 - Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and appropriately
Clarifying Objectives:
K.TT.1 - Use technology tools and skills to reinforce classroom concepts and activities.
Clarifying Objectives:
Each of our lessons combine at least one of these standards from the science and the art aspect. All lessons are based on these North Carolina Standards and help students to understand weather and art in the kindergarten age group.
K.E.1 - Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year.
Clarifying Objectives:
- K.E.1.1 - Infer that change is something that happens to many things in the environment based on observations made using one or more of their senses.
- K.E.1.2 - Summarize daily weather conditions noting changes that occur from day to day and throughout the year.
- K.E.1.3 - Compare weather patterns that occur from season to season.
K.V.3 - Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and appropriately
Clarifying Objectives:
- K.V.3.1 - Use a variety of tools safely and appropriately to create art.
- K.V.3.2 - Use a variety of media to create art.
- K.V.3.3 - Use the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing, collage, mixed media, sculpture, and ceramics to create art.
K.TT.1 - Use technology tools and skills to reinforce classroom concepts and activities.
Clarifying Objectives:
- K.TT.1.1 - Use a variety of technology tools to gather data and Information.
- K.TT.1.2 - Use a variety of technology tools to organize data and information.
- K.TT.1.3 - Use technology tools to present data and information.
Each of our lessons combine at least one of these standards from the science and the art aspect. All lessons are based on these North Carolina Standards and help students to understand weather and art in the kindergarten age group.
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