Courtney+Brooks


 * 5 URLS**

 (This is one of my personal favorites and is good for all subjects)

 (good resource for students)

 (This website incorporates videos into the intsruction)

 (Discusses animals and habitats for science lessons)

 (This is a really neat website that has children locate the plants throughout space)


 * WEBSITE**
 * [Our class web site]

Stengths- This website was awesome!It was an interactive website for all ages, this website also had a link for the same website in spanish and the same website but was made for younger grades. It offered teacher resources, such as graphic organizers, lesson plans and educational videos. This website has every subject that is offered in school and videos that explain the concept better to the students.
 * SOFTWARE**

Weaknesses- The only weakness I found in this website, was that teachers could not keep track of the student's work and progess. It did not have printable instructions, which would cause difficulty for younger students for having to pull up the directions on the computer.

Comments- This website was awesome! It had most all of the core subjects, which would be good to intergrate into all subject areas. I also liked how all the teachers resources were steadily available for teachers. It makes it easier for teachers when the resources are in one place and that are steadily available.


 * WEBQUEST**

Web Quest

SSKH2 The student will identify important American symbols and explain their meaning.

You are a tourist and have no idea about America and its’ culture. Your job is to find out what symbols represent America and America’s culture. Be sure to give specific examples and where (if any) these symbols are located through the United States of America. You will search these symbols and determining their meaning.
 * Instructions:**

a. The national and state flags (United States and Georgia flags)

b. The bald eagle

c. The Statue of Liberty

d. Lincoln Memorial

e. Washington Monument

f. White House

g. Pledge of Allegiance

h. Star Spangled Banner

Below are the websites and rubric you should use as a guide for a successful completion of you work.

Internet Links: Interesting Facts: http://www.elainelandau.com/home/kids_corner.htm The flag of our nation (and Georgia) http://www.2020site.org/fun-facts/American-Flag-Fun-Facts.html http://www.50states.com/flag/gaflag.htm http://www.50states.com/flag/gaflag_old.htm

The Bald Eagle: http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/baldeagle.html The Statue of Liberty: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/statue-of-liberty/ http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2512-statue-of-liberty-fun-facts The Lincoln Memorial: http://www.washingtondc-go.com/attractions/lincoln-memorial-facts.html The Washington monument: http://www.essortment.com/all/historyfactswa_reol.htm The White House: http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/glimpse/WH_Facts/html/facts.html Pledge of Allegiance: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/pledgeofallegiancehistory.htm Star Spangled Banner: http://www.american-history-fun-facts.com/star-spangled.html


 * LESSON PLAN**

Teacher: Courtney Brooks

Grade: 4th grade

GPS: M4N1. - Students will further develop their understanding of how whole numbers and decimals are represented in the base-ten numeration system.

Objectives: The learner will be able to represent and show their ability to understand how whole numbers and decimals are represented. The learner will watch a video provided to help them better understand the concept.

Learner Characteristics: Some characteristics of a fourth grader are that the children have a lot of energy and tend to be hyper a lot of the time. The children have improved since first and second grade on their coordination and reaction time and usually the females are ahead of boys on maturity. They are very self aware and start to take interest in the opposite sex. In intellectual development, the children are more involved in real world activities that fantasy activities, and shows signs of being more responsible and an independent worker.

Materials: Video found at Untiedstreaming.com •http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=D8F1062D-67F4-4DD9-8F6A-8F3E370D10B4&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US •number line (example to follow to write on board) •White board •Dry erase markers •pencils •loose leaf paper

Activities: 1.The teacher will start off by asking the question; “Did you know that math is all around us, and that we can find math problems in food?” 2.The teacher will then explain how fractions can be found in food like pizza and pies, and how those fractions could be diverted into decimals. 3.The teacher will show the video found at the above URL. 4.The teacher will then explain how .34 is small than 1.10, even though the actual numbers are smaller. 5.Then the teacher will draw a number line on the board, listed from 0 to 4. 6.The students will also draw this number line on their own separate sheet of paper. 7.The teacher will come up with a set of decimals. 8.The students will have to tell or show where the given decimals are on the number line. The concept of this is to show the teacher that each child understands the concept, while it is an interactive way to learn math.

Closing: Today the students practiced on the number line and showed where the decimal was located on that number line. The video provided showed us how different fractions could be represented as decimals and vice a versa.

Evaluation: the evaluation would be the child’s individual number line. This will show the teacher that the students grasp the concept and can move forward to the next subject. Another way that the teacher could evaluate each students is to give each students a list of decimals, the child will have to tell if one decimal is less than, greater than, or equal to the next decimal.

Remedial: For students having a difficult time grasping this concept, the teacher will provide one-on-one assistance during centers. The students can also go to http://www.mrnussbaum.com/death_decimals/index.html for a fun and interactive game.

Enrichment: For students looking for more about decimals and their equivalents, these students can also go to http://www.mrnussbaum.com/death_decimals/index.html.