NEW YORK STATE STANDARDS 

ELA1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

ELA 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response.

Arts 2: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

INFORMATION LITERACY STANDARDS

Information Literacy: Standard 1:

The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively

Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently

Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively Social Responsibility:

Standard 4: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.

Here is an overview of the attachments:

1. Overview

–This is a copy of an article published in a district parent newsletter.

2. Overview lesson for LMS

– This explains the sections of the project that I was responsible for.

3. Writing/drawing activities

–Since this was a school wide project, I assigned different activities to different classes. I also assigned writing activities to be done in the classroom. For example, a 4th grade class wrote the letter that was placed in Mick’s backpack. Another 4th grade class wrote the first letter to the school in California to tell them Mick was on his way.

4. Chart

 – This is the chart I used to keep track of which classes heard the story, etc.

5. Prediction paragraph

– A kindergarten class wrote a summary of the book while this 1st grade class wrote a paragraph predicting what would happen to Mick. Different classes had different writing or drawing assignments. All were displayed for everyone to see.

6. Presentation lesson

– A 2nd grade class predicted what might happen to Mick. They each wrote a complete sentence and drew a picture. A group of students then presented their work while a special ed student videotaped them. The video segment will become part of a year-long video project which will be filmed and edited by the camera club.

7. Otta’s Adventure’s in Syracuse

– Another school in the district entered Syracuse University’s elit contest and won. Their prize was to be able to see Joe Cepeda in person. Since Joe Cepeda illustrated Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, I borrowed their award-winning book to share with McKinley’s students.

8. Boy Voyage

– Announcement of the Bon Voyage parade held in November.

9. Comparison Graph Organizer

– Extended Day 4th graders used the computer to research the school in California. I located sites ahead of time and added them to www.portaportal.com . Students entered as a guest (abcde) and were able to access the sites from there. (You can enter as a guest to see the list of sites we’re currently using, but these particular sites may no longer be listed since I try to keep this up-to-date.) They filled in the graphic organizer and then used the information to write letters to California.

10. Postcard

 - This postcard was used at an activity station at a community event at Clary School. In hindsight, we should have done more with postcards at McKinley.

11. Clary event.Costumed kids

- This shows how the group of students who went to Clary had to practice ahead of time.