Prerequisite Technolgoy Skills Needed:  Students will need to have basic point click and drag mouse skills.  You may want to access them with the following web site which can again be used an an anchoring activity for early finishers.  The Hungry Thing Online Lesson

Time Allottment: three 45 minute periods

Subjects:  Language arts and technology

Grade Level: K-1

Standards:  VA SOL Eng K 1, K.3, K.4, K.7, K.8, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9  Nets*S 1, 3, 4

How can this resource be used?

• Central focus of lesson      
• Enrichment Activity 
    

Equipment, Considerations, and Teacher Prep

• Internet Access         

  One computer per student

  Single computer and projector 
• Other (describe): Inspiration, Microsoft Paint or Kidpix, PowerPoint, Hyper Studio or compatible slide show creator.  may also be done with Movie Maker, IMovie, Photo Story, etc.
• Note:  This book is out of print but this lesson can be used with any of the Hungry Thing series.  One idea is that the teacher may want to scan the book and use the LCD projector or Smart Board to project the story on a large screen.

Objective

Students will be able to create a digital story retelling the tale of  The Hungry Thing.

Description of lesson

 Day 1

1.   Read the story, The Hungry Thing Returns to the students using the DRTA (Directed Reading, Thinking Approach).She then moves around classroom assisting students when necessary.She then moves around classroom assisting students when necessary.

2.  After reading break students into groups of three.Explain that one child will be responsible for drawing a picture of what happened at the beginning of the story, one will draw a picture of the middle, and one will draw a picture of the end of the story.

3.  Assist the students in opening up KidPixs or Microsoft Paint. (Any other paint program will also work.).  They may begin creating their paint picture. 

4. Early finishers may work on the activity below. The teacher will need to assure that students save their work.

The Hungry Thing Online Lesson

Day 2 (Students are again assigned to work in groups of three.)

1.  The teacher deomonstrates how to access the story creation tool of her choice (PowerPoint, MovieMaker, Photo Story, HyperStudio, etc) using a LCD or SmartBoard.

2.  Teacher demonstrates how to browse to the students' saved files and import pictures.  She then moves around classroom assisting students when necessary.

3.  Teacher demonstrates how to arrange pictures in the digital creation tool. 

4.  Students save their work.

Day 3

In groups of three students retell the story of The Hungry Thing using their digital story.

Assessment Strategies

 Click here to view the rubric used to grade the composition of the digital story 

Download the Inspiration template below to also use as an assessment.  This could be printed out and placed in ongoing assessment notebooks. 

hungrything.ist