Grade K Communication and Collaboration: What is Communication? (In Development)

Kindergarten Creative Communicator/Global Collaborator

Lesson: What Is Communication?

A lesson seed collection is a menu of ideas that can be used to build a lesson. To build a lesson, select a Motivator Seed, a Lesson Seed, and a Assessment & Closure Seed. Use the Additional Activities and Resources for additional ideas, and remember to cue videos prior to instruction in order to avoid advertisements.

HCPSS Content Standards

Reading

RI3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
SL1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Writing

W6 With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
W7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

Math

MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP6 Attend to precision.

Essential Questions

What are the different ways we communicate?

Outcomes

Students will understand there are various means of communication that we use with our friends.
Students will complete a page on a kindergarten Google site that will allow them to share about themselves as well as learn about others in their class/school.

Vocabulary

talking
writing
emailing
sharing

Teacher Considerations

Consider teaching Digital Citizenship - Real Life Vs Online Lesson as a lead into this seed for Communication & Collaboration.
When using the GAfE site Links to an external site. in Assessment Seed 2 - you must COPY the site or create your own. Be sure to check new site sharing permissions to ensure that all students have editing privileges. To insert student made video into the new site, have student drag video onto desktop. Student must upload video into Google Drive. MODEL, MODEL, MODEL and they can do it! Once in site, click pencil to edit page. Insert > Video > Google Docs Video. Select video from Desktop.
When assigning letters for pages for students in the GAfE site, consider having cards with letters on each so that students each get a card and can place their video on the appropriate page on the site
Lesson could be adapted to upload picture only from Photobooth. Consider adding text below video to match page letter with this option.
Joining “CommonSense Links to an external site.” allows access to videos in the Lesson Seed 3 listed below. Access to Common Sense is available through Clever - https://hcpss.me Links to an external site. > More Apps > Common Sense Education

Motivator Seeds: Multiple Means of Engagement

Seed 1

Have an old or current phone, a pen and paper, the computer, etc., and see if the students can use deductive reasoning to realize that each of these tools are ways that we can communicate with others. In addition to using tools to communicate, discuss that these tools can allow for different ways that people can communicate...ie: call, text, mail, email, etc.

Lesson Seeds: Multiple Means of Representation

Seed 1

“BrainPOP Jr.” videos (A subscription is required.)

Seed 2

“YouTube” What is email? Links to an external site.

Seed 3

My Online Neighborhood Links to an external site.

“Common Sense” video explaining how communication can happen through the computer.

Assessment and Closure Seeds: Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Seed 1

Draft an email with the class to their Kindergarten teacher allowing them to see how email works.

Seed 2

Create a BRIEF video where students introduce self and tell one interesting fact. (Photobooth/Wixie)

Upload video onto “Kindergarten Friends Google Site Links to an external site.” (see Teacher Considerations) giving each student a letter page on which to add video. (Be sure to COPY site beforehand.) Consider having students’ interesting fact coordinate with the letter for the page they are uploading to on the site.
The videos can also be placed in the teacher’s Hand-In folder, grouped, and placed in Hand-Out. Students can then view the videos this way.

Once completed, allow students time to click through the videos to listen and learn about their friends. Discuss how the computer facilitated this means of communication.

Additional Activities and Resources

Modifications

Extensions

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