Grade 2 Communication and Collaboration Stage 1 (In Development)

Grade 2

Creative Communicator/Global Collaborator

Unit Overview

In the Creative Communicator/Global Collaborator unit students will develop the skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible communicators in a digital community. Students will understand that digital tools can be used to collaborate, access and share information. Students will learn that we can use digital communication to exchange ideas and information with people of different cultures and what effective digital communication looks and sounds like. Students will understand that a team can apply problem-solving strategies to find a solution. Throughout the unit, students will access the Internet through different online collaborative tools and resources to complete lesson activities.

Content Standards

2016 ISTE Standards for Students Links to an external site.

Reading

SL1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Writing

W2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develope points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

W6 With guidance and support from adults, use 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., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

Math

MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.

Stem

3. Interpret and Communicate STEM Information.
7. Apply Technology Strategically.

Transfer

T6 Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

T7Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings go beyond discrete facts or skills to focus on larger concepts, principles, or processes. They are transferable–applicable to new situations within or beyond the subject. For Enduring Understandings, answer, "What specifically do you want students to understand?"

A good essential question is open-ended, thought-provoking, intellectually engaging and calls for higher-order thinking, such as analysis, inference, evaluation, prediction. It cannot be effectively answered by recall alone. For Essential Questions, answer, "What thought-provoking questions will foster inquiry, meaning making, and transfer?"

Enduring Understandings	Essential Questions
U6a. Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.	How are collaborative tools used to impact learning, sharing and accessing information? What does effective communication look and sound like?
U6b. Students create original works or responsibly re-purpose or remix digital resources into new creations	How can working with collaborative teams help you solve problems?
U6d. Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.	What does effective communication look and sound like?
U7a. Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.	What are the different ways we can communicate with people outside our culture?
U7b. Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.	How are collaborative tools used to impact learning, sharing and accessing information?
U7c. Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.	How can working with collaborative teams help you solve problems?

Acquisition

The identified knowledge and skill are needed to address the established goals, achieve the targeted understanding(s), and support effective transfer. Answer, "What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to do?" and "What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use?"

NOTE: It is important to understand that simply acquiring these discrete skills does not guarantee transfer (or understanding). We are teaching for transfer and these skills support the transfer but are not sufficient alone.

Students will know...	Students will be skilled at...
K.1 what effective communication looks and sounds like.	S1. using digital tools to communicate ideas.
K.1 that the internet can be used collaboratively to solve problems.	S2. using problem-solving strategies when working collaboratively as a team.
K.3 that digital tools can be used to exchange ideas with others.	S3. sharing their ideas with other learners.
K.4. that different online tools can be used to learn about and share ideas and information.	S4. learn information from online resources.

Save