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Ben Franklin Interactive DVD Lesson Plans
Overall Theme
Benjamin Franklin’s curiosity causes him to explore the marvels of electricity. He discovers that lightning is a form of electricity and invents the lightning rod, a device to protect property when lightning strikes.
Word Study
Objectives:
The learner will identify beginning, middle and ending sounds in words.
The learner will make new words by changing one letter at a time.
The learner will explore new vocabulary words.
- Phonemic Awareness: (Phoneme Isolation) The teacher will give students a lightning bolt sticker to put on their thumb or the students can draw a lightning bolt on their thumb. The teacher will select a target sound such as /b/ and read words from the vocabulary list. When the students hear the target sound, they touch their neighbor with their thumb and pretend to shock one another as did the characters in the video. Change the target sound and repeat this activity with other words.
- Phonics: Students will make fireman ladders with eight steps (word ladders) by drawing a ladder on a piece of construction paper. On the first step the students will write the word, Ben. The students will change one letter in the word Ben and write the new word on the second step. The students will continue changing one letter at a time until the ladder is completed.
- Vocabulary: The teacher will choose vocabulary words (Attachment A) and then have students complete one or more activities (Attachment B).
Subject Area Integration: Science
Objective:
The learner will conduct scientific experiments and record information.
- Students will complete “Ben’s Sizzling Science Section” in the Teacher’s Resource and Activity Book, page 30.
Differentiated Activities
Objectives:
The learner will describe characters emotions and relate them to their own experiences.
The learner will recall information.
The learner will identify activities that are dangerous.
The learner will solve addition problems to decode information.
The learner will create an acrostic poem.
Whole Group
1. Describing: The teacher will choose scenes from the video and discuss Ben Franklin’s feelings during each scene. The students will give examples of times they had similar feelings. The students will complete the Teacher’s Resource and Activity Book, page 26.
2. Recalling: Students will recall Ben Franklin’s occupations. The teacher will list them on the board. The students will complete the Teacher’s Resource and Activity Book, page 28.
3. Identifying: The teacher will read the sentences from the Teacher’s Resource and Activity Book, page 14. Students will hold up a red card if the sentence describes dangerous electricity.
Individual
4. Solving: The students will complete the Teacher’s Resource and Activity Book, page 38, and use the code to find two sayings from Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack. On the back of the page the students will write what they think each saying means.
5. Creating: The students will complete the Teacher’s Resource and Activity Book, page 25. The students will write an acrostic poem using their name. An acrostic poem is one where you choose a word or name and use each letter in the name as the beginning of a word or line that tells something about that person or character.
Writing
Objective:
The learner will write a persuasive letter.
- The students will write the principal a letter to persuade him/her to have a celebration on Ben Franklin’s birthday (Jan. 17) to celebrate Franklin’s many accomplishments.
Materials
lightning bolt stickers
construction paper
red construction paper cards
Grade 1-2 Assessments
Q: Dr. Spencer bet that he could make Ben jump. Chapter 1
A1: True
A2: False
C: A1
T: 1:49-2:21
Q: Which of the following was not one of Ben Franklin’s jobs? Chapter 2
A1: fireman
A2: printer
A3: doctor
A4: Postmaster General
C: A3
T: 4:35-4:50
Q: What event did Ben Franklin invite people to attend? Chapter 7
A1: an electrical convention
A2: an electrical magic show
A3: an electrical picnic
A4: an electrical school assembly
C: A3
T: 10:24-10:32
Q: Benjamin Franklin published a magazine. Chapter 10
A1: True
A2: False
C: A2
T: 15:42-16:02
Q: Ben flew a remote controlled airplane in a storm and discovered electricity. Chapter 12
A1: True
A2: False
C: A2
T: 19:45-20:43
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