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Yahooligans Owl Information

The topic of this lesson is great horned owls. The students will read information about the description of the owls and their eating habits. The students will also be able to listen to the sounds that a great horned owl makes. The student will be expected to use computer skills as well as reading skills to look up information in the website for the worksheet.

A lesson plan for grade 3 English Language Arts

By Nicole Davenport

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Learning outcomes

Students will work independently to move throughout the Internet site to find the information needed.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

1 hour

Materials/resources

Worksheet and prior knowledge of great horned owls.
Poppy by Avi (ISBN: 0380727692)

Technology resources

Computer with Internet access.

Pre-activities

Review the procedures of using the Internet as well as a review of what the class has learned so far about great horned owls. Have the site bookmarked on the computer so children can access the site much easier.

Activities

  1. Instruct the students step by step on procedures to access the owl website and use of the owl website.
  2. After all students have successfully found the web page, then begin the activity sheet entitled Yahooligans Owl Information.
  3. Together find the information for the first question on the worksheet.
  4. Continue monitoring students to ensure all are on the right track. Let the students continue answering questions on the worksheet independently as teacher continuously monitors student activities.

Additional Activities:

After the worksheet is completed and the students have further investigated the website on great horned owls allow sharing of interesting facts learned in groups. Use the excitement of the moment to encourage further independent investigation and sharing in the near future.

Assessment

Successful completion of worksheet.

Supplemental information

See attachment: Yahooligans Owl Information

Related websites

http://www.owlpages.com/species/bubo/virginianus/Default.htm
This site is used with the attachment.

Additional sites about the Great Horned Owl are:
http://www.petersononline.com/birds/month/ghow/
http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/jan/papr/ghowl.html
http://www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca/nature/whp/raptors/dc17s05.en.html#4

This site is appropriate for younger students.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Hornedowlprintout.shtml

Comments

This Lesson is done along with the reading of Poppy By Avi (ISBN: 0380727692)

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 3

  • Goal 2: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
    • Objective 2.02: Interact with the text before, during, and after reading, listening, or viewing by:
      • setting a purpose.
      • previewing the text.
      • making predictions.
      • asking questions.
      • locating information for specific purposes.
      • making connections.
      • using story structure and text organization to comprehend.