Letter+Writing+to+Nat+King+Cole's+Daughter

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Content Area || 2nd Grade Music/ Language Arts || W–2–3.3 Using details or references to text to support a given focus (Note: support may include prior knowledge) (__Local__) W–2–3.4 Organizing ideas by using a beginning, middle, and concluding statement/sentence given a structure (Local) CCSS: Writing 1. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section. 6. With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. 8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. NETS: 3. Research and Information Fluency __Students__ apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Context of the Lesson || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students view A&E biography Nat King Cole: Loved in Return as an introduction to Black History month. This lesson is an opportunity for the students to learn and use letter writing skills and the knowledge they gained from the biography to write a letter to Natalie (Nat King Cole’s daughter) explaining what they have learned about her father. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Opportunities to Learn || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All students are engaged in this lesson by using multiple means of engagement; students watch the biography and utilize the web based tool http://www.readwritethink.org to write a friendly letter to Nat King Cole’s daughter Natalie. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Objectives || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">At the end of the lesson students will be able to use http://www.readwritethink.org to write a letter to Nat King Cole’s Daughter Natalie, telling her what they learned about her father while watching the documentary. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Classroom Environment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Computers required as well as access to http://www.readwritethink.org ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Instructional Procedures || # <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Have students watch A&E Biography.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After student have watched the Biography they will write down three things they have learned from the biography that they felt were interesting
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will __access__ [|http://www.readwritethink.org] with the teacher.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The teacher will write an example letter to show the students how to use [|http://www.readwritethink.org]
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The students will practice using [|http://www.readwritethink.org] by writing a letter to a friend. Once the letter is complete they will practice printing their letters. Students will then write their letters to Natalie. The teacher will walk around the room to help them their thoughts.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will then write their letters to Natalie. The teacher will walk around the room to help them their thoughts.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The students will write Natalie a letter telling her the three facts they thought were most interesting about her father.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The students will print and hand in to the teacher their __completed__ letters. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Assessment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The students will submit their letters to Nat King Coles Daughter that they created on [|http://www.readwritethink.org] to the teacher to check for grammar and spelling errors ||