Objectives: Students will be able to
1.understand and describe practices surrounding Earth Day
2.reflect on the significance of Earth Day for communities who celebrate

Activity: Using Nearpod on individual laptops: https://nearpod.com/s/social-studies/kindergarten/earth-day-k2-L38258175 (Nearpod, n.d.)Review Essential Question: How can Earth Day help us better understand issues affecting the health of our planet and the life it supports? Collect previous knowledge. Review and discuss the image of student collecting waste. Take a class poll: Have you heard of Earth Day Before? Think Pair Share: Partners discuss what they know about Earth Day. Share. Read NearPod slides re: Earth Day and its history. Watch Earth Day video. Students will draw a picture of one way the video suggests helping planet Earth. Take Quiz. Class Discussion on environmental issues. Create a picture of animal or natural area that is important to you. Draw a picture of something unhealthy in your local area that is unhealthy and like to improve Discuss: What you learned.

Benefits: Students aren't learning from a "textbook". This is more engaging. You can control the powerpoint from your own computer and teach at your own pace. It provides opportunity for collaborative learning as well as individual assessment. Students can buddy up if they struggle with the technology. Challenges: Technology is not always reliable. Students need to learn how to use the tools associated with the program.

Technology Integration: Students will use laptops or iPads. They will log in with a QR code and the class code and the teacher will control the slides as he/she goes through the lesson.

Assessment: Students are assessed via a short quiz, pictures they create after watching the video, oral responses, and the end of lesson pictures.

NJSLS ELA:
RI.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
RF.1.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.1.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
SL.1.1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.1.2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.1.5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017).

NJSLS Social Studies:
6.1.4.B.9 Advancements in science and technology
can have unintended consequences that impact individuals and/or societies.
6.1.4.B.5 The physical environment can both accommodate and be endangered by human activities.
("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017).

21st Century Learning Standards :
CRP5. Consider the environmental, social and economic impacts of decisions
CRP8. Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
CRP11. Use technology to enhance productivity.
("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017).

Technology Integration: Students will use iPads to demonstrate their understanding of compound words using See Saw. The teacher will be able to see their work after they submit it.

Assessment: Students will be assessed on the SeeSaw app to identify if students grasped the concept of compound words, can read the words they created, and can define the words through a picture.

Benefits: Students can get immediate feedback through See Saw if they do not read the words correctly or match them up. It is interactive and engaging. Challenges: Sometimes the students do not speak up loud enough to hear them read the items. Students have difficulties logging on if other students do not log out of the program. They tend to record on someone else's account in the class. You can hear background noise while students are recording.

Objectives: Students will be able to:

1. identify compound words
2. create compound words
3. define compound words through pictures

Activity: Assess previous knowledge of what a compound word is by having students write one word they think is a compound word on a post it note. Collect and review. Gather students on the rug. Ask students what they think makes up a compound word. Students will brainstorm different compound words and write them on the chart. In groups, students will complete the compound word matching game. Results will be shared with the class. Students will use the iPad to complete a See Saw activity on compound words. (Reyes, n.d.) Student will have to match two words to make compound words. They will have to read the words into the iPad, and then draw a picture of one of the words.

21st Century Learning Standards:
CRP4. Communicate clearly and effectively and with reason.
CRP11. Use technology to enhance productivity.
("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017)

NJSLS ELA:
L.1.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
SL.1.5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL.1.6. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation. ("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017)

Activity: Review prior knowledge: Vowel digraph "oo" (uh) and syllables. Students will then read "Whistle For Willie" in pairs. Together they will find words that have vowel digraph "oo" and write them on white boards. Students will then use iPads to answer questions in Kahoot
(https://create.kahoot.it/details/whistle-for-willie/77f5f357-0bda-455f-9daf-1670d9706305)
about the story, words with vowel diagraph "oo", and identify and segment words into syllables. (plaingtaylor,2016)

Technology Integration: Students will use iPads to play "Kahoot" to demonstrate comprehension of "Whistle For Willie", identify words with "oo", and segment and identify syllables. Each student will log into the website with a code and enter their name. The questions will pop up on the screen and they will race to see who can answer the questions first and correctly.

Assessment: Students will be assessed on their responses, their whiteboard activities, and their answers on Kahoot via the reports generated by the program.

Objectives: Students will be able to:1.recall key details from Whistle For Willie 2. identify words with the "oo" sound (uh) 3. identify and divide words into syllables

Benefits: Students will be able to have an interactive experience demonstrating comprehension skills. They can compete against each other. An Excel spreadsheet breaks down each question for each student so it makes it easy to assess their understanding. Challenges: Sometimes students get upset if they are not doing well. Technology is not always reliable. Students have trouble logging on with the code. Sometimes students put fake names and you have to redirect them to put their real name.

NJSLS ELA:
RF.1.2. Demonstrate mastery of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes) by using knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word. D. Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words 1. Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable
words.
RL.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.2. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.1.3. Describe characters, settings, and major event(s) in a story, using key details.
L.1.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017)

21st Century Learning Standards:
CRP8. Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. CRP11. Use technology to enhance productivity. ("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017)

Benefits: Students have difficulty explaining solutions to math problems in written form. It is easier for them to orally explain the answers. Shy students will be more apt to speak on video instead of raising their hands in class. Teacher feedback can be given privately. Challenges: Flipgrid tends to echo if you are not close enough to the microphone. Some students are not comfortable putting their information on a grid where the class can see. Other students can comment on their videos , which might make students uncomfortable or they might not add appropriate comments.

Activity: Students will complete the Solve and Share portion of the lesson: Discuss the question to decide if it is true of false. Students will watch the Visual Learning Video on the SmartBoard. Together the class will work on the Guided Practice problems, and then complete the Independent Practice Problems in small groups. Students will go on FlipGrid on the HP Streams to explain the answer to "If Gene gives 4 of his balloons away, then he and Dani will have the same number. Fill in the blanks to make the equation true. Use +,-, or = " (enVisionMath 2.0, Topic 5, Lesson 5-7, page 338) (Charles et all. (2016), p. 338)

Technology Integration: Students will be using FlipGrid on the HP Streams to video blog math answers instead of writing them in the workbook. They will also use the SmartBoard to watch a math video and show their answers to their math lesson.

Objectives: Students will be able to use precision to determine the missing number or symbol in an equation

Assessment: You can assess using the workbook pages, but the Flipgrid can be used to assess the students' understanding of precise math explanations.

21st Century Learning Standards
CRP8. Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
CRP11. Use technology to enhance productivity.
("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017)

NJSLS Math 1.0.A.D. Work with addition and subtraction equations.

7. Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false. For example, which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 – 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2.
8. : Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating to three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = � – 3, 6 + 6 = �. ("State Of New Jersey Department Of Education", 1996-2017)