Mr. Horyza                Room 4                 Second  Grade         Green Oaks Fundamental School 
Introduction
Standards 
Objectives
Activities
Assessment 
Results
Resources
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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   Introduction
An octopus is truly an amazing animal

You can use this page to find out more about the octopus.
 This web page will help you learn and re-learn some of the information about  the octopus.  You will have some activities to explore and also some links to find other items about our eight legged friends.

Subject:  Octopus
Topic: Reading/Language arts and science
Grade Level: 2nd 
Student Lesson name and URL:
ctap295.ctaponline.org/~jhoryza/student
Standards Addressed
 California State Standards your lesson addresses:
Second Grade
Reading/Language Arts and Science
1. Reading word analysis and vocabulary
2. Reading comprehension
3. Reading: Literary response
4. Reading: writing applications/content
5. Reading: written language/conventions
 
 
 


Instructional Objectives
The objective of this lesson is to explore the octopus further by using the computer.
At the end of the project you will write an expository story telling about the octopus.
 
 


 
 
 

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Student Activities
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Introductory Activity

1. Explore the web site. Get used to it.

2. Try all of the buttons.

3. Read the octopus fact file below.

4. Visit the links to some other sites:


 

5. Print out the activity pages that you finish.
 

Reading Activity(ies)

Octopus Fact File:

* The octopus is a mollusk, an invertebrate animal in the same catagory as clams, slugs, snails, and squids. Although it evolved from a snail-like ancestor, at some point the octopus lost its shell.

* Like the eyes of vertebrates, octopuses' eyes have cornea, iris, and retina. Experiments show that their eyes are capable of shape discrimination, which may contribute to their ability to learn simple tasks.

*Key words from your reading:

beak, prey, den, intelligence, clever

*Other words you should already know:

also, between, draw, eight, seven
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Your last job.
Now you need to write a "sloppy copy" story about the octopus.
The story needs to have a beginning.
Make sure you have at least 4 important details in the story.
The story needs to have an end.
  • name on paper
  • date on paper
  • cubby number on paper
  • use the word wall and your book for important words.
  • have fun


Assessment
The children will make a folder of their completed work.  The folder must be turned in to the teacher after they complete each of the activities.  Activity 3 is a diving octopus project that must be demonstrated to the teacher.
                            Rubric Score:
                            4  Successful completion of all (8) eight activities then each page    printed and and neatly organized in a folder , decoratated and a title.  Then answer the questions on the Grade page.

                            3  Completion of all activities and turned in a folder.

                              2  Some of the activities completed (between 2 and 5 ).

                              1  Only 1 or  2 activities completed. 
 
 


 
 

Results
After implementing your lesson (sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test, post-test, and culminating assessment data.

Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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Green Oaks Fundamental School
7145 Filbert Ave.
Orangevale, CA  95662
Mr. Horyza
Room 4,  Second Grade
jhoryz@sanjuan.edu
JTHoryza@cs.com
Last Revised: 06/30/2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page.)