1. A Friday Letter using Kidspiration Larissa Keller MEDUC 611

2. Description: Over the course of several class periods, the students will create a graphic organizer and write a Friday letter using the software Kidspiration.

3. Objectives: Students will create a graphic organizer using Kidspiration and then publish their Friday Letter that includes all 5 parts of a friendly letter and consists of at least 8 sentences. Standards: Standard 4.0 Writing Indicators: Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers. Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade. Objectives: Generate ideas and topics and make a plan before writing Write to express personal ideas using a variety of forms, such as journals, narratives, letters, and reports.

4. Materials Needed: Assignment Rubric Kidspiration software Computers

5. Procedures: Day 1 (Thursday) In class Introduce students to their assignment using the assignment rubric. Model how to: open a new kidspiration document. change graphic organizer pictures. Add text Group objects In lab Students will work on selecting and inserting graphic organizer pictures. Students will write a title for each picture. Students will group objects Students will save their projects (namefridayletter).

6. Procedures: Day 2(Friday) In class Review skills from previous day. Model for students: How to open an existing Kidspiration document. How to switch from organizer mode to writing mode. Write sentences. How to publish to a word document and then format like a letter In lab Students will work on writing their Friday letter. Students will print their published Kidspiration project.

7. Closure: Have students share some of their organizers.

8. Modifications / Adaptations: My special education students would just be required to find pictures and write labels to represent their thoughts.

9. Opening a new document:

10. Changing first picture:

11. Adding text:

12. Inserting more pictures:

13. Adding text:

14. Linking / Grouping objects:

16. Switching to writing mode:

17. Adding sentences:

18. Adding student names:

19. Publishing work:

20. Published work before letter formatting.

21. Published work after letter formatting.