Author

Brooke Smith Bitstrips Lesson

Brooke Smith

Grade
Level

2nd Grade

Integrated
disciplines
Content
Standards

Reading, Writing, and Communicating

Writing
Standards

NETS-S

Objectives
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Assessme
nt:
Materials:
Anticipato
ry Set:
Technolog

Standard 1: Oral Expression and Listening

1a - Tell a story or recount an experience with
appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details,
speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Standard 2: Reading for All Purposes
2aii - Ask and answer such questions as who, what,
where, when, why, and how to demonstrate
understanding of key details in a text.
Standard 3: Writing and Composition
1b - Write narratives in which they recount a wellelaborated event or short sequence of events, include
details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use
temporal words to signal event order, and provide a
sense of closure.
1g - Develop characters both internally (thoughts and
feelings) and externally (physical features, expressions,
clothing).
3d - With guidance and support from adults, use a
variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing,
including in collaboration with peers.
1. Creativity and Innovation (b. Create original works as a
means of personal or group expression)
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making (b.
Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete
a project)
Students will be able to demonstrate their ability to recall a
time or event in which they were proud by creating a Bitstrip
that demonstrates the event.
Teacher will assess students knowledge gained by using a
rubric to guide the grading of the students project.
Each student will need a piece of paper, a pencil, and a
computer
I will grab students attention by getting them involved in the
lesson by brainstorming and using Bitstrip to help them recall
every detail of the event.
I plan to integrate technology into this lesson by having

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Closure
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students use Bitstrips to demonstrate their story. This is an

online comic strip tool, students will practice skills such as
typing and using technology to represent their thoughts. This
is also a good way to show students that although writing a
story is a valuable skill there are other ways we can
represent stories using technology.
Students:
Teacher:
Brainstorm as a class
Model Brainstorming to
the class
Brainstorm on their
Model writing down
own
details from an event
Choose an event where
Work with small groups
you were proud
on Bitstrip (a different
Write down details
group every day,
from the event (who,
maybe during centers)
what, when, where,
why)
Work on Bitstrip in
group
Students who need a challenge Can go into more detail
with their story, write what happened next
Students who are struggling Provide students with a
specific planning template so that once they start creating
the Bitstrip expectations are clear
Because this lesson is designed for small groups it would be
easiest to group students at similar levels
Have a class discussion about identifying details in a story
and writing with details. Read a book and identify the who,
what, when, where, and why.
Colorado Academic Standards
NIETS S