Cause+and+Effect+in+Kerpoof+(1st+Grade)

by Kaye Byard and Chris Pugh

=Standards= CFU 0101.2.4 - Summarize what has been heard using the logical sequence of events. CFU 0101.3.1Brainstorm ideas with teachers and peers, use graphic organizers (e.g., webs, charts, Venn diagrams) independently and/or in group, draw pictures to generate ideas, and use a variety of resources to gather information.
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 * ISTE NETS**
 * 1b.** **Creativity and Innovation -** create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

=**Lesson**= Kerpoof is a website that allows for creative work to be created. There are 6 different tools available; "Spell a Picture", "Doodle Pad"(best for PreK-1), "Make a Drawing"(best for Grade 1 and up), "Make a Picture", "Make a Card", "Make a Story"*, and "Make a Movie"*. All activities except the story and movie can be done a printed in a single setting. *"Make a Story" and "Make a Movie" are tools that require more time to be effective and the ability to save work, which cannot be done without a free account. Teachers can create a Teacher account, and then use [|Teacher Tools] to quickly generate a group of student accounts for their class. Prior to class, the teacher can download this ZIP file containing a desktop icon for Kerpoof to the student machines. [|KerpoofStudio.zip]

TSW...
 * 1) Double-click on the desktop icon for Kerpoof.
 * 2) Click on "Make a Card". You may need to click on the arrows to rotate the selector to show the "Make a Card" activity.
 * 3) Click on a card type.
 * 4) Click and drag a box from the right, then click and drag the arrows to resize it to fill the top of the page. Repeat to add a box to the bottom of the page.
 * 5) Click and drag one text box from the left to the top of each box. Type CAUSE in one and EFFECT in the other.
 * 6) Type words in the search box below the pictures in the right to find different characters and props to build 2 similar scenes. One will be for the cause. The other for the effect.
 * 7) Click on one character or prop in each scene to type what is happening in that scene as either the cause or the effect.
 * 8) Click and drag a text box from the left to add the student's name.
 * 9) Click the Printer icon on the left.
 * 10) Click Print, OK, and Print in the next few windows.

Extend the lesson by taking the printed pages to the document camera. Zoom in on one portion, either the cause or the effect. Have the page's author come to the document camera to take guesses about what the missing part shows.