Engage grades 2-5 in coding an interactive story with speech recognition while committing to tree conservation. Perfect for Earth Day and Arbor Day activities.
Use milestone checks, organizer responses, and daily test evidence to guide feedback.
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The fact accurately connects a tree need to growth, and the promise describes a realistic action that supports that need. Saying the intended word produces the promised growth response, and the title and pages form a coherent short tree story.
đThe Biggest Tree on Earth Started Smaller Than Your Fingernail
In a forest in California stands the biggest tree on Earth. It is called General Sherman. It is taller than a 20-story building, and wider than a classroom. Now here is the amazing part. That giant began as a seed smaller than your fingernaâŠ
SourcesNational Park Service â The General Sherman TreeUSDA Forest Service â Giant Sequoia National Monument
Think about what trees needs to grow. Draw your ideas and write a few words on how you will help your tree. Use the worksheet to help ( PDF or Google Doc ).
Students learn that a tree grows by slowly gathering what it cannot ask for: water through its roots, light and air through its leaves, and a great deal of time. Because a tree cannot speak for itself, people who care for trees speak and act for them. They apply this by coding a tree that grows when its needs are spoken aloud, then writing a Tree Keeper Promise to real trees.
The sentence lists a resource but does not explain how it supports growth. âAdd because and name the root, leaf, or growth process involved.
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The spoken trigger word differs from the important word in the sentence. âCircle the exact word the READER will say and select that same word in the pronounce event.
Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts, or solving authentic problems.
ISTE 1.4.c
Students develop, test, and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.
ISTE 1.6.d
Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
ISTE 1.5.d
Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.
