Ride+the+Carousel

=Ride the carousel=

Summary:
Do you like to ride the carousel at the amusement park. Many people like to do this. Do you like to eat all those snacks at the Amusement park? Many of them are not very healthy. For this activity we will make our own carousel and have a bit of a healthy snack. You have to follow the directions. First you need to read your directions page and using the computer will match the images to the correct directions. Then you can get your supplies and use your page to follow the directions.

**Objective:**
The students will read and comprehend directions by matching a picture to the written direction with 100% accuracy. Technology objective for some students: The students will use drag and drop to match images to words.

**Engagement:**
As we have been doing our unit on amusement parks some of you have talked about how you like to eat all the fun food at fairs and amusement parks. Today I thought we could make something that you can eat when you are finished. What do we use that gives us the directions to make something? Right a recipe. The recipe tells us what we need to use and the order in which we should do the steps. Why do you think it is important to follow the order of the steps? Hmmm. Lets see what if I put all the ingredients in a bowl for a cake but didn't mix it and then tried to bake it and thought I could mix it later. What would happen? Oooo it might be yucky right. Sometimes the directions tell us to do things in a certain order to make it easier for us. So today we are going to read a recipe to make an Apple Carousel. We have talked about riding the carousel at amusement parks. We are also going to practice a skill on the computer with our word processor. I have typed in a recipe and put in pictures you are going to drag and drop those pictures to put them in the right order. When else do we use the copy and paste feature on the computer. Right when we write something and decide we want to put the sentences in another order. We also practice copy and paste when we want to use some information from one document and put it into another. Copy and paste makes it faster for us to do things instead of retyping them.

**Preteaching:**
Review the pictures to make sure that everyone understands the objects in the pictures.

**Barrier: students cannot use the computer (these students would not be working on the technology objective)**
After printing this page, some students will practice cutting and placing the pictures next to the directions. After printing this page, some students will draw a line to match the directions to the picture.

**Barrier: student cannot read the directions**
For students who understand but cannot read a text to speech word processor will be available to complete this activity.

**Alternative Activity using same materials or for those who finish early:**
After completing the activity, students can work on remembering the steps. Using the word document the students can practice dragging and dropping or using cut and paste to put the sentences in the correct order. Press the cookie into the straw. Get your materials: 2 apple halves, 6 short straws, peanut butter, and cookies. Poke 6 straws into the apple half. Put the bottom half of the apple on a plate, skin side down. Look at your finished carousel Put some peanut butter on the back of the cookie Press the top half of the apple into the straws.
 * Rearrange the directions for the correct order:**

**Evaluation:**
Students will turn in their handout or print out their matched worksheet. Once students have matched all pictures correctly they will be able to make their carousel for a snack.

Activity for students: [[file:appleactivity.doc]]

 * **Here's what you will need to make it:** || * apple
 * six plastic straws
 * peanut butter
 * animal crackers ||
 * Copy and paste the pictures to match the directions**



2 apple halves, 6 short straws, peanut butter, and cookies. ||  || Poke 6 straws into the apple half. ||  ||
 * Copy and paste the pictures to match the directions**
 * Get your materials
 * Put the bottom half of the apple on a plate, skin side down.
 * Press the top half of the apple into the straws. ||  ||
 * Put some peanut butter on the back of the cookie ||  ||
 * Press the cookie into the straw. ||  ||
 * Look at your finished carousel ||  ||