Technology in Action
Integrating Technology

Title:  Subject/Predicate Fun Book
Developed by: Michele Kupiszewski

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Template
(To Open the Template, right click
 on the word Template and "Save Target As..."
to your computer.  Open with Kid Pix 4)

Content Area: Language Arts

Grade Level: 3

Materials/Resources (Including Software): Kid Pix 4

Technology Focus:

Skills Included in Lesson

Timeline: 45 minutes

TEKS:
Subject Area - §110.5.3.17(C,D,E) §110.5.3.18(D,E)
Technology Applications - §126.3.2 (A,E); §126.3.3A; §126.3.10 (A,B); §126.3.12B

Objective:  Students will understand the difference between subjects and predicates and put in a sentence form with illustrations.

Procedures: 

Prior to coming to the lab

Have students prepare an elaborate sentence using a subject and predicate that they feel they can express in drawing form.

Have the campus technologist save the template to a location where it is accessible to the students.

Procedures in the lab

1.    Open Kid Pix 4

2.    Open the Subject/Predicate template that has been saved by your campus technologist  (Spring Valley & Hewitt campuses can access the template by going to the Idea machine>Language Arts folder>Subject/Predicate template)

3.    Select the ABC Text tool    and have the students click in the “Student Name” box and change it to their name.

4.    Then, place a text box in the lower left section of the screen under the word “subject”. 

5.    The student will only type the subject part of their sentence on this side. 

6.    Highlight the text inside the box and change the font size, style, and color. Have the students size their words so that the sentence stays on one line. (Once they have finished typing, have them resize the text box to match the words and grab the blue bar and move the entire box to the left side of the screen.)

7.     Select the ABC Text tool    and have the students place a text box in the lower right section of the screen under the word “predicate”. 

8.    The student will type the predicate part of their sentence only on this side. Be sure to complete the sentence with proper punctuation. (Once they have finished typing, have them resize the text box to match the words and grab the blue bar and move the entire box to the right side of the screen and line it up to the subject box on the left side of the screen.)

9.    Highlight the text inside the box and change the font size, style, and color.

10.    Have the students draw the subject side of the picture by using either the drawing tools , the stickers  , and/or the rubber stamps  .  If the students do not find a sticker or stamp they would like to use, then they will need to use the drawing tool (squiggle line) to freehand their picture.  They can also use the paint bucket to fill-in the background.

11.  Repeat step #9 for the predicate side of the picture, showing the action taking place on the predicate side.

12. Remind students to use the “undo guy” if they want to remove the very last thing they drew.

13. Once the picture is complete, have the students Print their picture to the color printer.  (Go to File>Print>Options-be sure color printer is selected>click Ok.)

14. Once all of the class pictures have printed, the teacher can create a fun flip book for the classroom by doing the following steps:

a.    Have a student create a cover page for the booklet (ex. Mrs. Kupiszewski’s Incredible Subject/Predicate Book 2006-2007)

b.   Use a comb and binding machine to put the book together.

c.    Once the book is completely bound, cut the pages in half on the black line.

d.   The students now have a fun flip book to look at to reinforce subjects & predicates.

Assessment:  Grade the students’ final products based on correct grammar, punctuation, and creativity.

Modifications:  Have sentences prepared ahead of time with directions for where to find particular stamps and/or stickers that match the picture.  Then allow students to separate the sentence into the correct subject side and predicate side.

Extensions: Students could create a slide show in Kid Pix 4 using the subject/predicate completed projects that were saved to the students’ folders.  Have students add sound to their projects to play on each page of the slide show.

 

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