Unit 4 - Year 2 Lessons

Overview

Students will complete Unit 4 Year 2 activities using digital literacy workflows.

Target skills:

Tools:

Outputs:

Week 1 - Google Docs: Animals They Like

Lesson 1 - Create an Animal Facts Page

Goal: Create a Google Doc with a title and 3 facts about a mammal.

  1. Open Google Drive (browser) > Students > open your NAME folder.
  2. Click + New > Google Docs to make a new document.
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  3. Open a new tab and go to Nat Geo Kids Animals (search: nat geo animals kids).
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  4. Pick one mammal together as a class. Practice switching between the two tabs.
  5. In Google Docs, set a big title with center alignment: the animal name.
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  6. Press Enter 3× to leave space, then add:
    • Fact 1: Where they live (location)
    • Fact 2: What they eat - meat/plants/both > carnivore / herbivore / omnivore
    • Fact 3: Another fact - weight, length, age, etc.
  7. Add more facts if time allows.

Lesson 2 - New Animal

Repeat Lesson 1 with a different animal and a new Google Doc.
Include Title + Fact 1-3. Print if time allows.

Week 2 - Google Docs: About Japan

Lesson 1 - Build the Page

Goal: Make an About Japan page with a title, images, and facts.

  1. Use Nat Geo Kids - Japan for ideas and images:
    https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/countries/article/japan
  2. Create a new Google Doc in Students > NAME, and name the file “JAPAN”.
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  3. Type the page title “Japan”.
  4. Insert pictures (Insert > Image) to show Japan.
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  5. Add facts (keep it tidy - not too many pictures):
    • Fact 1: Capital city is Tokyo (find a Tokyo picture).
    • Fact 2: Japan uses the Yen (¥).
    • Fact 3: Japan has a big mountain called Mt. Fuji.

Lesson 2 - Continue & Add More Facts

Open the same JAPAN file from Drive and add more facts together using the Nat Geo page:

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