Elementary Library

Unit 4 K - 2

Week 2 What is media and how does it affect me?

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

I CAN…

Students will define media and list multiple examples.

K: I can define media and list examples.

1-2: I can recognize elements used to construct a message.

1-2: Students will recognize and label elements used to construct a message in media.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS

VOCABULARY

Define - to explain the meaning of a word

Kindergarten: Media Naming Worksheet 1-2: Media & Creators Matching 1-2: Media Examples Slide Deck

Media - the ways we communicate with many people at once

Books (Choose 1)

Information - knowledge or facts that come from a source 1-2: Message - the ideas, information, and values that are communicated through various media

K-1: Picture Books ●​ Once Upon A Book by Grace Lin (Books) ●​ A Fox Found A Box by Ged Adamson (Radio) ●​ Change Sings by Amanda Gorman (Poetry) 2: Nonfiction ●​ Blips on a screen : How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession by Kate Hannigan (Video Games) ●​ The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull (Television shows)

Text - groups of words

Images - photographs

Audio - recordings

Video - a movie or show that uses moving pictures and sometimes sound to share information

Animation -pictures, or images, that appear to move

WELCOME & ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Greet students warmly at the library door. Follow opening procedures to prepare students for learning.

Say: Let’s play a game. Who knows how to play I-Spy?

Explain rules and play a few rounds. Select objects kids can see in the library from the learning area.

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