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Are you ready to add some "bling" to your Christmas? This fun and interactive lesson will explore the tradition of adding tinsel to Christmas trees. The charming folktale Cobweb Christmas by Shirley Climo is set in Germany and focuses on some curious spiders paying a visit to Tante's tree. Incorporating Science, Language Arts, and Technology standards, students will discuss characteristics of arachnids using observation, compare and contrast different arachnids, and identify key elements of our story.

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About This Program

Cost

By Request: $85.00


If you require special bridging to make this connection successful, each school is responsible for scheduling the bridge, and all associated fees with the connection
*A $25.00 fee will be assessed to sites who go over the 30-35 student maximum. Overage fee depends on the number of students attending (see cancellation policy)

Length

50-60 minutes


Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) Kindergarten, 1, 2

Minimum participants:

4-5

Maximum participants:

30


Primary Disciplines

Career Education, Character Education, Economics/Business, Gifted & Talented, Health/Physical Education, Language Arts/English, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Reading, Sciences, Service Learning, Social Studies/History, Special Needs, Technology/Information Science, Writing


Program Delivery Mode

Videoconference - H.323 (Polycom, Cisco/Tandberg, LifeSize, etc...)



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Provider's Cancellation Policy

Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
Distance Learning Connection and Cancellation Policy 2012-2013


The Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center (MVESC) understands the occasional need to reschedule programs due to changing schedules, inclement weather, or technical difficulties; however, MVESC commits resources to a program the moment a reservation is received and presenters are scheduled. Presenters must be paid for their preparation, time, and travel. Please note the Distance Learning Cancellation Policy below:
1. The school will:
• Have an audience for the time and date the district scheduled the session and coordinate with teachers, technicians, coordinators, treasurers, and other parties prior to submitting the request;
• MVESC asks that anyone making a reservation please check school calendars for holidays, professional development days, and testing dates to avoid potential conflicts.
2. Failure of a school to have the audience available for the scheduled session will result in a $30 charge for the session. Scheduled events must be cancelled at least 24 hours in advance of the session to avoid the $30 cancellation fee. This fee is nonreturnable and may not be applied toward a future session.
3. MVESC strongly recommends performing a test connection at least two days prior to the event. The school has the right to cancel any program the day of the test if a successful connection cannot be made. In such a case, MVESC will not charge the $30 cancellation fee. If technical reasons prevent a successful connection on the day of the session, the $30 fee also will be waived. The $30 fee applies to all MVESC sponsored programming.
4. If you should not establish a connection, you MUST contact the MVESC by phone at the time of the connection (740-452-4518 x1133, or x1171) to notify the instructor. The MVESC will not waive the $30 fee if we are not notified that there is a connection issue.
5. If the connection you have registered for has materials that are sent by mail, you must supply the MVESC with the mailing address of the classroom that will receive the instruction. Failure to supply the MVESC with the proper address will result in additional fees for materials and postage. (The school will be charged for each kit sent by mail and the associated extra postage).
6. Taping of sessions is prohibited.
7. There is a 30 student maximum on all MVESC connections.
It is the goal of the MVESC Distance Learning Program to maintain high quality student interaction with the presenters. Limiting the number of students per session will ensure successful connections.
a. All sessions will be charged an $85.00 instructional fee.
b. For sites that go over the student maximum, an additional $25.00 (overage fee) will be applied.
c. This fee will be applied on your invoice at the end of the month.
d. For extra students added to a connection, an additional $25.00 fee will apply. (e.g. 31- 60 students—Site charged $85.00 instructional fee plus $25 overage fee; 61-90 students--Site charged $85.00 instructional fee plus $50.00 overage fee.)
8. All MVESC distance learning programs will only be scheduled upon receipt of a signed purchase order. These may be mailed or faxed to Leslie Charles at MVESC (740-455-6702). If you regularly schedule programs with MVESC, please provide a number for us to reference when invoicing for sessions completed. Invoices will be sent at the end of each month, and payment is required in U.S. dollars within 30 days of receipt.
We want this connection to be an enjoyable and valuable experience for both you and your students. We appreciate your feedback! Please don’t hesitate to contact us with questions, positive comments, or constructive criticism. We look forward to working with your classrooms in the future!

About This Provider

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Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center

Zanesville, OH
United States

Student Connections
The MVESC offers numerous interactive student lessons. Student engagement is key! MVESC programming takes advantage of video streaming, live experimentation, electronic microscopes, and chromakey green screen technology to bring the learning experience alive for students. It is our mission to provide information, resources, and content to students through interactive video that would otherwise be inaccessible do to the limitations of time, money, and distance.

Professional Development
The MVESC Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Department, including gifted services, is organized to support school districts in the areas of curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development and educational resources. Please visit our professional development link for a complete current listing of the professional development video conference offerings that we provide throughout the year.

Contact:
Leslie Charles
leslie.charles@mvesc.org
74045245181133

Program Details

Format

1. Vocabulary Discussion
2. Spiders—what are they? (Science integration)
3. Observation of various spiders and spider characteristics
4. Author/illustrator discussion
5. Story Time: Cobweb Christmas by Shirley Climo
6. Literature Discussion and Review
7. Brief discussion on other holiday traditions and folklore
8. Problem Solving Game

Objectives

Students will be able to:
1. Brainstorm Christmas traditions
2. Identify the main characteristics of a spider
3. Explain the difference between an author and illustrator
4. Answer questions about the story to demonstrate comprehension

Standards Alignment

National Standards

Language Arts-Grades K-12

NL.ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies
Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).

NL.ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills
Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
NL.ENG.K-12.5 Communication Strategies
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
NL.ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge
Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.

State Standards

Ohio Academic Standards
Kindergarten
Science
Life Sciences Standard
1. Explore differences between living and nonliving things (e.g., plant-rock).
2. Discover that stories (e.g., cartoons, movies, comics) sometimes give plants and animals characteristics they really do not have (e.g., talking flowers).
5. Investigate observable features of plants and animals that help them live in different kinds of places.
Language Arts
Acquisition of Vocabulary Standard
1. Understand new words from the context of conversations or from the use of pictures within a text.
2. Recognize and understand words, signs and symbols seen in everyday life.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
3. Know the differences between illustrations and print.
4. Visualize the information in texts, and demonstrate this by drawing pictures, discussing images in texts or dictating simple descriptions.
5. Predict what will happen next, using pictures and content as a guide.
6. Compare information (e.g., recognize similarities) in texts using prior knowledge and experience.
7. Recall information from a story by sequencing pictures and events.
8. Answer literal questions to demonstrate comprehension of orally read grade-appropriate texts.
9. Monitor comprehension of orally read texts by asking and answering questions.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text Standard
1. Use pictures and illustrations to aid comprehension.
2. Identify and discuss the sequence of events in informational text.
3. Tell the main idea of a selection that has been read aloud.
5. Follow simple directions.
Reading Applications: Literary Text Standard
2. Identify the characters and setting in a story.
3. Retell or re-enact a story that has been heard.
4. Distinguish between fantasy and reality.
5. Recognize predictable patterns in stories.
Technology Standard:
a.K.6 Recognize the connection between technology and other fields of study (e.g., technology can be used to make or create music or musical instruments).
Grade 1:
Science
Life Sciences Standard
1. Explore that organisms, including people, have basic needs which include air, water, food, living space and shelter.
3. Explore that humans and other animals have body parts that help to seek, find and take in food when they are hungry (e.g., sharp teeth, flat teeth, good nose, sharp vision).
Language Arts
Acquisition of Vocabulary Standard
4. Recognize common sight words.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
1. Describe the role of authors and illustrators.
3. Visualize the information in texts, and demonstrate this by drawing pictures, discussing images in texts or writing simple descriptions.
4. Make predictions while reading, and support these predictions with information from the text or prior experience.
5. Compare information (e.g., recognize similarities) in texts with prior knowledge and experience.
6. Recall the important ideas in fictional and non-fictional texts.
8. Answer literal, simple inferential and evaluative questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts, electronic and visual media.
9. Monitor comprehension of independently- or group-read texts by asking and answering questions.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text Standard
2. Identify the sequence of events in informational text.
3. Ask questions concerning essential elements of informational text (e.g., why, who, where, what if and how).
4. Identify central ideas and supporting details of informational text with teacher assistance.
6. Follow multi-step directions.
Reading Applications: Literary Text Standard
e.1.1 Provide own interpretation of story using information from the text.
e.1.2 Identify characters, setting and events in a story.
e.1.3 Retell the beginning, middle and ending of a story including its important events.
Technology Standard:
a.1.6 Describe the connections between technology and other fields of study (e.g., teachers use computers, scientists use microscopes, farmers use tractors).
Grade 2
Science
Life Sciences Standard
4. Compare similarities and differences among individuals of the same kind of plants and animals, including people.
Language Arts
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
1. Establish a purpose for reading (e.g., to be informed, to follow directions or to be entertained).
2. Predict content, events and outcomes from illustrations and prior experience, and support those predictions with examples from the text or background knowledge.
3. Compare and contrast information in texts with prior knowledge and experience.
4. Summarize text by recalling main ideas and some supporting details.
6. Answer literal, inferential and evaluative questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts, electronic and visual media.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text Standard
1. Use the table of contents, glossary, index, captions and illustrations to identify information and to comprehend text.
2. Arrange events from informational text in sequential order.
4. Classify ideas from informational texts as main ideas or supporting details
Reading Applications: Literary Text Standard
1. Compare and contrast different versions of the same story.
2. Describe characters and setting.
3. Retell the plot of a story.
4. Distinguish between stories, poems, plays, fairy tales and fables.
6. Identify the theme of a text.
Technology Standard:
a.2.8 Explore the use of technology in different fields of study (e.g., school subjects, careers and technologies common to them).