Robots: Lesson 2

Making Robots that Mimic Humans

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Graphic Organizers: GO#1 | GO#2 | GO#3
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News Article: Robots Becoming More 'Human' All The Time

TEKS OBJECTIVES

English Language Arts, Grades 4-5

• Listening/Speaking:

  1A, 1C, 2A, 2D, 4A
• Reading/Word Identification:

  6A, 6B, 6C
• Reading/Fluency:

  7C, 7D
• Reading/Vocabulary Development:

  9A, 9B, 9D
• Reading/Comprehension:

  10A, 10B, 10C, 10F, 10G, 10H, 10L
• Reading/Literary Response:

  11A, 11B, 11C

English Language Arts, Grades 6-8

• Listening/Speaking:

  1A, 1D, 2A, 2D, 2E, 4A
• Reading/Word Identification:

  6A, 6B, 6C
• Reading/Fluency:

  7C, 7D
• Reading/Vocabulary Development:

  9A, 9B, 9D
• Reading/Comprehension:

  10A, 10B, 10C, 10F, 10G, 10H, 10L
• Reading/Literary Response:

  11A, 11B, 11C

Science, Grades 4-8

• Scientific Processes:
  3D

National Science Education Standards, Grades 5-8

• Science and Technology: E
• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: F

NCSS Social Studies Standards, Grades 6-8

• Science, Technology, and Society: A

TAKS OBJECTIVES

Reading, Grades 4-8:
• Objectives 1, 3, 4

Science, Grades 5 and 8:
• Objective 1

Lesson Objectives:

Learners will:

• locate specific information in response to questions
• participate in discussion to clarify ideas and
  answer questions
• predict information about robots and read
   to confirm predictions
• predict meanings of vocabulary words associated
  with robots and read to confirm or revise understandings
• use context clues and knowledge of word parts to figure
  out meanings of unknown words

Skills

• interpreting information
• locating information
• making/revising/confirming predictions