Overview Notes

Overview of Bud Not Buddy Lesson Suggestions




Resources

• Collect a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and reference print resources:
  

Fables	Crime	Communication	Depression
Homelessness	Railroads	Union Movement	Jazz music
Maps	Rocks and Minerals	Oral History	Historical Fiction

• Collect a variety of novels set in the Depression era
  • A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck - Illinois
    
  • Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse - Oklahoma
    
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor - Mississippi
    
  • Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright - Wisconsin
    
• Organize computer software such as a word processor (i.e., Word, ClarisWorks), imaging software (i.e., Professor Franklin's Photo Effects, KidPix, Photoshop), and slide show software (i.e., PowerPoint, KidPix, HyperStudio).
  

Technology Setup

• Schedule computer access for projects and Internet access.
  
• Schedule use of the digital camera, scanner, audiotape recorder, and video player.
  
• Use Gaggle to create email addresses for your students.
  
• Use sites such as epals and Proteacher to identify a collaborative partner classroom
  
• Use sites such as Lightspan's GlobalSchoolhouse to check for ongoing collaborative projects associated with the book or themes.
  

Classroom Management and Activity Guidelines
Ten classroom activities have been provided as part of a thematic unit focusing on the novel Bud, Not Buddy. A lesson overview has been provided for each activity. For each lesson, you'll find a set of benchmarks, a suggested timing of the lesson, specific pages connecting the book to the activities, performance assessments, and other activity ideas. Each activity page contains an introduction, task, process and resources, project guidelines, and a conclusion.
Technology access issues. Please modify the activities to fit the needs of your class and access to technology. For example, each activity indicates the need for individual, small group, or whole class work. If you have limited access to technology, you may want to complete many of the activities as a large group using one computer and a large monitor.
Time issues. Don't be overwhelmed by the number of activities provided. This project is set up in the activities format so you have choices. You may pick only a few of the ideas to implement based on the time you have available and the benchmarks you need to address. Also, within the activity you may find that some tasks are more appropriate than others. Modify the activities to fit your needs.
Implementation issues. Students need help completing the activities provided. This unit is not intended as a stand-alone resource. In other words, it should be merged with the instructional resources you already have available in your classroom. For example, you may already have good lessons on rocks and analogies that you could merge with the Rocks in My Pocket activity. You may wish to design worksheets and print materials to supplement each activity. A number of activities discuss the creation of lists or charts. You may want to provide print directions and guidelines.


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