Assure Assignment
- 1. Ashley Porter Assure Assignment A- Analyze Learners Teaching Holiday Traditions to 4th graders. There are 20 students 11 girls, and 9 boys. There are 2 Muslims, 3 Jewish, and 2 African Americans. S- State Objectives The objective of this is to teach 4th graders Holiday Traditions of Christmas. I want the class to know and understand the different activities and history of this holiday. They will know how it came about and is celebrated. They will also understand why this is a holiday. By the end of the lesson they will be able to tell the classroom in groups of 4 one important tradition. The kids will all have different traditions of Christmas to learn about. The outcome of the lesson will be based on utilization of websites, youtube videos, songs, storytelling, and activities in the classroom. They will know Holiday Traditions by the end of the month with 80% accuracy. S- Select Methods, Media, and Materials They will watch videos on the history of Christmas. They will learn songs about Christmas that tells information about Christmas Traditions. They will watch and listen to people tell stories of traditions on the internet. They will be making ornaments and gifts in the classroom for hands on activities. They will learn and perform a play as a whole class. U- Utilize Media and Materials Group 1 will listen and watch youtube videos to learn about the food prepared on Christmas. Group 2 will learn songs based on the history of Christmas. This will teach them why Christmas is celebrated. Group 3 will be researching the internet to find information of why presents are given and trees are put up and decorated. Group 4 will watch and listen to people tell stories of their different family traditions.
- 2. R- Require Learner Participation All kids will be making ornaments. They will be making presents, baking cookies, decorating a tree in the classroom, and performing a play. E- Evaluate and Revise Before the lesson I will tell the kids a few stories about my childhood Christmas traditions to get them interested. During the lesson they will be learning lots of traditions of Christmas. After the lesson they will have learned all about Christmas traditions and be able to tell about them in class in their groups. To revise I will use more media to go in more detail with the traditions.