Assure Method Plan Revised
- 1. Shannon Dunn ASSURE Method Assignment A: Teaching the months of the year to a 1st grade class, Special ed., 10 boys, 7 girls, 70% white 20% African-American and 10% Hispanic.7 students in the class have mild to severe ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). S: This first-grade class will learn the months of the year by making a calendar, playing games, singing songs, arranging flashcards, and identifying important dates. By the end of the unit, the students will arrange calendar sheets of all 12 months of the year correctly in chronological order (100% accuracy). Students will have two attempts to revise their final calendar. Their completed calendar will be bound with weekly schedule pages to be used as an agenda for the remainder of the year. S: Method- Activity stations (5). Each station will focus on three months of a particular season, plus a bonus station to practice all the months together. Media- Each station will have a slide show presentation including pictures of nature, staple holidays and other events that may happen in those given months. Each station will also have three activities pertaining to the months in that particular season, which may include singing, coloring pages, computer games, flashcards, monthly calendar charts, physical games, or finding important dates. MaterialsSlideshow of each season including natural pictures, holidays, and certain events for a given month or season
- 2. I-pad for slideshows at each station. 4 sets of coloring pages portraying each season or a holiday of a specific season. Colored pencils, markers and/or crayons Blank month chart sheets Flashcards Songs that emphasis months in a given season Songs that teach months of the year in order Computer games Months of the year hopscotch Blank flip calendar and adhesive/removable month name placards U: Preview Material- look over slideshows, coloring pages, month charts, song lyrics, and computer game content. Prepare Material- Print all handouts and gather supplies. Separate materials into station stacks. Prepare the Environment- Set tables as each station, and start slideshows. Set computers to the appropriate games and set music player to the specific songs. Prepare Learners- Write objectives and specific station instructions on the board. Go over specifics with students and answer any questions they have. Provide the Learning Experience- Divide students into four groups and provide an overview of each station.
- 3. R: Explain to students that they are free to move from station to station, but must complete one of the three activities at a station before moving onto another. All three activities at the four seasonal stations must be completed before moving onto the last station that helps review all the months together. Whenever the students become comfortable at the last station, they can begin assembling their final calendar. E: Ask other teachers about lesson specifics and their experience with this kind of lesson plan for children with ADHD.