Lesson Plan 2 Phase 2

Instructional Decisions/Teaching: 

My lesson plan worked out extremely well. Since I worked at the YMCA I was not sure how many people i would be having or what ages they would be i wasn't  certain how to lesson was going to go. I was surprised that I had 8 kids who were willing to be students in my lesson plan.  All of the kids seemed to enjoy the activities I had selected about learning the state location and their capitals. Their Favorite part of the lesson plan was the sporcle quizzes. One of the things that did not work out so well was that I was only able to use three computers since the others were being used to do homework for the after school program. I had the students work in pairs instead of individual on the online activities.

Mechanics: The technologies that I used were web activities and quizzes about the 50 state locations and the names of their capitals. For the timing of my lesson plan it was a more of a challenge then I had expected. Some of the kids left in the middle of the lesson because their parents picked them up early. Since the YMCA does not force the kids to arrive and leave at a certain time I had to adapt the lesson plan as I went along. But I was able to complete all the activities with 5 of the kids.

Lesson Plan 2 Materials

Materials and resources: http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/uscapitals, http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/capitalunitedstates.html ,   http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html

Lesson Plan 2 Assessment

There is two ways the students will be assessed first is an online quiz they will take from the website sporacle. They will have to fill in a map of the United States with both the states location and the names of their capitals. For this quiz they will have a set time limit to complete it and will be given a score out of fifty for their accuracy. The link is listed here:  http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/states.

below is the second way they will be assessed.

Lesson Plan 2 Implementation

Implementation:

Procedure: To start the lesson all the students will work as a group on an online activity that will help them remember their prior knowledge about the location of the states from the website http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html. After this they will individually practice and memorizes the state locations and their capitals from the websites that are listed in the material and resources section above.

Technology: This will be the websites listed above in the materials section. They will be using a variety of interactive games and quizzes for both practice and assessment.

For students with cognitive delay they will not be timed on the sporcle quiz at the end of the lesson that will be assessed. The timer on the quiz will not paused so they have the extra time they need to complete the quiz without have the pressure of being on a set time limit.

For gifted students, they will take the most difficult activities and quizzes from the websites. Each of the websites from the materials and resources section has a degree of difficulty for each of the activities. By having them complete the more difficult activities it will give the students more of a challenge.

For ELL they will have to option to use a translator the switch between languages so they can understand what they are doing.

Reflection

I used these instructional methods to make every student have the best chance at understanding to material and doing well on the assessment. All of the activities I choose are very engaging and entertaining. This allows the students to both have fun and also improve their skill level in learning the state locations and their capitals. The websites i used were a great way for students to use different ways of learning a subject and incorporating technology into their learning experience.

Lesson Plan 2

Hans Heusser

Lesson Title: YMCA after school program

Grade:3-8th

Subject: 4th and 5th grade social studies

Overview:Students will work on assessment activities that test the knowledge of the locations of each of the 50 states and also the names of the state capitals. First they will work as a group using an online activity that will help them remember their prior knowledge about the location of the states. Then each of the students will practice individually with various online games that will help them improve their understanding of the material. Finally they will complete an online activity that tests their skills.

Objectives: Using teacher provided website resources, students will practice the location of the 50 states and the names of their state capitals. They will demonstrate their knowledge of the material by taking a visual interactive quiz at the end of the lesson.

Procedure : they will first work as a group on the easier activities to refresh and improve their knowledge of the states locations and capitals. then they will work by themselves to complete a quiz on the website sporcle that test their understanding of the material.

Assessment: 1.  Observe students and see how well they use the provided tools and are able to practice and demonstrate their knowledge of the locations of the 50 states and their capitals. 2.Students will also take an online quiz at the link listed below.

Materials and resources: http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/uscapitals, http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/capitalunitedstates.html ,   http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html
Reflections:

Prior Knowledge: Students will need to know the location of the 50 states and their state capitals. They will also need to know the spelling of each of the states and their capitals to be able to get full credit for the online assessment that counts spelling as part of the grade.

Students at the start of the lesson will work in groups on a practice assignment which will help both me and them to get an idea of what their skill level is at. Then they will be able to practice using the given web activities to boost their knowledge in the subject.

This subject is taught early in 4th grade because it is expanded on by similar lessons in 5th and 6th grade. learning the location of the states and their capitals is important for children to learn early on since it is something they will need to know in their lives. people should know as much as possible about the country they live in. The objectives of this lesson are the same as the standards. They will be required to learn the location of each of the 50 states and also the names of their capitals.