Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
NonLinguisticLessonPlan#3
Nonlinguisticrepresentationstrategiesappealstudentswhoarevisuallearners.Our
textbooksaysthat,theyhelpstudentsrepresentknowledgeasimagery(page.64).Inmy
lesson3Iusednonlinguisticrepresentationwiththefoldablethatstudentsmake.Thefoldable
isforthestudentstoreferbacktoandrememberinformationabouteachsimplemachine.This
foldableisuseddailyforeachdaythatwelearnanewsimplemachine.Itcanbeusedasa
quicktoolthatstudentscanpulloutandrefreshtheirmemory.Thisfoldableisusedthroughout
theunit,butIlabeledlessonnumber3sincethisisthefirsttimethatitisused.
HomeworkLessonPlan#6
Inlesson6Iassignedawheelandaxlehuntworksheetforhomework.Forthis
worksheetstudentsareaskedtolookforwheelandaxlesoutsideoftheclassroom.Oncethey
findawheelandaxletheyareaskedtorecordalittlebitofinformationabouttheobject.The
questionsreinforcethematerialthatwaslearnedinclassthissameday.Accordingtoour
textbook,homeworkshouldbeassignedwiththeintentofstudentspracticingskills(page.101).
Forthisassignment,studentsarepracticingrecognizingsimplemachines,determining
examplesofasimplemachineanddescribingthesimplemachine.
GeneratingandTestingHypothesesLessonPlan#6
Ourtextbooksuggestsaskingstudentstogenerateandtesthypothesesbecause,it
requirestheuseofcriticalthinkingskillssuchasanalysisandevaluation(page135).Inlesson
6thestudentsandIareperforminganexperimentwithtoycars.Theexperimentinvolves
movingtoycarswithandwithoutwheelstoseewhichonemoveseasier.Studentsareaskedto
predictwhattheythinkwillhappenbeforewebegin.Aftertheexperiment,studentscan
determinewhethertheirhypothesiswastrueorfalse.
FeedbackLessonPlan#8
Inlesson8Ididaclosureactivitythatinvolvedstudentswritingaquestiontheyhad
aboutthedayslesson.Afterthislesson,Iwouldreadtheresponsesandwritefeedbackonthe
worksheetforstudents.Then,thefollowingdayIwouldpullstudentsasideataconvenienttime
andtalktothemindividuallyaboutquestionstheyhad.Ourtextbooksaysthatitisimportantto
providefeedbacktostudents,sotheycanimprovetheirperformanceandunderstand
themselvesbetteraslearners(page11).Followingupwithstudentstoanswertheirquestions
willhelpthemunderstandthematerialbetterforfutureassignments.
References
Dean,C.,Hubbell,E.,Pitler,H.,&Stone,B.(2012).
Classroominstructionthatworks
researchbasedstrategiesforincreasingstudentachievement
(2nded.).Alexandria,Va.:
ASCD.