CANDIDATE(S): Kristi McGee and Phoebe Hobbs DATE: 11/17/07

EDUC 410 FINAL ASSIGNMENTS CHECKLIST

Fine Arts / PE / & Health

Cite at least 10 examples of the use of music:

MUSIC

SUBJECT SOL DAY ACTIVITY

1 1.1 1 The students will make finger puppets with felt and glue to use in the song 5 Green and
Math Speckled Frogs. The class will sing 5 Green and Speckled Frogs, while using the finger
puppets to act out the song, hiding a frog each time one falls off the log.
2 1.1 6 The students will recall the book, Fun at the Fair by Shereen Rutman. The students will
Math each make up songs about the 12 geese in the story. The song will consist of numbers
from 0-50, specifically focusing on the numbers 41-50. The students will be able to share
their songs with a partner.
3 Math 1.15 50 The students will dance to the music, paying close attention to any proximity words
called out. When the students hear a proximity word, they will move appropriately.

4 1.5 57 The students will write which items in the song go with each day. The students will then
Math use the song to make their own version of The Twelve Days of ______. The students will
write what items correspond to their days. The tune to The Twelve Days of Christmas will
be played, letting the students sing along silently with their version of the song.
5 1.5 60 The students will list the presidents in order from the first to the forty-third president. The
Math class will listen to the President’s Rap while trying to list all the presidents in order.

6 1.1 c, e 40 The students will create lyrics for the tune of a familiar song with the concepts of length,
Science mass, and volume.

7 1.2 a, 79 The students will create mnemonic songs, which will, incorporate forces and motion, to
Science b, d help them remember information for the test.

8 1.7 a-d 112 The students will brainstorm what the story could be about and what events might take
Language place. The students will read the story and see if their ideas matched what occurred in the
Arts book. The students will sing and do hand movements or will do the spider walk, for the
Itsy Bitsy Spider.
9 1.7 a-d 119 The students will sing Six Little Ducks and will waddle, flap their arms, and quack with
Language their hands around the classroom as they sing. The students will write their own songs
Arts dealing with an animal of their choice.
10 1.8 125 The class will write a song about a scientist on the board. The song will be read, and then
Language sung by the class. The class will be attentive and will act accordingly when listening to
Arts the scientist.
 Cite at least 10 examples of the use of visual art:

VISUAL ART

SUBJECT SOL DAY ACTIVITY

1 1.10 91 The students will put a penny behind a sheet of paper and will use crayons to make coin
Math rubbings of the coin. They use a worksheet with two pictures of a penny’s front side and
two of the back. They color, cut, and glue the sides together.
2 1.12 106 The students will be given several objects. They will draw in their math NB the object
Math that is the longest and which is the shortest. They will write which object is the tallest.
Students will be put into small groups and will take turns lining up the objects from
shortest to longest.
3 1.16 133 The students will cut out shapes and assemble them into their shape books. They will use
Math the shapes and color their own and make pictures on the construction paper. They will
label the shapes either next to the shape or underneath the picture. They will bind their
books with yarn.
4 1.17 138 The students will mold the clay into different three-dimensional objects and check each
Math one off as it is completed.

5 1.5 a- 126 The students will be given a picture of an ant along with three Styrofoam balls,
Science c, 1.7 toothpicks, chenille sticks and wax paper. They will construct the parts to insects.
b Students will observe the caterpillars to see if they have changed into a butterfly.
6 1.8 a-c 180 The students will draw and color their own region with resources that come natural to
Science their land. They will present their picture to the class identifying each resource and its
function.
7 1.9 a-h 140 The students will read the story focusing on the noises made by the wind. The students
Language will make wind chimes out of a hanger, string, and other materials. The students will
Arts write songs about the wind.
8 1.9 a-h 143 The students will read the story focusing on the characters, location, and the sequence of
Language events. The students will create comic strips using the information from the story. The
Arts comic strips will be colored and glued together.
9 1.3 25 The students will compose a Happy Birthday to America in celebration of Independence
Social Day.
Studies
10 Social 1.2 33 The students will draw their own invention from inspiration of Benjamin Franklin’s
Studies inventions. They will share their invention with the class.
 Cite at least 10 examples of the use of drama, theatre, and roleplay:

DRAMA / THEATRE / ROLEPLAY

SUBJECT SOL DAY ACTIVITY

1 1.4
Math
2 1.1 b, f
Science
23 The groups will decide on which number they would like to use in the class activity. The
groups will create a drama using their number as a main part of their skit. The groups will
be allotted time to brainstorm and perform for the class.
20 The students will act out the skit made on day 19, using themselves as props to represent
simple machines.

3 1.5 a-c 105 The students will read the story aloud and will write down any traditions that occurred in
Language the story, which they do not witness at home. The students will brainstorm (on the board)
Arts other traditions, which might occur in other cultures. The students will be groped together
and will come up with a drama to represent one of the brainstormed ideas.
4 1.7 a-d 111 The students will read the story twice to gain a thorough understanding of the text. The
Language students will break up into groups and make masks of the characters using paper plates,
Arts as well as, write letters to Mr. Grump about his attitude. The students will act out the
conversation between characters for the class.
5 1.7 a-d 116 The students will read the story and will make notes on anything that was not mentioned
Language at the beginning of class. The class will discuss the story and will stage and act out the
Arts story.
6 1.8 126 The students will participate in multiple scripts from the book. The students will focus on
Language the types of sentence, tones, and their volume when acting.
Arts
7 1.8 127 The students will read the story noting the reasons why the boy wanted to have duck feet.
Language The students will write a wish relating to having a part of an animal on their bodies. The
Arts students will be able to dress up with animal slippers, wigs, tails, and masks. Animal
sounds will be played as the students act out their wish.
8 1.8 128 The students will take turns reading the story aloud, paying close detail to the illustrations
Language in the book. The students will write their own dreams and aspirations down and will
Arts create an illustration to represent their thoughts. The students will be grouped together
and will act out a dream for the class.
9 1.9 a-h 136 The students will forecast what will happen next in the story by using clues from the text.
Language The students will pretend that they are newscasters and will write and perform a news
Arts report about the earth.
10 Social 1.3 12-13 The students will combine with another first grade class and conduct a play on
Studies Christopher Columbus’s voyage and finding the Indians. They finish by role-playing his
explanation of his discovery to the King and Queen.
 Cite at least 10 examples of the use of movement and dance:

MOVEMENT AND DANCE

SUBJECT SOL DAY ACTIVITY

1 1.3 27 The students will work in a group to create a tune from a nursery rhyme or a children’s
Math song about counting by tens. The groups will create movements to go with their tunes.
The groups will perform their interpretive dances in front of the class.
2 1.4 a- 98 The students will write in their NB observations on Centers 1 and write measurements for
Science c, 1.7 each plant for Center 2. Students pretend they are a plant and think about what resources
b around them would best help them grow. They will draw and label the resources in their
NB.
3 1.6 a-b 136 The students will go outside with a partner and be blindfolded. Blindfolded students will
Science identify each area they are brought to as either shady or sunny.

4 1.6 a-b
Science
5 1.1 b, f
Science
6 1.2 c
Science
138 The students will turn/rotate in their spot while picking an object to watch. They will
learn the object stayed in the same spot while they turned. The same happens with the
Earth’s rotation and the sun. The pair from the start of the class will come up front. The
student with the globe will rotate the globe while the light hits the Earth showing that
rotation causes day and night.
28 The students will break up into groups. The groups will make up a dance movement for
each simple machine. The group will let the class know what movement represents each
machine. The group will dance a combination of movements in front of the class. The
class audience will guess which compound machine was made in the dance.
60 The students will play tug-of-war in order to demonstrate balanced and unbalanced
forces.

7 1.3 a-c 90 The students will guess what will happen when soap and water are mixed together. The
Science students will have straws, which they will dip into the mixture in order to create bubbles.
The students will dance while catching bubbles, on paper, to create bubble art, to hang
around the classroom.
8 1.5 a-c 109 The students will read the story aloud, writing down the different animals in the story.
Language The students will have the opportunity to listen to barnyard music while dancing along
Arts with animal movements.
9 1.9 a-h 137 The students will take notes and will be grouped together and asked to make a dance or a
Language drama to represent a sign of spring. The students will discuss what things might occur if it
Arts became spring.

10 1.4 a-b 65 The students will do movements in the shape of map symbols, such as a triangle for a
Social mountain or circle for a pond.
Studies
 Cite at least 5 examples of the use of health:

HEALTH

SUBJECT SOL DAY ACTIVITY

1 1.1 8 The students will have been instructed to bring, parent reviewed magazines to class. The
Math students will focus on finding articles or advertisements regarding exercising or healthy
eating. The students will have a chance to correlate the type of magazine to the number
of articles or advertisements that deal with healthy living.
2 1.2 40 The students will be split into two trash disposing/recycling companies. The students will
Math race to find the quickest and safest way to sort recyclables from trash in each of their
bins. When finished, the teams will count the number of recyclables and number of
trashed items. The numbers will be told to the class using ones and tens places.
3 1.8 61 Calendar Time. The class will use calendar time to create addition problems involving
Math days or months of the year.
The teacher will help the students gain a thorough understanding of basic addition
through the use of the food pyramid.
4 1.4 a- 110 The students will plant a class tree. They will make the community better by adding a
Science c, 1.7 healthy and living tree that gives people air and a sense of beauty.
b
5 1.5 a-c 102 The students will listen to the story on tape, matching the spoken words with the printed
Language words. The students will listen to a nurse speak about routine check ups at the doctor’s
Arts office, poisons, and medications. The students will write and color get-well cards for the
students who get sick throughout the year.

Please mark YES or NO with an “X” to signify that you completed all of the assignments listed in the table below:

YES NO INDICATOR
I have used technology at least 36 times over the course of the school year. (average would be four times per
x month).
I have used all four fine arts areas (music, visual, drama, and dance) in my curriculum.
x
I have planned fine arts lessons at least 36 times over the course of the school year. (average would be four
x
times per month).
I have planned at least 20 health lessons over the course of the school year. (average would be twice per
x
month).
I have planned at least 36 lessons or references to movement or PE over the course of the school year.
x
(average would be four times per month).
I have incorporated accommodations / differentiation of instruction for diversity / exceptionalities
x
throughout my curriculum AT LEAST one time per week.