For
my Lesson Plan incorporating technology, we will be using tablets and the
Application called Seesaw to build and instruct our lessons. This application
allows visual uploads, pdf files, teacher written content, and even has a
recording choice so children can listen to instructions as many times as
needed. The excellent part about using an application like this it allows the
classroom to self-direct their learning, but it also allows me as a teacher to
be more involved with the classroom. I am then able to go back in and check
work for comprehension and give feedback.
We start the lesson itself with KWL
charts and looking at books about pumpkins. Then the lesson idea is going through
sorting and classifying pumpkins by many different attributes. We have assignments
looking at similarities and differences, balancing scales, the inside of a
pumpkin, sink or float, big vs small, pumpkin heights, seeds, counting, fine
motor skills, and science inquiry skills. The assignment is concluded with a
worksheet about “My favorite pumpkin”, which we work through as a class. At the
very end I have 4 quiz questions to see the material we have kept. We delve
into the following curriculum statement for children ages 3-5. Here is a more detailed view of my lesson plan.
I have set up ten activities for over
the course of two days in the classroom, our eleventh activity is the “My favorite
pumpkin” worksheet to conclude our lesson. I will give the active links for each
of my assignments.
Day
One:
Day
Two:
We conclude our lesson with a four-question
test, children can verbally record responses and interact with their styluses
to circle, cross out or write things. Here is the active links for my quiz
questions.
Question One: Circle the big pumpkin
Question Two: Which pumpkin is the lightest? Circle the lightest pumpkin.
Question Three: What are these?
Question Four: Draw a picture of two pumpkins. How are they different? Think of size,
shape, color and or weight not being the same.
