Name: Bryn Towner
Mentor Teacher's Signature & Date
Mini-Research eBook Lesson Plan 2
Teaching Strategy Activity
Title of Mini-Research eBook Lesson: Do You Know the Four Seasons?
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson
include:
PLO: Students will be able to name and
describe the characterstics of the four seasons.
Materials and Equipment:
1. Have an example of Mini-Research eBook activity to show students
2. Paper for drawing
3. Crayons and/or color markers
4. Pencil & paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and
reflections)
5. Modification of a lesson developed by Dr. Diane L. Judd
Technology Connection:
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include:
Procedures:
Step One: Introduction
Have a small group of students go to a computer. Explain to
students that you are going to use the computer to read an
Mini-Research eBook about things
that stay in the sky and some things return to the earth.
List 2 or more questions that introduce students to your Mini-Research
eBook that will establish a connection to students' prior knowledge by
asking them:
1."Have you ever noticed that every
couple months the weather gets colder or hotter?"
2. "Can you tell me why the leaves change
colors, fall off the trees, and then come back again? "
Today we are going to read an eBook on the Internet. I have made a
special Mini-Research eBook on the Internet for your class.
(During discussion have students turn around away from the computer to
interact.)
Estimated Time for Step One:
5 minutes
Step Two Teaching the
Primary Learning Outcomes:
(Students will sit at the computer where they can control the mouse and
computer.) (Explain to students the process of the lesson.)
After we read the Mini-Research eBook and visit several websites.
Check for understanding
Students with teacher assistance will read the Mini-Research eBook,
explore, and discuss the information in the four linking websites that
go with the Mini-Research eBook. Ask students guiding questions
about the important concepts in the Mini-Research eBook and the linking
websites. List four or more questions from each of your
linking websites that will guide your students to gain information for
your PLO.
1. What happens to the leaves when it is
fall?
2. What is the
weather like when it is winter?
3. What happens to the leaves
when it is spring?
4. What is the weather like when
it is summer?
Practice and feedback related to the
PLO
Read the Mini-Research eBook project to students. Explain to
students that they are going to that
they are going to learn about the seasons by playing games! Tell the students that
the information that they will need to complete their
Mini-Research eBook project is listed and connected in the
Mini-Research eBook activity. Review the information in the
linked website in the Mini-Research eBook activity with the students to
emphasize interesting and important information students will need to
complete mission project.
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Mini-Research
eBook Teaching Strategy Activity
Lesson 2 Directions:
1. You will be given a piece of construction paper that is divided into four boxes. Each box will have a name of a season. 2. In front of you, there will be four items. A leaf, a flower, cotton balls (snow), and a picture of sunscreen. 3. Place each of the items in what season they go with. 4. Once you are done, let your teacher know. Together you will both check the items to make sure they are correct. 5. When all the items are placed correctly, you can glue items down to construction paper. |
Step Three
Closure:
Have students discuss their Mini-Research eBook activity and
information they found on the Internet. Tell students that your
Mini-Research eBook Website is on the Internet and they can visit the
website at school or home. Explain to students that you are going
to put their pictures and information on the Internet and they will be
able to share their mission projects with their friends and
family. (If possible teacher should take brief notes during the
lesson and concluding discussions to be added later to the assessment
and reflections in lesson plan.)
Estimated Time for Step Three:
5 minutes
********* To here for lesson plan
evaluation. Information below will be entered after teaching your
lesson.
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Accommodation:
This will be turned in as an in-class activity.
Comments & Reflections:
Assessment for the
Primary Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Student will be assessed through
observation and oral discussion to evaluate if student with teacher
guidance is able to listen to information to gain
knowledge. (Use
information from your PLO at top of page of this lesson.)
| Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 | |
| PLO: Students will identify the four seasons. | Student with teacher guidance is able to identify all the four seasons. | Student with teacher guidance is able to identify a few of the seasons. | Student is not able with teacher guidance to idenitfy any of the seasons |
| Student | Performance
Level |
Descriptions
of Students' Evidence that Illustrate the Achieved Performance Level of
the PLO (* To receive full credit description must include minimum of two sentences and a detailed example of the students' evidence.) |
| 1 |
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| 2 |
1. Comment and describe the learning strategy that you implemented in your Mini-Research eBook Teaching Strategy Lesson. (* To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two sentences and a detailed example.)
2. State evidence to show that your students gained knowledge during your Mini-Research eBook Teaching Strategy Lesson. (* To receive full credit description must include a minimum of two sentences and a detailed example.)
3. Give at least one suggestion that
would lead to improving your teaching practices and student
achievement. (* To receive full credit description must include a
minimum of two sentences and a detailed example.)
| Link to your Home Page |
Link to your
Email djudd@valdosta.edu |
Title &
Link of your Mini-Research eBook Exploring the Solar System Mini-Research eBook |