Name: James Hennly
Mentor Teacher's Signature & Date
Mini-Research eBook Lesson Plan 2
Teaching Strategy Activity
Title of Mini-Research eBook Lesson: Help Fix the Disappearing Patterns
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
PLO: Students
will reproduce a simple pattern.
Materials and Equipment:
1. Have an example of Mini-Research eBook activity to show students
2. Beads
3. String
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 patterns.
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 used colored blocks to build patterns?
2. "Can you tell
me what makes a pattern?
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 types of patterns
do you see in the picture?
2. Can you spot
patterns in the candy?
3. What colors make the pattern
of cars?
4. If these checkers were
square, would there still be a pattern?
Practice and feedback related to the
PLO
Read the Mini-Research eBook project to students. Explain to
students that
they
are going to use patterns to make a bracelet.
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
(Your Mini-Research eBook Teaching Strategy Activity copied from your Mini-Research eBook.) Lesson two directions: a) Select several colored beads in a pattern you like. Click here to see a pattern example. b) Thread the beads on the string provided for you. c) Ask for help when you are finished so the string can be tied together in a loop and you can now wear your identification bracelet for a job well done. |
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
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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 can reproduce a simple pattern. (Use information from your PLO at top
of page of this lesson.)
| Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 | |
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(List
your PLO from top of page of this lesson.) PLO: Students will reproduce a simple pattern |
Student with teacher guidance is able to recognize some shapes within a given pattern and extend a given pattern. | Student with teacher guidance is able to recognize a few shapes within a given pattern and/or extend a given pattern. | Student is not able with teacher guidance to recognize shapes within a given pattern or extend a given pattern. |
| 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 |
3 |
When supplied with an existing pattern, the student recognized shapes within the pattern. When asked the student described what was needed to continue the pattern. Using supplied colored beads and string, the student constructed a pattern. Once complete, the string was tied to make a bracelet. |
| 2 |
3 |
When supplied with an existing pattern, the student recognized shapes within the pattern. When asked the student described what was needed to continue the pattern. Using supplied colored beads and string, the student constructed a pattern. Once complete, the string was tied to make a bracelet. |
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.) Through the eBook lesson plan, students learned to identify patterns using pictures on the computer. Likewise, the eBook supplied outside resources in the form of internet games helping students with pattern identification.
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.) Each student established evidence of pattern recognition by pointing to the pre-established patterns within the pictures. Students, when asked how to continue the pattern, would state the correct color or shape needed.
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.) Some of the outside resource games
were almost too difficult for the students and more detail was needed
to establish pattern recognition.Simple one to one pattern recognition
should have been established before moving on to the more difficult
games.
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Link to your
Email jrhennly@valdosta.edu |
Title &
Link of your Mini-Research eBook Patterns Mini-Research eBook |