Lesson Plan sample

From Ashley Rupp

Wa He Lut Tribal School
First Grade
1999

Title: Free Choice Centers
Reading
Listening
Writing
Art
Science
Games
Math
Computers

Developmentally Appropriate / Grade Level: Free Choice Centers
Preoperationational period (2 to 7 years) Piaget
Kindergarten - First Grade Level
Primary Level

Subject Area(s): Free Choice Centers
Reading - Reading
Listening - Reading, Communication
Writing - Writing
Art - Arts
Science - Science
Games - Mathematics, Communication
Math - Mathematics
Computers - Technology

Key Concepts: Free Choice Centers
Reading Center:
Reading
1. The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read.
 ~ use word recognition and word meaning skills to read and comprehend text
 ~ build vocabulary through reading
 ~ read fluently, adjusting reading for purpose and material
2. The student understands the meaning of what is read.
 ~ comprehend important ideas and details
 ~ expand comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas
 ~ think critically and analyze authors' use of language, style, purpose, and perspective
3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.
 ~ read to learn new information
 ~ read to perform a task
 ~ read for literary experience
4. The student sets goals and evaluates progress to improve reading.
 ~ develop interests and share reading experiences
Listening Center:
Reading
1. The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read.
 ~ use word recognition and word meaning skills to read and comprehend text
 ~ build vocabulary through reading
 ~ read fluently, adjusting reading for purpose and material
2. The student understands the meaning of what is read.
 ~ comprehend important ideas and details
 ~ expand comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas
 ~ think critically and analyze authors' use of language, style, purpose, and perspective
3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.
 ~ read to learn new information
 ~ read to perform a task
 ~ read for literary experience
4. The student sets goals and evaluates progress to improve reading.
 ~ develop interests and share reading experiences
Communication
1. The student uses listening and observation skills to gain understanding.
 ~ focus attention
 ~ listen and observe to gain and interpret information
 ~ check for understanding by asking questions and paraphrasing
3. The student uses communication strategies and skills to work effectively with others.
 ~ use language to interact effectively and responsibly with others
 ~ work cooperatively as a member of a group
 ~ seek agreement and solutions through discussion
Writing Center:
Writing
1. The student writes clearly and effectively.
 ~ develop concept and design
 ~ use style appropriate to the audience and purpose
 ~ apply writing conventions
2. The student writes in a variety of forms for different audiences and purposes.
 ~ write for different purposes
 ~ write in a variety of forms
4. The student analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of written work.
 ~ assess own strengths and needs for improvement
Art Center:
Arts
1. The student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary to create, to perform, and to respond effectively to the arts.
 ~ understand and apply arts concepts and vocabulary to communicate ideas
 ~ organize arts elements into artistic compositions
 ~ use and develop arts skills and techniques to solve problems and express ideas
 ~ use skills of craftsmanship to produce quality work
 ~ create, present, and evaluate art works using visual arts, music, drama, and dance
2. Creative process with arts knowledge and skills to reason and solve problems.
 ~ use the senses to gather and process information
 ~ generate and analyze solutions to problems using creativity and imagination
 ~ use arts criteria to consider the effectiveness of personal work and that of others
3. The student uses at least one of the art forms (visual arts, music, drama, and/or dance) to communicate ideas and feelings.
 ~ use image, sound, action, and movement through the arts to express individual ideas for a specific purpose
 ~ reflect and respond critically to the use of the arts in all forms of communication
4. The student understands how the arts connect to other subject areas, life, and work.
 ~ use arts skills and knowledge in other subject areas
 ~ apply ideas and skills developed in the arts to daily life
 ~ demonstrate an ability to use artistic knowledge in personal and community decision making
 ~ recognize the influence of the arts in shaping and reflecting cultures and history
Science Center:
Science
2. The student conducts scientific investigations to expand understanding of the natural world.
 ~ plan and implement scientific investigations
 ~ think logically, analytically, and creatively
 ~ practice the principles of scientific inquiry
 ~ understand the relationship between evidence and scientific explanation
4. The student uses effective communication skills and tools to build and demonstrate understanding of science.
 ~ use listening, observing, and reading skills to obtain science information
 ~ use writing and speaking skills to organize and express science ideas
 ~ use effective communication strategies and tools to prepare and present science information
Game Center:
Mathematics
1. The student understands and applies the concepts and procedures of mathematics.
 ~ understand and apply concepts and procedures from number sense
 ~ understand and apply concepts and procedures from measurement
2. The student uses mathematics to define and solve problems.
 ~ investigate situations
 ~ formulate questions and define the problem
 ~ construct solutions
3. The student uses mathematical reasoning.
 ~ analyze information
 ~ predict results and make inferences
 ~ draw conclusions and verify results
4. The student communicates knowledge and understanding in both everyday and mathematical language.
 ~ gather information
 ~ organize and interpret information
 ~ represent and share information
5. The student understands how mathematical ideas connect within mathematics, to other subject areas, and to real-life situations.
 ~ relate concepts and procedures within mathematics
 ~ relate mathematical concepts and procedures to other disciplines
 ~ relate mathematical concepts and procedures to real-life situations
Communication
1. The student uses listening and observation skills to gain understanding.
 ~ focus attention
 ~ listen and observe to gain and interpret information
 ~ check for understanding by asking questions and paraphrasing
3. The student uses communication strategies and skills to work effectively with others.
 ~ use language to interact effectively and responsibly with others
 ~ work cooperatively as a member of a group
 ~ seek agreement and solutions through discussion
Math Center:
Mathematics
1. The student understands and applies the concepts and procedures of mathematics.
 ~ understand and apply concepts and procedures from number sense
 ~ understand and apply concepts and procedures from measurement
2. The student uses mathematics to define and solve problems.
 ~ investigate situations
 ~ formulate questions and define the problem
 ~ construct solutions
3. The student uses mathematical reasoning.
 ~ analyze information
 ~ predict results and make inferences
 ~ draw conclusions and verify results
4. The student communicates knowledge and understanding in both everyday and mathematical language.
 ~ gather information
 ~ organize and interpret information
 ~ represent and share information
5. The student understands how mathematical ideas connect within mathematics, to other subject areas, and to real-life situations.
 ~ relate concepts and procedures within mathematics
 ~ relate mathematical concepts and procedures to other disciplines
 ~ relate mathematical concepts and procedures to real-life situations
Computer Center:
Computer Technology
 ~ function, use and purpose of technology
 ~ computer parts, capabilities and terminology
 ~ integrates other subject matter into technology

Pre-Assessment: Free Choice Centers
 Free Choice Centers are an extension to the guided center work that takes place in our classroom.  Free Choice Centers allow students to be self directed learners.  The classroom centers are open for exploration, investigation, and active learning.  This hands on learning is in itself a pre-assessment for other activities that take place in our classroom.  It also acts as a form of assessment for individual skills.  The teacher is free to engage students through play and to make observations about student learning.

Teaching Procedures: Free Choice Centers
Materials:
 The materials at each center are site specific and are changed periodically depending on student involvement, thematic approach, skill attainment and development.
Duration:
 Free choice centers are offered two times a week at minimum.  The duration of free choice centers usually lasts between a half hour - 45 minutes.  Students are free to move about the room during this time and engage in as many center activities as they are interested in.  Clean up usually takes about 15 minutes of this time.

Assessment Procedures: Free Choice Centers
 Assessment procedure vary from center to center and focus activity to focus activity.  Centers are geared toward a development approach so assessment also varies from student to student.  Assessment is also organized through play and is progressive.

Bloom1s Taxonomy Addressed: Free Choice Centers

 Knowledge:  remember, question & answer, worksheets, definitions,       arrange, cite, choose, reproduce, tell, quote, recall, repeat, spell, state

 Comprehension:  calculate, contemplate, project, propose, change, expand, moderate,    translate, interpret, form relationships, dramatize, give examples of,     paraphrase, estimate

 Application:  apply, adopt, use, handle, organize, manipulate, classify, simulation activities,   interview, present in a group format, experiment, produce, model building,    apply ideas to new situations

 Analysis:  take apart, test for, dissect, examine, infer, study, uncover unique     characteristics, distinguish between facts and inferences, compare and    contrast, outline, analyze structure

  Synthesis:  build, create, compose, reconstruct, rearrange, generate, make, modify, plan,    hypothesize, show how an idea or product might be changed, integrate    learning
 Evaluation:  appraise, rate, rank, summarize, grade, interpret, prioritize, judge, accept or    reject ideas based on standards, evaluate own products and ideas, generate    criteria for evaluation.
 

Multiple Intelligences Addressed: Free Choice Centers

  Bodily/Kinesthetic:  hand-eye coordination, working with tools, exercise, movement,    strength, agility, fine motor tools, dance, miming, role playing, drama, tactile,    crafts,  cooking, sense of timing

  Logical/Mathematical:  pattern recognition, prediction, estimation, induce, deduce,    relationships and connections, calculations, experiments, categorizing,    explaining, scientific reasoning, logic, analyze, puzzles, venn diagrams, story    problems

  Intrapersonal:  self-reflective, sense of values, self-directed, awareness and expression of   feelings, spiritual development, independent, intuitive, accurate self     perception

  Interpersonal:  verbal/nonverbal communication, cooperative work, friendships, leaders,    sensitive to others, empathy, analyze motives of others, socialize, give    feedback, negotiate, teach, consider diverse points of view

  Musical/ Rhythmic:  understands structure of music, creates music, instruments, repeats    tunes, lyrics, has music playing, keeps with the rhythm of the game or song

  Visual/ Spatial:  recognizes relationships of objects in space, sense of direction, rotating    mental images, forming mental images, active imagination, drawing, painting,   sculpting, color discrimination, and sensitivity, mind mapping, acts in plays,    arts and crafts, engineering

  Verbal Linguistic:  understanding the order an meaning o words, convincing someone,   verbal debate, explaining with words, teaching, verbal jokes, poetry, creative writing,   reading, memory and recall, public speaking, spelling, give directions, storytelling,   Journaling

   Naturalist:  sensitivity to flora and fauna, green thumb, pets, nature, classifying species,   discriminates among plants and animals, concerned about the environment, notices r  rocks,  clouds, minerals, compares and contrasts, categorizes and classifies,    sequences by size, develops theories
 

Essential Academic Learning Requirements Connected to the Lesson:

Arts

1. The student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary to create, to perform, and to respond effectively to the arts.
A1.1 understand and apply arts concepts and vocabulary to communicate ideas
A1.2 organize arts elements into artistic compositions
A1.3 use and develop arts skills and techniques to solve problems and express ideas
A1.4 use skills of craftsmanship to produce quality work
A1.5 create, present, and evaluate artworks using visual arts, music, drama, and dance

2. Creative process with arts knowledge and skills to reason and solve problems.
A2.1 use the senses to gather and process information
A2.2 generate and analyze solutions to problems using creativity and imagination
A2.3 use arts criteria to consider the effectiveness of personal work and that of others

3. The student uses at least one of the art forms (visual arts, music, drama, and/or dance) to communicate ideas and feelings.
A3.1 use image, sound, action, and movement through the arts to express individual ideas for a specific purpose A3.2 reflect and respond critically to the use of the arts in all forms of communication

4. The student understands how the arts connect to other subject areas, life, and work.
A4.1 use arts skills and knowledge in other subject areas
A4.2 apply ideas and skills developed in the arts to daily life
A4.3 demonstrate an ability to use artistic knowledge in personal and community decision making
A4.4 recognize the influence of the arts in shaping and reflecting cultures and history
 

Communication

1. The student uses listening and observation skills to gain understanding.
C1.1 focus attention
C1.2 listen and observe to gain and interpret information
C1.3 check for understanding by asking questions and paraphrasing

3. The student uses communication strategies and skills to work effectively with others.
C3.1 use language to interact effectively and responsibly with others
C3.2 work cooperatively as a member of a group
C3.3 seek agreement and solutions through discussion

Mathematics

1. The student understands and applies the concepts and procedures of mathematics.
M1.1 understand and apply concepts and procedures from number sense
M1.2 understand and apply concepts and procedures from measurement

2. The student uses mathematics to define and solve problems.
M2.1 investigate situations
M2.2 formulate questions and define the problem
M2.3 construct solutions

3. The student uses mathematical reasoning.
M3.1 analyze information
M3.2 predict results and make inferences
M3.3 draw conclusions and verify results

4. The student communicates knowledge and understanding in both everyday and mathematical language.
M4.1 gather information
M4.2 organize and interpret information
M4.3 represent and share information

5. The student understands how mathematical ideas connect within mathematics, to other subject areas, and to real-life situations.
M5.1 relate concepts and procedures within mathematics
M5.2 relate mathematical concepts and procedures to other disciplines
M5.3 relate mathematical concepts and procedures to real-life situations
 

Reading

1. The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read.
R1.1 use word recognition and word meaning skills to read and comprehend text
R1.2 build vocabulary through reading
R1.3 read fluently, adjusting reading for purpose and material

2. The student understands the meaning of what is read.
R2.1 comprehend important ideas and details
R2.2 expand comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas
R2.3 think critically and analyze authors' use of language, style, purpose, and perspective

3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.
R3.1 read to learn new information
R3.2 read to perform a task
R3.3 read for literary experience

4. The student sets goals and evaluates progress to improve reading.
R4.3 develop interests and share reading experiences
 

Science

2. The student conducts scientific investigations to expand understanding of the natural world.
S2.1 plan and implement scientific investigations
S2.2 think logically, analytically, and creatively
S2.3 practice the principles of scientific inquiry
S2.4 understand the relationship between evidence and scientific explanation

4. The student uses effective communication skills and tools to build and demonstrate understanding of science.
S4.1 use listening, observing, and reading skills to obtain science information
S4.2 use writing and speaking skills to organize and express science ideas
S4.3 use effective communication strategies and tools to prepare and present science information
 

Writing

1. The student writes clearly and effectively.
W1.1 develop concept and design
W1.2 use style appropriate to the audience and purpose
W1.3 apply writing conventions

2. The student writes in a variety of forms for different audiences and purposes.
W2.2 write for different purposes
W2.3 write in a variety of forms

4. The student analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of written work.
W4.1 assess own strengths and needs for improvement