Technology/TPACK Lesson
Application
Describe an instructional activity (e.g. part of a
lesson plan) where you can incorporate this technology. Consider an activity that can be conducted in
5 – 10 minutes.
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Learners: The learners will be for
4th grade English.
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Learning
Outcomes: At
the end of this activity students will gain a much better understanding and knowledge
of contractions. They will be able to
distinguish and match the words to their contractions at sight.
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Assessment: Students will be
informally assessed by matching the correct combination of words to their
correct contraction while playing Piñata Party:
Contraction Action. We will all
play together as a class on the smartboard.
This will help me check for understanding of each child’s knowledge over
contractions.
Second, break down your activity into a timeline of
planned events and procedures. Here you
should describe what students and the teacher will be doing chronologically
during the activity. Below is one of the
good examples from previous reflections:
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As the teacher I will introduce
contractions by having the students watch a short video on YouTube called
“Crackin’ Contraction Rap”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar58NnHb1rk
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After the students watch the video, I will put
up different sets of words and then ask them how to join them together and make
a contraction. Then I will ask the rest of the students to give me an example
of two words that can be joined to make a contraction.
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Once we have done that we will pull up a game,
“Piñata Party: Contraction Action,” on
the Smart Board and play together as a class.
Each students will have one turn to go up to the board and play.
Reflection
1. My
lesson was more of a review, which I do not think I made quite clear at the beginning. I do think I should have given my students
more of an overview and checked for background knowledge before and after the
rap. After writing some examples up on
the board, I could have given the students a worksheet over contractions,
followed by the game. That way by the
time they were playing the game I knew for sure that the students had good
understanding of what contractions are.
2. Technology
is a great tool for the classroom. When
we were listening to the contraction rap, I noticed that the students enjoyed
singing along as well as dancing which was great. It was great because I knew they were
listening and learning while having fun.
I was also able to informally assess the students’ knowledge on
contractions while they played Contraction Action. The students were being timed therefore they
knew they had to choose the correct answer quickly which they all did.
I like how you found a song to go along with your contraction lesson. It makes it a catchy way for students to learn their contractions and helps them stick. I like how you reflected on how you should have stated about the lesson being more of a review. That's what helps us learn and further improve our teaching.
ReplyDeleteI think your lesson was very good! I enjoyed playing the game, and I think that it is a good assessment for kids because it is a fun game and not a test. I also enjoyed the rap that you had. Very fun!
ReplyDeleteYour lesson was amazing. I definitely need to take note. I thought you taught your lesson rather well. You spoke at a good speed and kept the class interested. You're going to be a great teacher.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your lesson. The song you played to introduce the contractions was fun. I also love how you actually said the two words we had to combine in the song. That way instead of leaving the teaching up to the video, you were more involved in the teaching, as the teacher. It will also make the activity more fun for the kids. I also enjoyed the game we played at the end and how you handled the situation whenever we ran into any problems while playing the game. You did a really great job!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed you lesson. I especially liked the contraction song that you chose. Even as older students we were all engaged, so I can only imagine how much younger student will enjoy it! Your transition from the instructional process was very smooth and that we will be great when it comes to classroom management. Great Job!
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