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How do I make a good lesson plan based on the racism?

Several years ago, a woman in Iowa did a demonstration with her classes where she had students with brown eyes (I think, I could have them backwards) wear signs and sit in the back of the room. She got very dramatic results- within a very short time, the students started discriminating among themselves and calling each other names. Even more, the academic achievement of the browned eyed students plummeted by the end of the week! You can see more about this if you Google Blue eyes, Brown eyes.

She got in a little bit of trouble because the parents thought she was traumatizing the children, so I wouldn’t try anything like that. But you could pose it as a question. What if you divided them by the color of their eyes, or some other criteria that they had no control over. What if you told one group that they were going to have to sit in the back of the room, let the other students go first to lunch, stay off the playground at recess? How would that make them feel? Get responses from them- then tell them examples of how racism has hurt people in the past and still does.

Katelyn- I hope you read this, because you have a real problem. If you are repeating what you hear your parents say, please try to read some other perspectives.

In preparation for teaching a subject at a secondary school, what are the differences between unit of work and lesson plan?

don’t know about unit of work unless they mean a specific topic like : Significant Civil War Battles.

A lesson planis exactly what you are doing:

the objective
the materials
the procedures
the evaluation

When planning for a class lesson, for early primary classes what things should be included in the lesson plan? How much detail is needed? Is there anything that is easy to forget but should be included? Links to written examples of good lesson plans would be helpful. I am writing a lesson plan for an oral language experience. The activity relates to a text the students are familiar with, I am not asking for the activity just help with what needs to be put into the plan so it is usable by other teachers.

In a lot of respects, it’s like writing an essay. The key things to remember to include are:

1. Lesson Objective/Outcome - what should the majority of students be able to do by the end of the lesson?

2. Introduction/Orientating activity - how does the lesson start? What technique/activity is used to focus the students on the topic?

3. Body/Enhancing activity - what are the students going to do to extend and develop their understanding of the topic?

4. Plenary/Consolidating activity - how are you going to reinforce the learning that has just happened to ensure maximum retention?

You can include time limits as well… but with early primary it’s not always feasible to stick to these times - especially if you have a wide range of learning abilities/styles.

Sorry I don’t have any links handy - I’m answering ‘on the fly’!

Hope you parents that does home-schooling can help me get a lesson plan to use for my kids… Thanks

How fun…you are off on an incredible journey.

Our favorite program is Sonlight Curriculum. It’s quite pricey but you can just buy the instructors guide and get most of the books at the library. If you don’t write in the guide-they are easy to resell on Ebay.

Another amazing other option, is the series of books called ….What Your First Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series) [Paperback]
Your library should carry this.This book will give you a good idea of things to cover with your 6 year old.

Best of Luck!
Jana
http://www.homeschooljungle.com

I already know a scale and basic chords and how to read tabs for 6 string guitar, but how should i go about making a lesson plan for continuing guitar and bass? I’d really like to try learning how to play

First thing is to get more dexterity with your fingering. The best way is to do exercises starting from the lowest to the highest string in this fashion. Use the one finger-per-fret technique using the first 4 frets.

1-2-3-4 on each string and once you get to the smallest string, go backward 4-3-2-1
The next step is you use the first 8th fret with the same fingering pattern going up and down. Use alternate picking and if you make a mistake, start over.

Alternate picking is very important to acquire speed later on. Be persistent and practice every day.

Your next step to to learn your major scales as well as your minor scales. Here is a good site to help you along these lines.

Enjoy

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php?qqq=3&scch=C&scchnam=Major&get2=Get&t=0&choice=1

Nest, learn how to strum the chords properly….

http://www.heartwoodguitar.com/blog/2005/4/16/strumming-101/

http://www.guitarcamera.com/video.asp?video=41

Okay, I have to create and teach a lesson plan that integrates two content areas. I have chosen to do a lesson on sound for a fifth grade class. The students will be making musical instruments out of straws and will be learning about pitch and vibrations. However, I’m having trouble looking for a way to integrate this lesson. Any ideas?

If you are talking about pan pipes, the pitch is altered by the size of the resonance chamber. The frequency of the vibrations is determined by the length of the straw segment. Just like with bottles or tubes tuned by partial filling, the smaller space results in a smaller wavelength due to a higher vibrational rate. The resonant space controls the vibrational rate.

For our science for teaching class we need to have a lesson plan/ or activity type thing to teach reptiles. I am pretty sure I am bringing in a frog or snake. We are aiming for 2nd or 3rd grade. Any ideas or suggestions?

1) Frogs and other amphibians are not "touch me" pets; they are "look at me pets." They have sensitive skin and even the oils found naturally on human hands are enough to make them sick.

2) A snake would be better to use with older children. Snakes are difficult to "read"; they don’t have arms, legs, or eyelids, and other cues one would use to determine the thought processes and "mood" of an animal. You would have to "read" the muscle tone of the snake to know and understand what it’s going to do next; it’s a very subtle "language." However, if you have a snake already (or have had them before) and understand these things, and you know for sure the snake is good with people and calm around children, a snake wouldn’t be a bad idea. You can use a snake like that to get people over their seemingly innate fear of snakes.

3) Personally, I would use a reptile that is easier to "read" and less damaging if something were to happen. A Leopard Gecko, Crested Gecko, Panther Gecko, or African Fat Tail Gecko would be great choices for the following reasons: 1) They are nocturnal reptiles and do not require UVB lighting (it can get expensive), just a heat source (basking temp varies with each species) 2) They are all insectivores (they just need to eat bugs, no fresh veggie (cheaper and easier care wise; the crested gecko is able to eat some fruit based baby food, like apricot and peach, but it is not required) 3) They are all easily tamed and handle-able, and even if they were to lash out at someone, they can do no real damage; they won’t even break the skin if they bite. It’ll be like a pinch.

4) As for a lesson plan, and by using a less involved reptile species as a model, you can teach the kids how to properly care for one: the cost, care and maintenance involved, how to properly handle and hold it. You can even talk about how reptiles are not like people or hamsters and such; they can’t make their own body heat and that’s why they need a heat lamp to digest their food and make their bodies work properly. You just need to take the info that an adult would understand and dumb it down a little.

5) Don’t forget to use calcium supplementation with any reptile (excluding the snakes) you choose to use. Captive reptiles are prone to calcium deficiencies.

I am assigned to create a lesson plan for a daycare with children aging from 3-5 based on zoo animals. I never made a lesson plan before so I need some ideas.
Please help
Thanks
I like to think in 3’s when I do a lesson plan… Group Activities, Individual Activities, Room Decorations.

I start with the room decorations… browse the internet or your local teacher supply store for interesting posters, bulletin board items, borders, etc.. Sometimes… the very first group activity is actually having the kids put up the decorations. Then you can explain all the items to them as they go up (for example the zoo animals). Look on the internet at Carson Delosa. They have nice decoratives.

Then I move to the group activity or activities. These can be a game that all the kids play… or just a book that you read to them. Once I got some nice masks of african animals… and the group activity was to have the kids wear them and make sound like the animals. Barnes and Noble on the web is great for kids books.

Finally… I find some good individual activities. These can be free coloring pages that you download… or individual craft kits. Choose simple items that the kids can take home. This gets the parents involved. A site called Janice’s daycare has some nice coloring sheets.

Or… you can buy prepackaged themed activities and simply use them. www.zoozazz.com is a good place for that.

I hope this helps. Again… think in 3’s. Keep it simple… and you’ll do great.

Good luck!

I want to do this but i have no clue on how. I would greatly appreciate your help in helping me develop a lesson plan. I also live in texas.

I really can’t help you write a lesson plan unless I knew what you were teaching. Generally, lesson plans contain Objectives: such as, Student will be able to identify adjectives in given sentence,. Then there is usually Motivation: such as, a sentence on the board that says ‘The dog gave me a bone. Then ask the class "How can we make this sentence better,. Usually someone will suggest say the big, brown, dog gave me a bone Then you can get the students to define adjective as a word that describes a noun. Then Classwork: 1 Students write 5 original sentences and underline the adjectives 2. Students read their sentences aloud and other students identify adjectives in their sentence.. Summary: Review with the students the definition of adjective. Homework Write a brief letter to your teacher telling what adjectives are and why they are important.

I am writing up a lesson plan for Art for Elementary teachers class. Do you think I can use word art to make the lesson plan look artistic or does it need to look professional?

Since you’re writing it for an adult class, I would say keep it professional but you can include examples of what they can do to give them some sort of visual.