Thursday, November 27, 2008

Assure Model Lesson/Class Graph of Bus rider, Car rider and a Walker

September 19, 2008

Winda C. Espulgar
Assure Lesson Plan
Ed 451, Dr. Jacqui Cyrus

Overview: This lesson will introduce basic counting skills, from 1 to 10, to kindergarten students. The students also will learn basic steps to turn numbers into a chart, by introducing them to windows excel. To help the kids become more interested in learning numbers, I have selected a computer game that features a moving double decker school bus with children standing along the roadside. The bus has windows on each level, and as each “student” from the curbside is clicked and dragged onto each bus window, the number changes from 1, 2, through 10.
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Subject: Beginners math
Suggested Time Allowance: 30 – 45 minutes
Lesson Topic and Description:
The teacher will work with the students to learn about numbers.
Lesson Goals and Objectives:
Goal: To develop counting skills. Also, students will see how a basic chart is made. This can be done by grouping the kids into car rider and bus riders and walkers.
Objectives: At the end of this activity students will be able to:
1. Identify numbers 1 to 10.
2. Understand the concept of basic grouping by separating them into bus rider, car rider and walker groups.
3. Use a single digit number as basis for the simple chart.
4. Experience using the Web in a fun and educational way.

5. See how excel can be used for something as simple as grouping their classmate.

Materials:
1. Pictures of a bus, a car, and feet
2. Worksheet
3. Pencil
4. Graph scale
5. Computer school bus game







Lesson Proper:
Teacher Preparation:
Teach the rhyme “One Two buckle my shoe” to reinforce memorization of the
numbers 1 to 10. Gather materials to generate the discussion.



Motivation:
Provide students a picture of a bus, car and two feet. Post the pictures on the board. Ask, how many of you are being dropped off by your mom or dad to school? How many of you ride the bus? How many of you walk to school?
Activity:
1. The teacher will:
· Pass out a worksheet that has a chart, grouping kids into car rider, bus rider and walker categories.
· Ask the students to get their pencil.
· Provide instruction to the students.
· Explain the instruction on the worksheet.

Sample
Worksheet:








Put a checkmark on a box







Total
Bus rider











Car rider











Walker











1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10





2. After the worksheet has been explained, the teacher will:
· Allow the students to pick a leader for each of the three groups.
· Explain that each leader will represent bus rider, car rider and walker.
· Call the first leader to hold the picture that he or she will represent
· Call the first leader who represents the bus rider, and let the leader
stand in the front.
· Ask the rest of the bus riders to stand at the back of their leader, then count one by one, starting from the leader. Meanwhile, the rest of the students are working on their worksheet.
· Let the bus rider’s group go back to their seats. The teacher will ask the rest of the students to look on their worksheet and count how many checkmarks on the bus rider’s graph. The bus rider group will work on their own worksheet. Teacher will ask the bus rider to put a check mark as the other students count their graph.
· Do the same procedure for the car rider and a walker.
· Look at the worksheet with the students.
· Let them review their work. Explain that if the teacher will call the bus rider group, the bus riders will read the check mark. The same procedure applies to the car rider group and the walker group. The whole class will then count the check mark on the chart to reinforce their counting skills.
· Students will work on the computer that is already on an Excel file. Show the pre arranged chart. There are three columns on the chart, one chart represents the car rider, the other chart is for the bus riders and the third chart is for the walkers.
· Graph.xlsx (sample chart)

3 Provide instruction for the students: There are three columns on the page. One for bus riders, another for car riders and the third is for walkers. Start from the bus rider column, compare it to worksheet then key in the total number. Do the same procedure for car rider column and the walker column.

4. Once the students are done inputting the number on the columns, Teacher will show them on how to get the total number of the bus riders, car riders and the walkers, by clicking on the sum logo. Explain to the students that the sum is the grand total of the students in the class. Then introduce the graph format and have a discussion. Let the students compare the worksheet to the graph. Make sure that the worksheet and the graph are even. Have them print their work.

Conclusion:
Have the students hold their printed chart. Check their work by going over what they have done. Let them show and talk about their chart. Let the students express what they learned. Then compare the chart with the worksheet to make sure that the number of the bus riders, car riders and the walkers add up.

Higher Order Thinking:
To check whether students are using critical thinking skill, pose questions such as these at appropriate places within the lesson:
· Who can tell the total number of the bus riders without looking at the chart? The same question can be asked for the car riders and walkers.
· Can someone count the total number of the bus riders, car riders, and walkers?
· Which chart shows the largest group of students?
· Which chart shows the second largest group of students?
· Which chart is the least group of students?


Evaluation:
In order to evaluate the students, they will be given a test through number recognition. This can be done using the school bus computer game, which keeps their interest in the learning process because the approach is fun. The school bus computer game can be seen by logging on to http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games/game7.htm.

1 comment:

Jacqui Cyrus said...

Hi:
I think you intended for your lesson plan to have clip art, but it is missing. You might need to upload the files again.

-j-