Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Micro Lesson #2

I. RATIONALE:
This lesson provides grade level curriculum for first grade through the use of the common core standards and adequately meets what students are expected to know about telling time.

II. OVERVIEW
Grade Level: 1st Grade
Subject(s): Math
Topic of Study: Measurement and Data-Telling Time
Time Allotment: One Week
Standards: 1.MD.B.3. Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Mathematical Practices:
1.MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically
1.MP.6. Attend to precision.
1.MP.7. Look for and make use of structure.

Objectives: Students will be able to tell time using analog and digital clocks, through the implementation of appropriate tools and activities.

Reflection: Assessing Prior Knowledge and Planning Instruction
Prior to the lesson, students will need to know that clocks are used to tell time and there are analog clocks as well as digital clocks. Prior knowledge and experiences will be assessed through reading, “What Time Is It Mr. Crocodile?” and our discussion thereafter. This information will be taken into consideration in knowing how simple I need to start and with how many students already know how to tell time versus those students who have no background knowledge at all. Differentiation of learning will then come into play. This content, Measurement and Data (Telling Time) should be taught at this grade level because most students will be cognitively ready and it is a skill that they should acquire. Also it meets the standards in Common Core and I will be teaching it at the beginning of the school year so that I can assist them throughout and help them become successful with telling time.

III. IMPLEMENTATION

Procedure:
·      Read “What Time is it Mr. Crocodile?
o   This will spark student’s interest and being able to recognize that the lesson will be on learning how to tell time.
·      Have students brainstorm as a class how long a second is and write them on the smartboard.
·      Have students complete how long is a minute worksheet and activity.
o   In groups, students will perform activities that last a minute long so that they have a sense and understanding o how long a minute is.
·      Students will then complete a sorting activity based on A.M and P.M
o   Students will sort which category the activity would occur in A.M. or P.M.
·      We will then complete a number line of 12 groups of 5 linking cubes until we have a total of 60 cubes in our line. We will then practice counting by 5’s and then by 1’s until we reached a certain cube.
·      To make a connection with the clock, students will turn their number line into a circle and add the group numbers as well as the cube amount numbers.
o   In a group, students will practice moving the long hand (minute hand) around while their partner counted the cubes (minutes).
·      Bring class together to refer to the anchor chart and interactive online clock displaying the analog and digital clock and showing students the minute hand that they just built and introduce the hour hand. They will also be able to compare the analog clock to the digital clock.
o   Go over vocabulary that has to do with telling time such as: face, hour hand, minute hand, etc.
·      Have students perform the activity “Excuse me, what time is it?”
o   Students will create clocks on their Ipads by drawing them and selecting a time that they want their peers to figure out as they move around the room to their peers and fill out a worksheet of the time on their way.
·      The final activity that will be conducted in class is the telling-time quiz that is an application on the Ipads.
o   I will be able to collect these scores for assessment.
·      Homework will be conducted online through their blogs in which students are to draw an analog clock in their home and upload it onto their blog. They will need to also write out what time that their drawn out clock states.

Reflection: Designing Instruction (InTask Standards 7 and 8):
The instructional methods that I have described are ones that I feel will help students to be adequately successful with being able to tell time, understanding the vocabulary and knowing the difference between analog and digital clocks. Also by gaining an understanding of a sense of time through the activities that we will complete. My activities allow students to be engaged in creative and high order of thinking by being exposed to activities that allow them to think beyond what just the time is. They will often times work in group settings where they will have peer collaboration and be creative in their tasks.

Technology Integration:
Both my students and I will be using technology throughout the lesson, as we will be learning about how to tell time. I will use the Smart Board to introduce the interactive clock, which will enable me to show students effectively how to tell time. Students will also conduct an activity by correctly drawing a clock on their Ipads and then going around to their peers showing their clock and figuring out the time on others drawn clocks. The final activity in class will allow me to successfully assess students as they will take a telling-time quiz where they are given an analog clock and digital clock and they will need to be able to tell time on both. For homework students will be using their blog to upload a clock they have drawn of their home clock and their written out time. Their peer’s will all be able to see their work and look through the different drawing of times each student has.

Differentiated Instruction:
  • Cognitive delay: Go over and introduce unfamiliar vocabulary, peer and teacher aid interaction and help, group work and collaboration, modeling of work.
  • Gifted: Pair the gifted students up with cognitively delayed or ELL students so that they can act as a teacher to them which enables further learning on both sides, give more critical thinking minute examples to complete, provide a hard thinker station for them to complete more difficult clocks.
  • ELL: Provide story to be listened in L1 language first, introduce unfamiliar vocabulary beforehand, have a keyword box that they can refer to in their L1 language, allow peer and teacher aid interaction and help, group work, allow less attempts for activities given.

IV. ASSESSMENT

Procedure: Students will be assessed through the several activities that they will be performing such as the second, minute, A.M, P.M., creating a number line and turning it into a clock, and excuse me what time is it? I will informally assess them during these activities and take notes on their success and needs. This will allow me to make changes during instruction if needed. I will summatively assess my students through the use of the telling-time quiz and through their blog postings.

Instruments: *See attachment (Telling Time Test)


Reflection: Planning Assessment (InTask Standard 6):
These assessments align in supporting the objectives of my lesson because it will guide and enable them to be successful with learning how to tell time. I will be able to see if students are being successful in their learning of the content through observations, collection of work, a quiz, and online blog. Students are able to demonstrate higher order of thinking through participating in activities that help their understanding of telling time at a deeper level. These assessments will provide feedback in determining whether the objective and students needs are met. I will then be able to alter my lesson if needed and help students be successful with learning the content.

IIV. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Materials
-Paper
-Pencils
-What Time Is It Mr. Crocodile?
-Worksheets
-Smart Board
-Ipads
-Anchor Chart
-Quiz

Reflection: How does your lesson meet each of the ISTE NETs Standards?
My lesson meets several of the ISTE NETs standards, one of the main objectives I want for my students is to inspire their learning of learning how to tell time through the use of creative learning and application. This enables their learning to be more meaningful and inspires them to learn. Technology is thoroughly integrated throughout my lesson to support our technologically advancing world. Assessments and learning will be evaluated, and I will be able to see whether my lesson needs to be altered during the application process or afterwards seeing that the objective has not been met. Students will promote and model digital citizenship through respect of the computers that they will be using as well as an understanding of the safe and ethical use of being on the Internet while doing research. Every individual learner needs will be met accordingly and an example of this can be done on the computers by changing the settings and making appropriate adjustments. Differentiated instruction will also be in mind. Students will be able to engage with their peers based on their new understandings and their clocks they draw. Having digital etiquette as well as responsible social interactions related to the use of technology will be expected.

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