An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan
Date: March 2, 1998
Grade Level(s): 4, 5
Subject(s):
To help students learn the English concept Sequencing. This is a fun activity for the children to get involved and actually see a sequencing event happen in their classroom. The students will go through a sequencing maze that has happened by the sequencing monster. This will help them learn and understand the concept of sequencing, and order.
Goal:
The student will develop a better understanding of sequencing, while further developing their writing skills.
Objectives:
The student will list the definition of sequencing, and what the word means. The student will demonstrate sequencing by writing their own story. The student will list four time order words that link events together.
Background Information:
The teacher is responsible for setting the scene. The teacher would place monster footprints around the classroom as if a monster had been there and walked throughout the class. As the monster toured the classroom he messed things up. For example, he knocked some supplies off the computer, then proceeded and tipped over a desk. He turned a picture upside down, etc. The footprints would indicate the path the monster took.
Concepts:
Students will be able to:
Materials:
The students would enter the classroom and observe that something was there. They would walk the path and observe the things the monster did. After discussing sequencing with the students, brainstorm a list of words that show order (first, second, next, then, after that, finally.) The students would be responsible for completing a story. The story must involve an order of events.
Assessment:
Students should write a sequencing story that follows a proper sequence that makes sense. Students must use time order words. Students may share their stories with the rest of the class.