Ima Sample

Small Group Experience - Week Two

Lesson Plan for Centers about Text Set

Purpose

This activity will help students become more aware of the obstacles people have had to face to accomplish their goals. Rotating centers permits students to have a hands on experience allowing for a deeper understanding of the content. The centers provide students with experiences to develop observation techniques, corporative learning skills, oral language skills, and critical thinking skills.

Multicultural/social justice component

The text set that these centers focus on provide students with a multicultural learning experience. Dr. Martin Luther Ling, Jr., Helen Keller, Leonardo da Vinci, Elijah McCoy, and the Wright Brothers represent different genders, races, and economic status. They all provide the reader with stories of people overcoming obstacles to reach their goals. Through the centers students are able to understand some of the obstacles that these people had to go though to obtain their goals.

Disciplines integrated

• Art
• Math
• Science
• Reading
• History

Materials

• Text Set
• Braille book with translations
• Computer paper
• Poster board
• Samples of da Vinci paintings
• Drawing materials.

Procedures

Divide students into four groups. Rotate centers every 15mins.

• Literature - Have students look at connections and comparisons across the text set.
• Braille - Have a set of Braille text and instructions on how to read it. Have students try to translate a Braille text.
• Airplane design - Have students create paper airplanes and have then write something they have learned about the Wright Brothers on the plane. Have students test their design by having them measure how far they can fly. Document distance on chart.
• da Vinci - Have students look at a variety of da Vinci' s paintings. Da Vinci spent a lot of time observing the world around him. Have the students draw their hand adding as much detail as needed.

Evaluation

• Listen to group discussion in all centers looking assess students interaction with each other.
• Listen to discussions in Literature Circles. Assess students understanding of the connections between books in the Text Set. Listen for comparisons between books and themes among the books. (Hardship, sacrifice, overcoming obstacles, etc)
• Observe students kinesthetic and cognitive skills while learning how to read Braille.
• Assess students understanding of reading Braille by seeing how accurately they translated the text.
• Assess students understanding of how planes fly by listening to the discussion of the students while making and testing their planes.
• Assess students understanding of the importance of observation by looking at students drawings.