Min-Lessons 15, 16, 17: Origami, Usual Words in Spanish & Guy Fawkes Celebration

Easy way to make a paper Dog | Origami Dog

ORIGAMI DOG

Lesson by Shannon Lerner 

      LESSON PLAN

Age Group: 4th - 5th Grade

Objective: Students will learn how to make complex such as a  dog shape from a piece of paper following origami technique.

Materials: Paper, paper, marker

Activity:

Brainstorming about how much they know about origami

Passing out the pieces of paper

Demonstrate origami technique when making the dog shape.

Assessment: Completion of work and sharing with other their origami dog.

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Palabras de Uso Frequente en Español

Lesson by Susana Bustamante

      LESSON PLAN

Objective: During the lesson, the student will review and learn how to say 10 new different vocabulary words in Spanish.
Age group: 3rd grade  
Materials: Board marker and white paper for the multiple choice assessment.
Activity:
1.      Watch a video of 10 words in Spanish
2.      Call a letter for each corner in the classroom: A, B, C, and D
3.      Say the word in English and write the 4 options in Spanish on the board
4.      Students move to the corner that they think it’s the right answer
5.      After all of them choose their option, say the right answer
Assessment: Students are going to have a multiple choice assessment with the words taught to measure if they learned them or not.

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  Guy Fawkes Bonfire Festival Too Big for Brits

 

GUY FAWKES CELEBRATION

Lesson by Sadie Gray

        LESSON PLAN

Social Studies


Competency V - Cultural Awareness

Age Group: 5th Grade

Objective: Student will learn the customs and traditions of another country by discussing Guy Fawkes night in England and comparing it to festivals in America. 


Materials: Power-point explaining the history and customs. 

Activity: Hand out and complete a crossword puzzle to each student on the history and customs of Guy Fawkes night.

Assessment: How many correct answers they get in the crossword based on what they learnt in the lesson.  Compare and Contrast the customs and traditions of Various cultures and groups

(SS.A.1.2.1)
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Students' Comments on Mini-Lessons


Origami

Likes:

How we used different hand skills to do the origami
Different: I will say more information about origami history

Suggestion:

While this activity was very fun and engaging, we would have liked to see more detailed instructions that were given to each student so they could move at their own pace and Shannon wouldn’t have had to answer so many questions.

Spanish

Likes:


We really enjoyed this activity. The video was interactive, and the activity got students out of their seats. The words were not to advanced, so it would be great exercise for introducing students to Spanish.



Crossword:

Likes:

All of the background information she gave us.

We also liked this lesson but would probably use it for high schoolers as the PowerPoint requires a fair bit of attention and was fairly dense. The crossword is a fun way to review the information that was different than just a review sheet.

 Suggestions:

However, we might try to make this powerpoint a little more interactive to keep the students interested.






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Different: i would do a more interactive activity






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