Mini-Lessons 26, 27, 28: Teamwork, Haiku & Postcards
TEAM WORK: Making a line by birthday date
Lesson by D.J. Dallas
LESSON PLAN
Lesson: Teamwork
Activity: Birthday Round up
Objective: Students will learn how to work together to achieve tasks.
Target Group: 4th and 5th grades
Activity:
1. Students are asked to line up by birthdays ranging from January 1st to December 31st.
2. Students are made aware that they only get 2 minutes to get in line.
3. They must work through their adversity in order to be in line
flawlessly.
4. Once in line, the teacher should make the student recite the
birthdays from beginning to end to be sure that they are in the correct
order.
5. Finally, teacher must ask the students what was hard about
the task and assess their performance and give feed back
Assessment: Asking the student the pros and cons of working in unison to get the task done.
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How to write a haiku!
HAIKU
Lesson by Olivia Steinberg
LESSON PLAN
Age: Third or fourth grade (around ages 9 and 10)
Objectives: Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds using haikus. Students will identify subject matter and format criteria of a traditional haiku.
Materials: I have my power-point with explanations and examples. All the students need are pens/pencils and a piece of paper.
Activity: Write a Haiku—Discuss and share with your neighbors.
Assessment: Evaluate the students understanding of syllables and ability to follow the correct format of a haiku. Also seeing if the student has a consistent theme throughout their haiku. I will check for comprehension through participation during the discussion and by walking around during the activity to listen to the students interact and to also interact with the students. These conversations will present a sense of the students vocabulary and the students comprehension of the activity.
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THANKSGIVING POSTCARD
Lesson by Melissa Marion
LESSON PLAN
Age Group: 5th grade
Objective: Students will learn why Thanksgiving is about giving thanks; they will learn the importance of appreciating what other do us.
Materials: Colored paper,
crayons/ markers
Activity:
1. Play a short video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WumiRK06Yqw) about the history of Thanksgiving.
2. At the end, explain how all of
the events that occurred are what cause this holiday to be about giving thanks.
3. Ask the children to think of someone they are incredibly thankful for. Then,
pass out crayons and colored paper (allow them to choose the color they want to
use).
4. Tell them to fold the paper in half and make a card to one person they
are thankful for during this holiday season, and allow them to decorate it
however they like and write whatever they want on the inside.
5. Make sure
they are including images from the video such as turkey and other Thanksgiving
themed objects.
Assessment: In
order to see how well the children understood the activity, have them share
with the person next to them who they’re writing the card to, along with why they’re
thankful this holiday season and why.
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Students' Feedback on Mini-Lessons
Deejay: Teamwork
Likes:
We liked that it was very interactive and that it got us moving.
Made the whole class work together
It was fun that we learned about each others birthdays.
Included participation from the whole class.
Incorporated communication
Suggestions:
We wish it was a little more difficult, for example, no talking or having only certain people talk and lead the activity.
There was no background information about anything
Teamwork is a very broad theme
It could have been a bit longer or could have led to a lesson
Could have spoken about the importance of teamwork in life
Olivia: Haiku
Likes:
We liked that it was fun and creative. It forced us to think outside the box to fit the format. The instructions were clear and the lesson plan was well executed.
The introduction about the theme; it was a fun way of learning about the syllables
Taught the students about a new form of poetry
It also Included the students trying to write a haiku
Students were asked to share their haikus
Suggestions:
We wish we had more time to write more poems.
The poems could be done in groups, not individually
The lesson could have been longer
The class could have come up with one haiku together or in groups
Melissa: Postcards
Likes:
We liked the opening video because it was cute and got the point across in a concise manner. It was fun to write directly to someone important to us as it ties in well with the holiday.
The video was funny and interesting; the activity of doing the card fits in this time of the year
She Taught about the history of Thanksgiving
She got students to think of what they are thankful for.
Students were able to share what they are thankful for.
Suggestions:
The activity was too individual, the students didn’t interact at all
We wish the video went into detail a little more.
Students can get confused about whether to draw or write what they are thankful for. Maybe give an example.
She should have walked around to check on the students.
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DISCUSSION ABOUT EDUCATION
Sheila McAndrew: I
think that today's education focuses too much on technology. I wish that
teaching consisted of doing things on our own and by hand. I think education
focuses too much on what we are familiar with and not enough about what we
don't know. We focus on knowing what we know and rarely venture outside of what
seems important. To be a well-rounded candidate, it is important to understand
various areas of knowledge. Here at UM, we are better off than most college
students because of the cognates system, as students continue to take classes
in arts and humanities and people and society. I think that we rarely praise
people for thinking creatively as some believe it doesn't always promote
progress. I think we need to take a stronger stance in telling education
systems that unconventional learning will lead to progress and that students
should take classes in all area so they don't lose touch with that critical
thinking piece.
Caroline Kapp's Response: I agree with the video and believe that schools and the education system
does not prepare
humans for things like AI. AI is scary, and it’s real. For example,
coding is one of the best skills that a young human being can have right
now in this world, and yet almost no one knows how to code. The
education system needs to be more “out of the box”
so that these students can open up their thoughts and minds to their
imagination so that they can explore ideas that have not yet been
created.
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Students' Feedback on Mini-Lessons
Deejay: Teamwork
Likes:
We liked that it was very interactive and that it got us moving.
Made the whole class work together
It was fun that we learned about each others birthdays.
Included participation from the whole class.
Incorporated communication
Included participation from the whole class.
Incorporated communication
Suggestions:
We wish it was a little more difficult, for example, no talking or having only certain people talk and lead the activity.
There was no background information about anything
Teamwork is a very broad theme
It could have been a bit longer or could have led to a lesson
Could have spoken about the importance of teamwork in life
Could have spoken about the importance of teamwork in life
Olivia: Haiku
We liked that it was fun and creative. It forced us to think outside the box to fit the format. The instructions were clear and the lesson plan was well executed.
We wish we had more time to write more poems.
The poems could be done in groups, not individually
The lesson could have been longer
The class could have come up with one haiku together or in groups
The introduction about the theme; it was a fun way of learning about the syllables
Taught the students about a new form of poetry
It also Included the students trying to write a haiku
Students were asked to share their haikus
Suggestions:It also Included the students trying to write a haiku
Students were asked to share their haikus
We wish we had more time to write more poems.
The poems could be done in groups, not individually
The lesson could have been longer
The class could have come up with one haiku together or in groups
Melissa: Postcards
Likes:
We liked the opening video because it was cute and got the point across in a concise manner. It was fun to write directly to someone important to us as it ties in well with the holiday.
The video was funny and interesting; the activity of doing the card fits in this time of the year
She Taught about the history of Thanksgiving
She got students to think of what they are thankful for.
Students were able to share what they are thankful for.
Suggestions:
We liked the opening video because it was cute and got the point across in a concise manner. It was fun to write directly to someone important to us as it ties in well with the holiday.
The video was funny and interesting; the activity of doing the card fits in this time of the year
She Taught about the history of Thanksgiving
She got students to think of what they are thankful for.
Students were able to share what they are thankful for.
Suggestions:
The activity was too individual, the students didn’t interact at all
We wish the video went into detail a little more.
Students can get confused about whether to draw or write what they are thankful for. Maybe give an example.
She should have walked around to check on the students.
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Sheila McAndrew: I think that today's education focuses too much on technology. I wish that teaching consisted of doing things on our own and by hand. I think education focuses too much on what we are familiar with and not enough about what we don't know. We focus on knowing what we know and rarely venture outside of what seems important. To be a well-rounded candidate, it is important to understand various areas of knowledge. Here at UM, we are better off than most college students because of the cognates system, as students continue to take classes in arts and humanities and people and society. I think that we rarely praise people for thinking creatively as some believe it doesn't always promote progress. I think we need to take a stronger stance in telling education systems that unconventional learning will lead to progress and that students should take classes in all area so they don't lose touch with that critical thinking piece.
Caroline Kapp's Response: I agree with the video and believe that schools and the education system does not prepare humans for things like AI. AI is scary, and it’s real. For example, coding is one of the best skills that a young human being can have right now in this world, and yet almost no one knows how to code. The education system needs to be more “out of the box” so that these students can open up their thoughts and minds to their imagination so that they can explore ideas that have not yet been created.
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