Teacher: Ms.
Sarah Abdallah
Room
Number: 114
Class
Period(s): 4
Grade
Level: KG2-B
Course
Tile: Art
Unit
Topic: Winter
Lesson
Topic: Paper snowman
General Objective: Students will be able to explore the
idea of a snowman through developing their own paper snowman and will be
roughly introduced to the concept of "melt" and "freeze" in
relation to snow.
Physical
objective:
Students will
enhance their gross motor skills through general movement and dance (if they
choose to) while playing the "freeze and melt" game.
Students will
work more improve their fine motor skills through manipulating objects like
glue, paper, and cotton balls
Students
will develop their eye and hand movement and coordination through out the paper
snow man activity
Cognitive
objective:
Students will be
able to work on putting together pieces to make a whole (snowman) and that
focuses on the holistic and visual operation through cutting and pasting to
form a one figure as a whole.
To increase
artistic awareness
To develop a
basic understanding for weather, focusing on the winter theme
To develop a good
shape and size recognition
Social objective:
To socialize with
a new character (the puppet) and to share and exchange knowledge with the rest
of the class.
Material:
Puppet
Video on the
board
Paper plates
Cotton balls
Construction
paper
Glue
Pencils
Introduction
Introductory
activity: (10mins)
Students will sit
on the carpet and will be introduced to the guest (puppet)
Sharing stories
and exchanging knowledge with the puppet will be followed by a video song
called little snow flake (http://youtu.be/tbbKjDjMDok)
The concept of
"melt" and "freeze" will be roughly introduced in relation
with the following art activity.
Developing
activity: (10mins)
Students will
change their setting from the carpet to their desks.
Students will
observe the teacher while introducing and putting together the art activity
(paper snowman) as a model for the students to learn from
Students will
develop their own snowman
Closing activity:
(5mins)
Students will be
reminded of the concept of 'freeze and melt' while they are working. The
teacher will walk around and say "freeze" and the students should
stop and freeze and when the teacher says "melt", students will move
around.
Sarah’s instruction was very interesting and fun. Her approach was that of a learner-centered classroom. The activities conform to the Communicative Method of teaching. Her activities were appropriate to Kindergarten students. She relied on authentic material like the cotton balls. Her video was applicable to her students’ young age which she used successfully to reach her objective. Making a puppet and their conversation was a creative idea to introduce the concept of snow to her students. Her tasks were achieved in the specified timeframe. She was assertive, confident, and enthusiastic with good body language. She showed a great deal of professionalism and her microteaching was great.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ruba for your positive feedback. what really helped this time is just imagining 5 year old Ruba, May, Rola, Lina, and Ghadee :p in order for me to deliver the class they way I do when I'm with my students..
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