EDU234 - Use this worksheet to organize the information for your theme based activity plan.

Step 1: Enter Basic Information About the Lesson Organizing Theme: I Spy Name of Lesson: Detecting The Details Author: Alyssa Rafoth Lesson Grade Level: 3-5 Time Required: 40 Minutes Step 2: Select the Subject Area(s) and Specify Learning Targets Subject Area(s): ELA - Reading Science ELA - Writing Social Studies Math Other Other Other Core Standard(s): L.3.2- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. 5.L.2- Conventions of Standard English: Use punctuation to separate items in a series. Function of Lesson: Introduce New Skill or Content Review Activity Goals/Objectives: What do you want your students to KNOW? What do you want your students to UNDERSTAND? What do you want your students to be able to DO? Step 3: Identify The Instructional Materials &Technology To Be Used With This Activity Plan A box containing different objects for students to draw the objects they remember. o Magnifying glass o Notebook o Finger print o Sunglasses o Detective coat- Home o Picture of a detective o A confidential Folder- Home A box containing a different set of objects for the students to list the objects they remember. o Detective hat o Picture of a dog o Picture of a question mark 1. After completing the lesson, the students will state the importance of detail by giving 3 examples. 2. After completing the lesson, the students will write a fictional story about a detective with 100% accuracy. Remediation/Reteaching Practice

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o Pencil o Badge- Home o Camera- Home o Flashlight- C A projector/smartboard Powerpoint o Containing sets of pictures with specific details missing o Explantion on the importance of detail o Describing how details are important in everyday life, especially in the classroom. Detective passage handout

Step 4: Instructional Strategies & Learning Activities - Specify the procedures that will be used to implement the activity plan. 1. The students will be given 20 seconds to attempt to memorize a set of 7 objects. 2. They will then be directed to draw all the objects they can remember. 3. The students will be given an additional 20 seconds to attempt to memorize a different set of 7 objects. 4. They will then be directed to list the items they can remember. 5. Once the initial activity is over, a powerpoint will be presented. The powerpoint will include: a. A set of pictures that the students will look at for 10 seconds. b. The same picture will reappear, but a specific detail will be missing. The students will have to identify what is missing from the picture. 6. After both activities, a presention of the importance of detail in the classroom will be presented. 7. The powerpoint will continue to give examples such as: a. Emphasizing the signs used in math problems. b. Showing examples of problems and how the sign can change the answer to the problem. c. Having sentences with an option to select the correct homophone to use. d. Emphasizing the importance of using proper grammer while writing a paper. e. Explaining capitalization, comma usage, period usage and spelling while writing a paper. 8. A passage with errors about a detective will be handed to the students. Students will be directed to detect the errors throughout the piece. 9. As a final asssesstment, the students will be asked to write a one-page fictional story dealing with a detective. 10. The story must be 100% accurate. OPENING -Anticipatory Set Time: 2 minutes 1. Welcome class 2. The students will enter the room listening to detective music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPbKj4ZoFns 3. Ask the class how important they believe details are in everyday life. a. Have them fist to five on the level of importance (fist meaning 0, 5 meaning very important) 4. Explain to the class how there are different activities planned to emphasize the importance of detail in everyday life. BODY Procedures What will you say and do? Time: 33 minutes 1. Two boxes filled with 7 different objects will be covered. 2. Once students get settled, you will ask them to join a table in the front of the class. 3. Explain that they will be looking at this box of objects for 20 seconds. They are to attempt to memorize the objects in the box (do not tell them how many objects are in the box). 4. Remove the cover over one of the boxes. 5. Allow them 20 seconds to memorize the objects.
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6. They must return to their seat and draw all the objects they can remember from the box. 7. Once everyone finishes their drawing, the students will rejoin the table and attempt to memorize a different set of objects for 20 seconds (do not tell them how many objects are in the box). 8. Remove the cover over the second set of objects. 9. Allow them 20 seconds to memorize the objects. 10. They must return to their seat and list all the objects they can remember. 11. Once the students are seated the Detect The Details powerpoint will be shown. 12. On the first slide, a picture will be shown for 10 seconds for the students to view. The students are just asked to look at the picture. 13. The next slide will have the same picture, but a specific detail missing. 14. The students will think-pair-share with a partner about what detail is missing. 15. As a class, the students will choral the response (entire class responding in unison). 16. There will be another picture shown for 10 seconds for the students to view. The students are just asked to look at the picture. 17. The next slide will have the same picture, but a specific detail missing. 18. The students will think-pair-share with a partner about what detail is missing. 19. As a class, the students will choral the response (entire class responding in unison). 20. The powerpoint will continue with specific points to cover (broken down by slides) a. A simple math problem will appear such as, 20 + 13=33 i. You will ask the students what happens if you change the + sign to a sign. ii. Explain how paying close attention to the signs in math is very important. b. Sentences will appear that will show the importance of knowing homophones i. Lucy could not wait to (meet/meat) her friend. ii. Jim had (two, too, to) pieces of pizza for lunch. iii. (Youre, your) sister will walk you home from school. iv. You will explain to the students how not paying close attention to details can completely change the meaning of the sentence. c. The importance of capitalization, spelling and period usage. i. Capitalization- names, street names, states/cities, titles, days of the week, months or holidays. ii. Spelling- accurate, not using text lingo, spelling out words completely iii. Period - Ending sentences with period, question mark, explanation mark. 21. The students will be given a passage with errors. 22. They are assigned to read the passage carefully and mark the errors they found. 23. This will be collected, make sure their name is on the top of the paper. CLOSURE Time: 5 minutes

1. As homework, the students will be assigned to write a one page fictional paper about a detective. 2. The paper must be 95% accurate, with minimal errors. 3. Today we learned about the importance of detail in everyday life. a. We discussed how details can change the outcome of many different things; specifically in: i. Math ii. Writing iii. Grammer

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Step 5: Research & Theory - Explain how child development and/or learning theory influenced your activity design. For this lesson plan, I took into consideration John Piagets theory of stages of cognitive development. Piaget believed that adolescents go through four main stages in life, sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, and formal operational. For this specific lesson and age group, the students I will be working with are in the concrete operational stage. This stage occurs around the ages 7 to 11. During the concrete stage, adolescents begin to think logically when attempting to solve problems. This begins the idea of conservation; the quality remains the same despite changes made in appearance. In the beginning of the lesson, the students will be during an activity that forces them to notice details, without realizing that is the main goal of the lesson. Therefore, the students will be using conservation throughout the beginning half of the lesson. As the lesson continues, the students will realize that noticing details is a part of our everyday life, specifically in school. When students realize that details happen in many different situations of life, they will assimilate this activity into preexisting schemas. The main idea of this lesson is to have students realize the importance of detail in school. I used different examples throughout the lesson to help relate the two. For an example, I emphasized how it is important to pay attention to the signs used in math problems. I made note that not paying attention to the signs, will alter your answer and may cause you to miss the problem. Also, it is important to realize if you are using the correct form of a word in a sentence. In the power point I gave the example of Lucy cannot wait to (meet, meat) her friend. The students are asked to select the correct form of meet. By using this example, the students will realize that not paying attention to small details such as spelling, can force a sentence to not make any sense. As a final assessment, the students will write a one page fictional story about a detective. By having the students complete the paper, they will be following Blooms Taxonomy. They will understand the importance of detail, apply it to their writing and be creative while generating a fictional story.

Internal Consistency & Professional Quality: Are the objectives measureable and aligned to the standards? Are the procedures aligned with the objectives? Is there an apparent purpose for using the specific learning activities? Is the activity plan developmentally and logically sequenced? Are the steps clear, concise and explicit? Can someone else teach from this activity plan? Does the formatting of the activity plan conform to professional standards (computer printed, clearly outlined and formatted, succinct, yet complete)?

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Detect The Details

Jane Martin, Dog Detective By: Eve Bunting

Jane pinned the poster on the pole. It said: Have u lost a dog Let me find it for u. Jane martin, dog detective. 23 oak Street. (My tree house is at the back.) Fee: 25 cents a day Jane had maid ten posters. This was the last one. Now she could go home and wait. Soon she would be a dog detective. jane did not have to wait long. A boy yelled from under the tree, Are you the dog detective? Yes. Jane came down her tree lader. She took out her notebook i am tim Wilson, the boy said. My dog, Charlie, has been dognapped. Jane rote in her notebook: Case number one- find Charlie, the dognapped dog. I will need to no everything, Jane said Charlie was not in his doghouse this morning, tim told her. Someone left this note. Jane read the note: I have taken Charlie. If u give me one hundred dollars, you will get him back

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Detect The Details

Jane Martin, Dog Detective By: Eve Bunting

Jane pinned the poster on the pole. It said: Have you lost a dog. Let me find it for you. Jane Martin, dog detective. 23 Oak Street. (My tree house is at the back.) Fee: 25 cents a day. Jane had made ten posters. This was the last one. Now she could go home and wait. Soon she would be a dog detective. Jane did not have to wait long. A boy yelled from under the tree, Are you the dog detective? Yes. Jane came down her tree ladder. She took out her notebook. I am Tim Wilson, The boy said. My dog, Charlie, has been dognapped. Jane wrote in her notebook: Case number one- find Charlie, the dognapped dog. I will need to know everything, Jane said. Charlie was not in his doghouse this morning, Tim told her. Someone left this note. Jane read the note: I have taken Charlie. If you give me one hundred dollars, you will get him back.

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