Gwynedd Mercy University

School of Education
Seeking Truth, Mercy, and Justice

Your Name: Christina Smith

School: Sabold Elementary School
STANDARD:
Common Core Standards
1.3 Reading Literature
CC.1.3.2.I
RI.2.3 Sequencing

Date:2/17/16
Grade/Topic:2nd grade, Chinese New Year

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION(s)/STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVE(s):

Students will learn and sequence how traditional Chinese New Year lanterns are made by
having a hands-on activity where they are creating their own lanterns.
I.

PLANNING AND PREPARATION:

1.

Briefly describe the students in your class, including those with special
needs, explain how you will meet the needs of all learners.
This 2nd grade classroom consists of 22 students; 8 girls and 14 boys.
There are a few students with IEPs within the classroom, so I will
accommodate and meet their needs, along with any other student in the
classroom. This could include repeating directions, giving more time, or
explaining specific details in correlation with the lesson.

2.

What are your expectations for this lesson? What do you want students to
learn and be able to do with the knowledge?
Students will learn how traditional Chinese New Year lanterns are made
by having a hands-on activity where they are creating their own lanterns.
In addition, students will be able to decorate and make their lanterns
unique to themselves.

3.

Why are these expectations suitable for this group of students?

These expectations are suitable for this group of students because the
majority of students are visual learners. This group of students benefits
from having hands-on materials within their learning.

4.

How do these expectations support the school districts curriculum, state

standards, and content standards?

Common Core Standards

1.3 Reading Literature
CC.1.3.2.I- Determine or clarify the meaning of the unknown and multiple
meaning words and phrases based on grade level reading and content,
choosing from a range of strategies and tools.
RI.2.3 Sequencing- Describe the connection between a series of historical
events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a
text.
5.

Explain the psychological principles/theories you used in constructing this

lesson.
I used Banduras Social Learning Theory while constructing this lesson.
Bandura explains Social Learning Theory is very important because it
includes reciprocal interaction, modeling the behaviors, attitudes, and
emotional reaction of others. This is in correlation with this lesson
because I will be modeling the order of how to make a lantern. In addition
to modeling, I will let the students talk to one another about their lantern.
I will suggest ideas about decorating the lanterns, and show them my
model for example.

II. CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT:

6.

Describe the effective classroom routines and procedures resulting in little

or no loss of instructional time.
Before the lesson begins, I will have all the materials put together and
made for all the students. I will remind students that when they want to
speak, they will need to raise their hand. I will also model the sequence of
putting the lantern together in correlation to the reading.

7.

Identify what you will do to set clear standards of conduct and behavior
management of student behavior.
Since the classroom rules are already intact, I will review different rules
pertaining to my specific lesson. I will remind students that they need a
quiet raising hand when they want to say something.

8.

Identify what you will do to establish expectations for student

achievement.
Before the lesson, I will explain what the students will be learning and
their expectations for the lesson. I will give students opportunities through
verbal communication on what they know about the Chinese New Year.

III.

INSTRUCTION:
9.

What will you do to motivate students?

I will motivate the students by informing them early on that we will be
doing an activity relating to the lesson. I will also motivate students by
showing them the activity that I have planned for them after we read the
Scholastic News piece as a whole group.

10.

What will you do to activate prior knowledge?

I will use different questioning to help receive my answers from the
questions that I will be asking. I will use Blooms Taxonomy to refer to my
lesson.
To activate prior knowledge, I will ask them:
- Have you heard the Chinese culture celebrating their Chinese New
Year? (Knowledge)
- Do you know when the Chinese New Year is celebrated each year?
(Knowledge)
- Have you heard of the word, sequence? (Knowledge)
- What is a sequence? (Knowledge)

11.

How do you plan to engage students in the content? What will you do?
What will students do?
Materials:
- Tiny baskets
- Construction paper of semi-made lanterns
- Scissors
- Hole puncher
- String (different colors)
- Crayons
- Markers
- Example of lantern
Procedure:

12.

After the transition of morning meeting, I will have students get into
their rows to start the lesson
I will explain to the students that we will be learning about the
Chinese New Year, but specifically about the lanterns Chinese people
make
Before going into the lesson, I will go over any rules that I feel are
needed, specifically raising your hand when wanting to say something
and not speaking when others are talking
After going over the rules, I will ask the prior knowledge questions
stated in #10
I will pull up the Scholastic News about the Chinese New Year and ask
for one student with a quiet hand raised to tell me what the title is.
I will ask the class if there is a caption on the front page
After we went over different sections of the first page, I will turn to the
next page.
I will ask students if they can tell me where the sub-headings
Once the sub-headings are found, I will start to read the first subheading and the information below it
In between the readings, I will emphasize the importance of each subheading in correlation with the text underneath it
After we finish reading, I will ask the students to think about the word
sequence
I will define what a sequence is and its importance in this lesson
As a class, we will order the steps of making a lantern based from the
information from our reading
I will then start to model what is expected to happen during the
activity
Once I modeled the activity, I will send students back to their desks
and call tables up to choose their lantern of choice
Once each table has their lantern, they will have to follow the
directions on the paper.
When there is about five minutes left, I will ask the students to come to
the rug
I will review with the lantern, the three major steps of making a
Chinese lantern.
I will call the different tables for students to grab their materials for
Wilson

Describe the use of questioning and discussion strategies that will

encourage students to participate in class.
Using Blooms Taxonomy, I will be focusing on knowledge aspect
throughout this lesson. The questions in number 10 are the questions that I
will use to activate the knowledge aspects. Knowing the students

background knowledge about the Chinese New Year will help me know
how much information I need to present.

13.

What difficulties do students typically experience in this area, and how do

you plan to adapt/modify to meet their needs?
Students typically have trouble with learning about sequence, so Im
going to have first, second, third, lastly words to indicate where each part
will fall under the sequence. I will model everything that I expect the
students to do, so they are able to see exactly what I want them to do.

14.

Identify what informal and/or formal assessments you will use to monitor
student learning.
The questions I provide will activate any prior knowledge of the Chinese
New Year, so then I can informally access their full knowledge on the
topic. By going over sequencing and its purpose in this reading, I will
observe if students understand sequencing by going around and checking
the students sequencing activity.

15.

What will you do to bring closure to the lesson?

To bring closure to the lesson, I will review the steps of making a lantern.
I will explain the purpose of the lanterns within celebrating the Chinese
New Year.