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All strategies will be research based and from one of Students: Practice and Application
the texts. Please provide reference for each. Note meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice
and application, feedback in each of the three areas below.
Teacher: Presentation/ Learning Activities (Strategy
Steps) 1. During this time students do not do anything, the
1. Find an age-appropriate project: Choose a teacher is the one that decides what project
project that is appropriate for the ages of your students will be doing and what are the objectives
students that supports the objectives for your grade of the lesson.
level. Examine the objectives in both social 2. The teacher will tell the students what are the goals
sciences and language arts to determine ways to of this project and what is it that they must
integrate both curricular areas. (Students will do a accomplish by the end of the project. The students
time-line integrating CA history and their family will be told that they will have to do research on
cultural history) California History and as well as discuss with their
2. Set up the goals and parameters: Identify the family which can be parents, grandparents, aunts,
purpose of the projects to be done and determine or uncles, or etc. to gather cultural history from
whether the research and activities should be done their family that they will be able to integrate with
individually, in pairs, or in small groups. one another.
3. Make expectations clear: Encourage students to 3. The teacher will explain to students what she
identify the main elements of a good project and expects of them and what she expects of them to
create a rubric or checklist based on their include in their project. The teacher will go over the
suggestions. rubric with the students so they know what is
expected of them.
RUBRIC 4. Students will be told to try their very best because
I made a visual to help me show what I learned. their parents will be seeing these projects because
they will be invited to the classroom and as well as
My visual is large enough to see easily.
the principal and the vice principal will be invited as
I have checked the spelling and grammar.
well.
I have note cards prepared, which will help me
5. While students are working on their projects; while
remember the main points I want to make.
they are doing the research and they are putting
I have included information in my report from them together the teacher will walk around to see if
interviews of people in my generation, my parents any student needs help in their project because
generation, and my grandparents generation. every student is doing their own project. During
I have included information in my report about the that time the teacher will be taking notes of every
main historical events that affected my family student to see if they are working on what they are
history. supposed to be doing.
I have included information in my report about the 6. Students will be using technology by doing their
changes in values and priorities from generation to research on the computers in which they will be
generation. using the internet to research California history and
I have included interesting family stories in my then students will also have the choice if they want
report so that the flavor of my cultural heritage is to do their timeline on a site that students are able
evident. to create a time line and or they will also have the
My visual and note cards will be submitted to my choice if they want to do it on a poster paper or etc.
teacher at the conclusion of my report. But students will be required to at least do some
I have included at least 10 different dates in my research and form a practice timeline on a sheet of
timeline. paper before they start their final draft.
Review and Assessment: What specific assessment tools Student Reflection: How will you provide for student
are being used? reflection on learning?
Informal Assessment: The quick write they had at
the very beginning is a way that the students are For the student reflection I will be able to look at the
informally assessed. Also when students are students timeline project and see what they have
sharing about their own cultural history the teacher learned. Because at the bottom of every date that
is taking note of the student and they are being they put in their time line the student is
informally assessed. accountable for them to write at least one complete
Formal Assessment: The formal assessment is sentence according to what they learned that
the final timeline project in which some students happened during that time period. Students will at
will have done it online and then some students will the end do another quick write about the project
have done it on poster paper. The students will be telling the teacher what they learned about
graded according to the rubric. California history in correlation with their family
cultural history. They will also tell the teacher if they
have enjoyed doing this project? Yes or no and why.
ELD Objective
The reading of the research and putting together
the timeline when the students have to explain in a After students verbally share what they have learned
complete sentence will be difficult for the students throughout this activity, I will reflect on the responses by
to be able to put together because it has to be in answering the following questions:
the English Language.
Content Objective 1. How did this lesson help students extend their
The investigating of California history will be learning?
difficult for students because they might not be 2. How did this lesson help students develop more of a
familiar with the technology and or the students language development toward their own learning?
will even have more of a difficulty reading and 3. What strategy/strategies helped them? Why?
understanding the content they research because 4. What did they learn from this lesson?
they will need it translated. 5. What did they learn from other students
presentations?
What theory or theorists would most strongly
support use of this strategy? Modifications will be made if needed (vocabulary, etc.) in
One theory that would most strongly support this strategy order to meet the needs of each student.
would be, Language Acquisition Theory by Leo van Lier,
This theory explains how teachers and learners must
know what they are doing and why, be consciously
engaged, and reflect on the learning process. Also,
Krashens Hypotheses that explain how students acquire
the English language by how it is used daily and used in a
classroom setting.
http://michaelgr.com/2007/04/15/fixed-mindset-vs-
growth-mindset-which-one-are-you/
6. What did not work that you will change for next
lesson:
The project took longer than expected so I will
have to plan for the students to be working on
this project everyday during the school day and
also try to have students to some of it at home
so it will not take as long in the classroom.