Melissa-Module 6 Unit 1 Activity 1

hey everyone so I'm going to focus on a common

core standard.

So I chose to do common core because my school

does not have a solid curriculum or a well known

curriculum that is used.

Um So I decided to choose a common core standard

because it's established and there are a lot more resources

available. So my students are pre Kindergarden, I teach english

as you know but I also like to incorporate math

into some of the lessons.

I think it's important for them to also learn how

to count in the language that they are learning.

So I like to do math.

So as you can see here is the standard I

chose, It says sort objects into categories, count the numbers

of objects in each category, limit category counts to be

less than or equal to 10.

Again prekindergarten is my grade level so we can break

down the standard a little bit more.

So as you know it this isn't something that my

students will be expected to learn in a week, it's

going to take multiple lessons in order for them to

master this altogether.

Um I may have some students that can't count to

even five.

So I will have to assess their skills and see

you know where they stand.

So first I would you know We would count to

two and then to five and then make our way

up to 10.

Also in the standard it would require students to have

some pre existing knowledge of colours or things like big

and small but again because my students are e.

L. L learners I would have to probably possibly re

teach a lot of these um skills to them such

as colors and size.

So I am getting a new class this year but

I've already gotten some information about the students some of

them do have english environments at home and the other

half do not.

So I would be their only source of english so

that you know plays a huge part in how I

would teach the lesson.

There would have to be a lot of fluency practice

and making and reinforcing vocabulary before I could even teach

them like the numbers.

Okay now we're going to see some of the activities

that I could possibly do for the standard.

So closer look sorting what does that mean?

We know what sort of means for my students.

It would be great for them because it also helps

to develop their fine motor skills.

Um from the information I've received about these students they

for the most part have pretty good fine motor skills.

They can pick up objects then you know color as

best as they can.

So that's an important part of their mastering this standard

overall. Again counting so some of the objects we would

possibly so it would be those with the same colors.

So they would have to put reds together or big

objects together.

That's just an example.

So activities matching I think that is possibly the most

important thing.

Students being able to determine what is the same.

So before we even talk about them doing things I'm

in matching things that are different, they have to master

um working on objects on on parent objects that are

the same.

What best to do that than with animals.

Kids love animals, especially animals that are smiling the cartoon

images. So first I would let them, so first I

would let them work on identifying animals that are the

same. So they would match the mommy cow with the

baby cow or the mommy cat with the baby cat.

And then another activity would be pairing.

So I put an image of bears here, they would

have to, this is just an example, put yellow bears

together, blue bears together, green and again it would require

them to have some knowledge of the numbers.

So we would, There would be possibly like two lessons

or more as needed on colors, on them knowing their

colors. And then another activity which is important is reviewing,

you know, I want to see if they are grasping

the information.

So there will be a lot of review lessons at

the end of each week formative assessment we have, I

would have students match match objects to pictures, so as

they're doing that individually, I can walk around and see

what they're doing.

Also have a worksheet, they can draw a line.

Again, I would have to see where the skills are

with holding the pencil, but for the most part like

I said a lot of the kids do have pretty

good fine motor skills online activities, it would be essentially

the same but I would just tweak it for the

internet. So as you can see here for using zoom,

I will share the screen, we would match animals together,

This is like a fun little matching game.

So we would do that as a class and here

for formative assessment to grasp its, students are understanding the

material to grasp, to, sorry to check if students are

understanding, I would um you know, let them interact with

their environment at home.

So this is a pretty cool image here the little

boy putting different um shapes with their names.

But I mean my students wouldn't do that, it would

be something more simple like colors together or big objects

and small objects and here we have a little game

so students can again match the pears, support for L.

L. Learners um definitely having for L.

L. Learners, so it's definitely reinforcing that foundational vocabulary size

color and the names.

So this would this is important for them because if

they don't understand the colours it decides it's going to

be hard for them to put objects into same categories

and counting as well, monitoring student progress exit tickets check

in. So when students are working individually, I can walk

around and see how they're doing.

And also a portfolio of student work which is something

I use a lot um which I have used a

lot during my time teaching this age group because I

can give them tests but I can definitely put all

their work together and see how they progress over time.

Steam just a little steam.

Um counting and sorting is an important skill that can

be used in different subjects and everyday life.

So Bell and I did a project for I think

it was for module three on a project based unit

about recycling and one of the cross curricular goals was

math and it's here, I can read it.

Students will be able to classify objects and count the

number of objects in each category.

So this is pretty similar to the standard.

I mean in order to master the standard they would

have to um you know use this skill counting and

sorting. It can also be used in science and reading

as well.

So counting is an important skill no matter the subject.

Thank you for watching

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