Submitted by: Trish Harris
Collaborators: Brenda Shuler, Barbara Mayer, Ginta Spencer, Mary Reid, and Nancy
Nesheim
School: Longdale Elementary
Summary
The teachers worked collaboratively to create and implement a lesson that focused our
collective students on the concepts of knowing ordinal numbers 1-4, acquiring winter
wear dressing skills, communicating through oral and written language, and developing
motor skills.
The lesson was designed to meet the varying cognitive, emotional, and physical needs
of the students so that all will be successful in their learning.
The students were required to think critically, and problem solve as they gained an
understanding of the above concepts, and were able to apply them in their learning
products. These concepts were taught in a layered approach in the studentsʼ
homeroom classrooms as well as the art classroom.
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The teachers prepared all print and technological resources that the students learned
and created from in this lesson.
The students worked with technology as well as hands on writing, and art composition
throughout this lesson. The students were required to synthesize information taught in
two discreet classrooms (their homeroom and art class) in order to comprehend and
apply the real world comprehension and application of ordinal steps in their dressing
appropriately for Winter.
The students worked collaboratively as they attentively watched, listened and cheered
one another on as they worked with the Promethean board in the art classroom. They
also worked as teammates within the art classroom as they worked both independently
and with assistance as needed in the creation of their Winter dress self-portraits. In
Mrs. Mayerʼs classroom, the students brainstormed together before they began their
writing as they helped one another recall the ordinal steps of dressing appropriately for
Winter.
The students used their existing knowledge of their experiences in Winter, the seasonal
changes, and applied this knowledge in learning the ordinal steps for dressing for
Winter. They worked with their teachers guidance and prompts as needed – but were
encouraged and did make independent decisions in creating their self-portrait artworks.
These choices involved textural rollers, paint colors, stamper shapes, buttons,
placement of objects, etc. – ultimately creating a portrait unique to each child.
The students also applied their knowledge of the concepts gained in the art classroom
as they continued their work with the book created in the Clicker 5 program, and their
writing in Mrs. Mayerʼs classroom.
Student Artifact
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Contents:
- Student Pictures
- Video of Clicker 5 Activity
- Lesson Plan
