In this lesson plan, children will begin to notice similarities and differences in animals and group them together by one or more traits. The teacher introduced the lesson using a KWL chart, then sang a song to help identify animal sounds, and paired children in groups to sort and classify animals using similarities (e.g., body coverings, number of feet, size, habitat, how they move). I chose this lesson plan because the teacher appealed to all learners, visual, auditory, and kinetic. He was well prepared, allowing children to have open discussion, and even asked them to draw their own animal picture. He supported all learners by pairing higher achievers with low or medium achievers. He promoted higher order learning by starting out with discussing what prior knowledge children had about animals, then allowed them to test their knowledge, and finally extended the lesson to more complex levels by adding a category of vertebrates and invertebrates. Below is an example of how the lesson plan can be applied to Bloom's Taxonomy Domains.
Blooms Taxonomy Domains Knowledge--KWL Chart Understand--Open discussion about animals Apply--Sort and categorize animals based on similarities Analyze---Second discussion about the similarities Create--- Students will draw their own animal picture
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ReplyDeleteIn this lesson plan, children will begin to notice similarities and differences in animals and group them together by one or more traits. The teacher introduced the lesson using a KWL chart, then sang a song to help identify animal sounds, and paired children in groups to sort and classify animals using similarities (e.g., body coverings, number of feet, size, habitat, how they move).
ReplyDeleteI chose this lesson plan because the teacher appealed to all learners, visual, auditory, and kinetic. He was well prepared, allowing children to have open discussion, and even asked them to draw their own animal picture. He supported all learners by pairing higher achievers with low or medium achievers. He promoted higher order learning by starting out with discussing what prior knowledge children had about animals, then allowed them to test their knowledge, and finally extended the lesson to more complex levels by adding a category of vertebrates and invertebrates. Below is an example of how the lesson plan can be applied to Bloom's Taxonomy Domains.
Blooms Taxonomy Domains
Knowledge--KWL Chart
Understand--Open discussion about animals
Apply--Sort and categorize animals based on similarities
Analyze---Second discussion about the similarities
Create--- Students will draw their own animal picture