Education assignment #6948

A. Write an essay (suggested length of 2-4 pages) in which you describe the contextual factors in the observed classroom and discuss how these factors affect the teaching and learning process. In your essay:
1. Describe three of the following observed classroom factors: physical features, availability of technology equipment and resources, classroom rules and routines, grouping patterns, scheduling, and classroom arrangement.
2. Describe two student characteristics considered when designing instruction and assessing learning (e.g., age, gender, race/ethnicity, special needs, achievement/developmental levels, culture, language, interests, learning styles/modalities, or skill levels).
3. Discuss student skills and prior learning that may influence the development of each of the following three components: learning goals, instruction, and assessment.

B. Create a lesson plan that combines ideas, themes, and knowledge from social sciences, language arts, and art during a 30-40 minute period with a 5th Grade elementary class.
**use attached lesson plan
**Utah's State History would be a great lesson plan topic. (Social Studies concept with Art activity & Language Arts writing need to be incorporated into the lesson)
**Lesson plan needs to include critical thinking activities and creative thinking activities so students will think critically and creatively.

C. Determine learning goals and objectives for this lesson, which will later be incorporated into your lesson plan. Write an essay (suggested length of 1-2 pages) in which you:
1. List the learning goals that define what you expect students to know and be able to do by the end of the lesson.
2. Discuss how the goals are aligned with local (where available), state (Utah), and national standards. (If no local standards are available, discuss the lack of these standards.)

D. Create an original assessment plan to monitor student progress toward learning goal(s) related to mastery of social science concepts. Your plan must include a written pre-assessment, a formative assessment, and a written post-assessment. Note: You will include the administration of a pre-assessment and a post- assessment from your assessment plan with your lesson. The Assessment needs to have a grading rubric.
1. Provide blank copies of your pre- and post-assessments.
2. Write an essay (suggested length of 1-2 pages) in which you:
a. Explain how your assessments align with the learning goal(s) and objective(s).
b. Explain how your assessments authentically measure student learning.
***the goal of this is to align it with the Utah State standards, give examples on how it aligns.

E. Using the attached lesson plan format, develop your original 30-40 minute lesson plan. You will need to incorporate specific strategies to increase student comprehension of the content you will be teaching. Submit this lesson plan as an attachment to this task.
1. Develop one of the following original lesson aids to include in your lesson plan:
An appropriate worksheet or practice sheet
An appropriate instructional game for 2-4 students (describe the game and its rules in 1-2 pages)
An appropriate 10-question quiz
2. Include one visual aid that complements and extends meaning in the context of your lesson.

F. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.

Checklist of individual documents needed:
Contextual Factors Essay
Goals and Objectives Essay
Pre-assessment
Post-assessment
Assessment plan essay
Lesson Plan
Lesson Aid
Visual Aid
Data Analysis essay
Evaluation essay

Prezi for task: http://prezi.com/bkryeee3dfxb/social-studies-task-eht-602419-06/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy