ASSURE Method1st gradeMonths of the Year

A- Analyze the Learners

The learners in this class are very diverse in terms of their specific needs. Some students need more assistance than other.

This is a first grade class and the average age of the classroom ranges from 6 and a half years old. All of the students in this class

are from the Appalachian area and many of the students have not traveled out of the area.

S- State the Objectives

The students in this classroom need to know the months of the year for their future and everyday life. By the end of this

lesson the students will be able to recount the months of the year to me. They will know the months of year in their chronological

order. The students will be able to classify the months by which season they occur in our area in the following weeks and after the

unit is complete.

S- Select Methods, Media, and Materials

We will begin the lesson by using a short webquest. The webquest can be found at the link in parenthesees (

http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=112826). After some discussion we will listen to the months of the year song on youtube. This

song can be heard at (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw). After this we will use markers poster board as a tool to

make something visual for the students to see. We will then use a pencil as a tool and practice writing the month of the year.

U- Utilize Media and Materials

U-Utilize media and materials. The students will learn the months of the year through multiple methods. that will help the

students become involved with the activity and incorporate technology. We will do the Webquest on the smart board together as a

team. This will help the class be involved while not making the activity too advanced. After the webquest we will use discussion.

We will discuss what the webquest said about months of the year. After the discussion we will practice singing the months of the

year song. We will listen the first few times and then begin to sing. To make the months interesting I will have each student or

group of two students pretend to be a month. I will hand out materials that might make them think about the month. For example:

October- a pumpkin, December- A string of lights, January- A snowflake, etc. Following the song I will have the children form

groups and draw representations of the months of the year. We will then paint the pictures and hang them up around the room in

chronological order so the students can see them everyday to act as a review throughout the following weeks. The students and I

will then practice writing the names of the months of the year. This will help them with their fine motor skills as many of them still

have difficulty controlling a pencil.

R- Require Learner ParticipationI will require the students to participate by doing interactive activities. We will begin this with our group webquest. I will have the students take turns coming up to the smart board and controlling it. The rest of the students will sit in a circle on the story rug in front of the smart board. This will allow them to work in a collaborative manner and solve problems with my minimal involvement. The students will go on to stay in collaborative groups for the remainder of the lesson. They will stay in a collaborative group for the song on youtube. The different materials I will give them will keep them engaged. They will continue to be forced to participate when we do the art project, as they will be the ones forced to create. I will provide guidance and support, but strive for them to come up with the majority of the ideas.

E- Evaluate and revise

I will assess how well the students learned the lesson by using anecdotal records in the weeks following. I do not want the students

to simply memorize the information for a day. I want them to truly learn the months of the year and be able to recall them in the

future. I will pop around the room and see how many students can recall the months of the year with no assistance in the following

weeks. If this lesson becomes too long for my students and they begin losing focus I will break the lesson up into smaller sessions

right before and right after recess. We will use the song as a tool to center them back in the classroom after being out on the

playground. I will evaluate the effectiveness of the media by how well the students enjoyed the activities and by using my

anecdotal records to see how well they learned the months following each activity.