Intel Educar

Marta Elena Aguilar Uribe

October 2010

Animal encounters

The girls read different stories about people who have worked in several activities involving wild animals. As a warming up activity we watch the movie “Gorillas in the mist” to create conscience of what is happening with these animals.

Finally each girl is given a wild animal to research why they are endangered,theirhabitat,behavior,diet,

family life, and what people are doing to help them.

Subject: English:

Grade: five

Name: animal encounters

Time: Four weeks,10 blocks (1 .5 hours each).

Grammar

reading

comprehension

vocabulary

Writing

Speaking

listening

Research

Contents

Goals Identify and apply the different parts of speech. Verb

tenses

Write complete, coherent Summaries

read out loud with good pronunciation and intonation

make oral presentations

Make generalizations, main idea, supporting details, and draw conclusions.

learn and use new words, use the dictionary,

compare and contrast, descriptive paragraphs, answer comprehension questions.

view for information and details

work appropriately in group

Questions

Main Question What is your relationship with nature?

Unit Questions

What wild animals have you seen in their natural environment?What are some different reasons why people come in contact with wild animals?What are some dangers people may face around these animals?How should people stay safe?What is your favorite wild animal and why?What wild animals are found where you live?

Content Questions

How do I differentiate the parts of speech?What do I need to write a good summary?How can I improve my oral reading?What is important include in an oral presentation?How do I show comprehension of my readings?How can I work appropriately in groups? Where do I look for information safely? What are some good web sites?    

Evaluation

BEFORE DURING AFTER

• Brainstorm ideas:

• At the beginning of the 4th period.

• Aplply the K-W-L- chart.

• After the brainstorming activity.

This chart is to be filled during the whole period.

• Notebooks,workshops,researches,and group work correctionand feedback.

• Sefl evaluations, pier evaluations and exams.

• We continue filing the K-W-L- chart to check the students´ comprehension.

 

These are done during the whole period

• Share the final products , with corresponding feedback, and answer final evaluation.

• Each student Finishes completing the last part of the K-W-L- chart with what he or she learned during the Project.

• A final grade of the period is given according to the school system, which includes all the before during and the final grades.

 This is done during the last week of the period.Esto se realiza en la última semana del período  

 

 

 

 

Assessment

• We make our own evaluation system (rubrics) before hand.

• At the beginning of every class, we review the previous class activities.

• At the end of each class we evaluate the class, and each other’s behavior toward it.

• We also have weekly evaluations, taking into account grammar,reading,writing,and specific contents.

• There are also two accumulative evaluations during the period, where we evaluate the contents seen during the period.

• We evaluate the researches, and the oral presentations.

Previous Knowledge

• Science: animals, habitats, weather, seasons, food chain

• English: Vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, speaking

• Technology: Word, Excel, Publisher, Laptop

PEDAGOGIC CYCLE

Plan

Do

VeriifyAct

Adjust

Adaptations

Curricular adaptatios:

Students with special needs.

Right now, I don´t have any students with these conditions. In case, tere were any, I will send them to the after scool program..  

Foreigners

I do not have any. If that was the case, it would be a great opportunity to reinforse some skills with my Spanish speaker students.

Talented students

 They all have great qualities, and their work is evaluated according to the school´s standars.

OthersTechnology – Hardware (equipment needed)

  Camera

Computer(s)

Digital camera

DVD player

Internet acsses

Láser disk

Printer

Sistema de proyección

Scáner

Television

VCR

Vídeo camera

Vídeo conference equipment

Others

Technology – Software (needed)

  Base de datos/Hoja de cálculo

Diagramador de publicaciones

Programa de correo electrónico

Enciclopedia en CD-ROM

Editor de imágenes

Buscador Web

Multimedia

 

Internet acssess

Word

Others:USB

Materiales impresos

Informative brochure   

Suministros Letter size paper

Recursos de Internet Web pages related to the topic

Otros RecursosCo-workersLibrary books