Assure Assignment

A- Analyze LearnersTeaching the months of the year to a 1st�grade class, Special ed, 10 boys, 7 girls, 70% white 20% African-American and 10% Hispanic.7 students in the class have mild to severe ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).

S- State Objectives The students will be learn recite and put in order all the months of the year through pictures, songs, and puzzles, by the end of the month with 100% accuracy.

S- Select Methods, Media, and Materials Method – Hands on activities, with much movement so student’s minds are occupied. Trivia games and sing-a-longs.Media – Using YouTube I will search for sing a long songs to keep the memory fresh. I will also use PowerPoint to present a quick presentation going over brief points to learn all the months of the year. I will search, or create a web quest designed to help students learn the months of the year. I will focus on the web quest being more interactive, and not reading. Lastly I will use a blog.

U- Utilize Methods, Media, and MaterialsI will use the computer to find catchy songs or rhymes that will be easy to remember to expose

the children to learning the months of a year. After being exposed, the children will make separate months on pieces of paper. By having children work together to figure out the order of the months it will help communication skills, character building and even knowledge about the months of the year. Another activity I think will be effect will be a trivia game, question ranging from what months have the most to least days, what are the seasons in the month and so on. Each time will receive points that will go to any assignment they choose.

Using web quest, will help me as I can see how other educators taught their students how to learn the months of the year.

Also I will use a blog, to read other opinions on the best strategies when it comes to teaching kids the months of the year with accuracy.

R- Require Learner ParticipationThe trivia game and group work will require the most participation. It will show who is getting

the material and who isn’t. That will also let me know what I will need to change in order to accommodate them correctly.

E- Evaluate and Revise Students will be evaluated by saying all the months in order, then putting the months in order with their hands to make a complete 12 month calendar. Also during trivia and group activities; seeing how the children work together I can access their knowledge and see if there are any mental blocks or breaks going on. That should be enough information, and if I recognize any slower progress I can create new strategies to help the student excel.