Great resource to use when trying to incorporate technology into the classroom, if you don't have time to sign up the online modules are pretty easy to facilitate as well, my kids loved it!
I read a lot of stepping going on yesterday from the group. Great job, ladies!
The town is starting to pick up on traffic as the university opens in a few weeks. Lots of construction, new ways to drive down old roads, a few gas main breaks again from construction workers, schools open in a week and now the lazy days of summer are beginning to go away. Cool front coming in with today's incoming storms so Saturday's group training ride will be wonderful.
10- Plastic bags sealed and filled with blue paint, red paint and shaving cream
10- Plastic bags sealed and filled with red paint, yellow paint and shaving cream
10- Plastic bags sealed and filled with yellow paint, blue paint and shaving cream
Large chart paper
Markers
Implementation:
· Teacher will gather children onto the carpet
· Teacher will go over good listening behaviors such as quiet mouths, hands in lap, raising hands
· Teacher will begin to read Mix It Up! As story permits, the teacher will invite students to come up to interact with the book
· Teacher will call on students to make predictions about what might happen in the story
· Teacher will discuss which colors each primary colors make when they are mixed
· Teacher will explain to students that they are going to be investigators to make sure that this book is telling us the truth about these colors
· Teacher will explain to students that a prediction is when you use what you already know to make a good guess of what you think will happen
· Teacher will tell students that they will each be separated into 3 groups and each groups job is to prove that our predictions are correct
· Teacher will write "Our Predictions" at the top of a piece of paper
· Teacher will write "Red + Yellow =" on the paper and call on a student for the answer
o Repeat with "Yellow + Blue =" and "Red + Blue ="
o Teacher will refer to story as necessary to find answers.
· Teacher will randomly distribute 1 pompom to each student. Students that have the same colored pompoms will be in 1 group.
· Teacher will explain that these pompoms are also their ticket for a treat after our experiment. If students are misbehaving, they will lose their pompom (briefly discuss inappropriate behaviors). The students that still have their pompoms at the end of the experiment will get a prize.
· Teacher will call students with specific color pompoms to each space
· Teacher will hand out one plastic baggie to each student (corresponding to which color group they are in)
· Teacher will model squishing, rolling, patting bag to mix colors.
· Students in each group will now start mixing their baggies up.
· Teacher will walk around room, discussing with groups what they see and if they think their prediction will be correct.
· After all groups are finished, students will gather on rug with their groups and baggies
· The teacher will point to each prediction on the paper and ask the specific group if our prediction was correct and put a check mark if so.
Preschoolers are into the process of exploring the activity. Rewards and...See MoreMy first thought was that for a demo lesson for preschool was: all sorts of unexpected things happen when paint is involved no matter how well planned the activity is. Baggies break for one. Baggies make really cool bean bags to throw at a pal. Those kinds of things.
Preschoolers are into the process of exploring the activity. Rewards and bribes shouldn't be involved at all(the part about the pompous) Make a dot in the back of a child's hand with washable marker instead to designate groups. Adding the pompons only adds to "exploring" away from your lesson.
I would incorporate music in as many ways as possible. Children listen well to information and directions used in little catchy tunes and songs. Make them up to fit your need to familiar tunes. Use them to regain wandering attention. Have them to fill in any extra time you might have left.
The important thing is to have a sense of fun about you. If you are having fun, the children want to, too. I always liked to keep things simple when working with this age of child. For instance, I probably wouldn't do the chart thing or if I did, it would be later. I never expected children to sit in a large group for more then 10 minutes. Children learn best when they are moving so I would incorporate movement in large group activities as much as possible.
So, I would simplify the lesson and incorporate more active and less messy activities for a demo lesson when I would probably be on the nervous side.
Anyone interested? It's a yearlong commitment: begins in either late September or Early October and ends in the spring. Teachers rotate travel buddies every 4-6 weeks (depends upon the number of participants). Some participants have been in the exchange for up to 8 years so we are a reliable group!
Found freezer at DM unplugged!! Spent an hour throwing away and cleaning up the mess. That was my morning!!
Storms moving in this evening. Cooler temps. Nice garden weather. :)