Evaluation of Instructional Project School: Somerset Elementary School – Regional Summer School Teacher(s): Megan Kim, Reading Rui-Hung Tsai, Supervising Media Specialist
Grade: 2-3
Subject area: Reading – Folk Tales Beginning and ending dates: July 2012 Objectives (As a result of the lesson(s), what will the students know/be able to do?): By the end of the lesson, students will to be able to identify traits of a folk tale, and to compare and contrast two or more versions of the folk tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ using a Venn diagram Summary of project: Engagement: SLMS On Promethean board, bring up images of folk tales (Peter Pan, Lion & Mouse, Little Red Riding Hood, etc) Ask Students to name them and if they know what genre they are (folk tales) Activity: SLMS Explain that we are going to learn about folk tales today and to compare and contrast two versions of Jack and the Beanstalk, but first:
Ask students if they know what a folk tale is (call on several students) Pass out the folk tale book marks and go over the list of characteristics
Activity: SLMS/Teacher Transition to the reading of the two stories (point out the titles, author, and illustrator; discuss differences in the titles, gender of main character, and artwork)
Mrs. Kim reads Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg Ms. McDonald reads Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne
. Activity: Teacher Ask students if they remember what a Venn diagram is and how to draw one. Ask students to pick one color to represent Jack, a second to represent Kate, and a third for the things that are common between the two stories. Call on students to name similarities and differences (note how many of each) Assessment: SLMS/Teacher Exit card
Ask students to a trait of a folk tales Ask students to name one difference and one similarity
Resources used: Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne
What worked well? Collaborative planning worked well, but after the lesson plan was ready to be taught, she casually mentioned that she was actually working the fantasy genre with her students. Since Rui had a fantasy lesson plan (including a PowerPoint and a capture sheet for creating a book talk), we switched gears and I helped her lead the fantasy genre lesson. We read the book “Tuesday”, discussed the fantasy elements, and then gave each student a choice of other fantasy books to create their book talk. We tweaked her capture sheet (made the spaces larger and created a space to draw if they wanted) and they presented their book the second week, using Elmo document camera to project their book’s pages. If you were to teach this unit again, what would you do differently? I would confirm which genre that the classroom teacher is presently teaching the students. What evidence do you have that students met the stated objectives? They were able to pull out fantasy elements from their stories and describe them to their classmates.. What is the most important thing that you learned through this experience? When collaborating, make sure that I know the curriculum, and confirm with the classroom teacher what specifically they are working on at that time.