Mini - Lessons 3 & 4 / Corinne and Eliana

 

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO


 Watch the following videos and come up with your own conclusion. See the question below.

Passion Projects for Children





 Question

After watching these videos; what do you think is the main benefit of using Passion Projects as a tool for instruction? Explain your answer.

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LESSON PLANS

 Eliana Litos

Subject: Math (Geometry)Grade 

Level: Kindergarten 

Teachers Name: Eliana Litos 

Title: Shapes and Dance

 Component: Geometry and spatial sense 

Objective: 

-Ability to understand shapes-Identifies left and right hand-Identifies and draws two-dimensional figures-Uses concrete materials to make symmetrical figures(their bodies) 

-Ability to create a dance sequence.

Competency: 

-The student describes, draws, identifies, and analyzes two and three-dimensional shapes

 -Describes, analyzes, and generalizes a wide view of patterns, relations, and functions.

 Activity:-Students will watch a video/demonstration on creating shapes through dance-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6Ge0FzHG0 

-I will hold up shapes and the students will call out what shapes they are

 -Students will be assigned various shapes in groups and make a dance out of forming their bodies into them-Students will write out their choreography using the order of the shapes they formed, by drawing the shapes they used in the order they performed them in 

Assessment:

 -Showing their final dance and hang up their drawn-out sequence 

-Drawn out sequence needs to be accurate to their dance-Shapes acted out need to demonstrate knowledge of that shape

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