CANDIDATES: Megan Claar & Caitlin Smith DATE: December 8, 2007
EDUC 410 FINAL ASSIGNMENTS CHECKLIST Fine Arts / PE / & Health Cite at least 10 examples of the use of music:
MUSIC SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
ACTIVITY
1
Science
4.11
170
Students will sing the “Bones” song and/or the “Hokie Pokie” to review important bones.
2
English
4.12 aj, m
85
Students will write a story while music is playing. When the music stops, they will stop and pass their story to the next person who will continue to write the story.
3
Math
4.39
152
Students will observe patterns in music (the music itself).
4
Math
4.39
152
Students will observe patterns in song lyrics, noticing rhyme schemes and other forms of patterns.
5
English
4.7c-d
21
Students will listen to different styles of music and determine what occasion each would be played for to get students thinking about context.
6
English
4.8
39
The teacher will have music playing in the background like at Gloria Dump’s party while students are working on their journal articles.
7
English
4.10/ 4.11
72
The teacher will play music in the background while students type their final research papers.
8
Social Studies
4.32
155
The teacher will play some Civil War songs during the topic of the Civil War.
9
Social Studies
4.26
118
The teacher will play music from the American Revolutionary War.
1 0
Social Studies
4.24
100
Students will watch the short video from School house Rocks: Fireworks. Students will have lyrics from the song in front of them as well.
Cite at least 10 examples of the use of visual art:
VISUAL ART SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
1
Science
4.6
103
Students will label a picture of a tree and flower with the basic parts and then color it in.
ACTIVITY
2
Science
4.8
126
Students will draw a compass rose with the 8 cardinal directions on it.
3
Science
4.9
145
Students will make a visual to use to represent how the moon does not make its own light but reflects the light from the sun.
4
English
4.12 aj, m
83/84
5
Math
4.27/ 4.28
86
Students will design and decorate a booklet to hold their geometry notes.
6
Math
4.29
93
Students will illustrate various types of lines.
7
Math
4.30
102
Students will make models using objects such as toothpicks and marshmallows to make 3-D geometric shapes.
8
Math
4.31/ 4.32
104
Students will observe the effects of mirrors on pictures and then use the mirror to make their own pictures.
9
Math
4.31/ 4.32
106
Students will use origami to demonstrate symmetry in shapes. Students will also find symmetry in designs and artwork.
1 0
Math
4.34
115
Students will make their own dot-to-dot using coordinates on the coordinate plane.
Students will illustrate their own stories.
Cite at least 10 examples of the use of drama, theatre, and roleplay:
DRAMA / THEATRE / ROLEPLAY SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
1
Science
4.6
107
Students will dramatize a stage of photosynthesis in front of the class.
ACTIVITY
2
Science
4.9
141
Students will put themselves in the role of Neil Armstrong and write in their journal how they think he felt being the first man on the moon.
3
English
10
The teacher will demonstrate a variety of methods of communication using different styles of speaking and gestures to explain different audiences.
4
English
4.1/ 4.2/ 4.3/ 4.4 4.12 aj, m
81
Students will put themselves in the role of a colonial Jamestown colonist and write about what it was like to live there at that time.
5
Math
4.31/ 4.32
110
Students will demonstrate various quadrilaterals using their bodies and ropes to demonstrate the shapes.
6
English
4.7 c-d
22
Students will get in small groups and find unusual words in the dictionary. They will write down the actual definition and the rest made up. They must then convince their classmates to vote for it.
7
English
4.7e
31
Students will play charades by acting out the antonym of what the actual word is.
8
English
4.8
50
Students will act like a character from the book they read and answer questions other students might have about their book project.
9
English
4.8
39
Students will pick a character from Because of Winn-Dixie and describe from that character’s perspective how they will get ready for Gloria Dump’s party.
1 0
English
4.9a
51
Students will act out the play, “Red Writing Hood” by reading the script.
Cite at least 10 examples of the use of movement and dance:
MOVEMENT AND DANCE SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
1
Science
4.6
107
Students will dramatize a stage of photosynthesis in front of the class.
ACTIVITY
2
Science
4.8
126
Students will use a compass and use it to move to a particular part of the classroom.
3
Science
4.9
147
The teacher and a few student volunteers will demonstrate the process of rotation and revolution of the sun, moon, and Earth in the solar system.
4
Science
4.11
167
Students will determine what their different muscles actually do- which muscles perform which actions.
5
English
4
Students will partner up and demonstrate good leadership and following skills by being blind-folded and lead around the school.
6
English
4.1/ 4.2/ 4.3/ 4.4 4.7b
19
Library scavenger hunt
7
Math
4.30
99
Students will work on different circle-related problems in various locations/ stations around the classroom.
8
Math
4.31/ 4.32
110
Students will demonstrate various quadrilaterals using their bodies and ropes to demonstrate the shapes.
9
Math
4.35/ 4.36
128, 133
Students will move to various stations around the room to figure out and demonstrate probability.
1 0
Math
4.39
157
Students will observe patterns around their classroom and around the school.
Cite at least 5 examples of the use of health:
HEALTH SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
ACTIVITY
1
Science
4.11
166
Students will learn about the major bones, muscles, and organs in their body.
2
Science
4.11
168
Students will learn how to take their pulse before and after doing 25 jumping jacks.
3
Science
4.11
167
Students will learn more about their muscles by figuring out what muscle does what action.
4
Science
4.11
170
Students will take large sheets of paper and with a partner, trace around their body and then label important organs and parts of the body.
5
Social Studies
4.25
113
The teacher will talk about how George Washington died and how the medicine of the Revolution era was much different than that of today.
Please mark YES or NO with an “X” to signify that you completed all of the assignments listed in the table below:
YES NO
INDICATOR
X
I have used technology at least 36 times over the course of the school year. (average would be four times per month).
X
I have used all four fine arts areas (music, visual, drama, and dance) in my curriculum.
X
I have planned fine arts lessons at least 36 times over the course of the school year. (average would be four times per month). I have planned at least 20 health lessons over the course of the school year. (average would be twice per month). I have planned at least 36 lessons or references to movement or PE over the course of the school year. (average would be four times per month). I have incorporated accommodations / differentiation of instruction for diversity / exceptionalities throughout my curriculum AT LEAST one time per week.
X X X