CANDIDATE(S): Michael Pilato/ Emilee Eshleman DATE: 12/9/07
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
S 4.4
96
Song created to help memorize the parts of a flower
2
Science
S 4.5
104
Incorporated “Circle of Life” song by Elton John for the Life Cycle Unit
3
Science
S 4.7
160
Song created to understand the differences in the seasons
4
Math
M 4.20
160
The students will create a song to help them remember a topic from this unit.
5
Math
M
176
The students will create a song to help them remember the rules to adding numbers vertically, especially when using decimals.
6
Language Arts
LA 4.3a
24
The teacher will share an appropriate CD with the students, and the students will write down the rhyming words from the song.
7
Language Arts
LA 4.3c
34
The students will work in groups of 3 or 4 to create a song to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” using only homophones and homographs.
8
Language Arts
LA 4.7
109
The teacher will show the students the song “Main Idea, Supporting Detail, Wrap it Up” by Jennifer Fixman and the students will sing along.
9
Social Sciences
SS 4.2
95
The music teacher will come and introduce instruments that Native American’s might have used. The students will practice playing them.
1 0
Social Sciences
SS 4.3
109
The teacher will share a CD of songs that the slaves sang while they worked on plantations.
Cite at least 10 examples of the use of visual art:
VISUAL ART SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
1
Science
S 4.1 ab
6
Mural showing how food ends up on the table
ACTIVITY
2
Science
S 4.1fgh
44
Colorful poster board presenting graph to the class
3
Science
S 4.2
56
Picture drawing simulating potential and kinetic energy
4
Math
M 4.1 a
3
The students will get into groups and create a chart with columns, and each column is labeled thousands, hundreds, tens, or ones.
5
Math
M 4.2
20
The teacher will have the students will create a mobile of a 2 or 3 digit rational number.
6
Language Arts
LA 4.4
41
The students will draw a fictional character to hang around the room to remind them of the meaning of fiction.
7
Social Studies
SS 4.1a
95
The students will cut out an article from the newspaper that represents freedom of speech and hang the articles around the room after pasting them onto sheets of paper.
8
Social Studies
SS 4.1d-f
29
Groups will create a timeline using string and clothespins.
9
Social Studies
SS 4.2
59
The students will draw Virginia and bordering states onto graph paper.
1 0
Language Arts
LA 4.8
175
The students will cut out describing words from magazines and create a story using the cut out words. The students will write their story and paste the words onto a poster board to hang around the class room.
Cite at least 10 examples of the use of drama, theatre, and roleplay:
DRAMA / THEATRE / ROLEPLAY SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
1
Science
S 4.3 abc
72
Role play as objects and form attraction and repulsion situations among bodies
ACTIVITY
2
Science
S 4.6 a
116
Each week a different student will be the class acting weather reporter and give the weather report each day
3
Science
S 4.6 b
128
The students will act of the water cycle to simulate the rain, and different students will be different parts of the cycle
4
Math
4.8
67
The students will get into groups and create real life scenarios where they will each be a number, and they must incorporate division into their skit somehow
5
Math
4.9 a
73
The students will create a drama activity where they will become fraction mimes and create scenarios that require addition and subtraction of various fractions, and what to do if the fractions do not initially share the same denominator.
6
Social Studies
SS 4.1b
9
Students will work in groups to act out skits that show cause and effect relationships.
7
Language Arts
LA 4.1a-c
6
The students will work in groups to reenact their favorite scene from the book The Alfred Summer.
8
Language Arts
LA 4.7b
105
The teacher will place different types of audiences on slips of paper into a hat and the students will take turns drawing a slip and speaking to that type of audience about pizza.
9
Social Studies
SS 4.4
119
The students will each be given a different role to play with a bag of different items. The students will practice bartering their items with their classmates items while acting in the role that they have been assigned.
1 0
Language Arts
LA 4.4
45
The students will show comprehension of fiction by working in small groups to create a very fictitious skit.
Cite at least 10 examples of the use of movement and dance:
MOVEMENT AND DANCE SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
1
Science
4.1c
16
Experiment involving the use of a jump rope outside
ACTIVITY
2
Science
1.1 de
22
The students will track their distances in an outdoor race
3
Science
4.1 de
28
Relay races will help the students differentiate between different units of length
4
Science
4.2
54
An activity utilizing bicycles and weights that will help the students learn about friction
5
Math
4.1 a
4
Racing game to collect numbers and manipulate them into proper values
6
Math
4.1 b
6
Greater and Less than game until last man is standing
7
Math
4.2
18
Math maize to make mathematical choices
8
Language Arts
4.1
1
The students will create a tangled arm web by holding hands with classmates and try to untangle. The students will divide into groups of boys and girls to complete this activity.
9
Language Arts
4.6
90
The class will play “Whisper Down the Alley” while standing around the room.
1 0
Social Studies
4.4
117
The students will create a human timeline in the front of the classroom.
Cite at least 5 examples of the use of health:
HEALTH SUBJECT
SOL
DAY
ACTIVITY
1
Science
S 4.1 ab
8
Effects of substance abuse on the human body
2
Science
S 4.1c
16
Importance of regular physical activity
3
Science
S 4.1 d
22
Lesson on fats, carbs, and proteins
4
Science
S 4.2
54
Learn certain diseases with causes and effects as well as force
5
Science
S 4.3 abc
66
How electricity works in the human body
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