EDUC 200
Final Project
Rocio Chavez
Loma Vista Elementary School
Demographics
Loma Vista Elementary School
Enrollment
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Grades
K-5
Average Class Size
21.4
Credentialed Teachers
60.2
English Language Learners
73.7%
Students Per Computer
3.5
Observation
Ms. Padin 1st Grade Class
Classroom description
22 Kids
 Carpet Area
 Library/Reading Area
 Work Displayed in the Walls
 4 computer
 Overhead projector
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Television & VHS player, shares with neighbor
Bungalow
Ms. Padin’s Lesson Plan
Long a sound
Ms. Padin reviews the sound of short a, so that
children identify a difference.
 She introduces the sound of long a and examples
 Introduces the long a song
 Work on Worksheet as a class
 Passed out the decodable book for this sound
 Read as a class
 She assigns homework, to circle words with long a
sound, in their decodable book.
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My questions for Ms. Padin
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How do the children know what you expect from them?
“At the beginning of a lesson I identify what we are
going to learn and why it is important”
How do you check for understanding?
She checks their worksheets and gives formal test often.
How do you get your children motivated to participate?
She allows them to share and to ask any questions,
which creates the right environment. But normally has
no problem with participation.
How do you deal with children who have trouble
understanding the material?
I usually pull them aside to provide extra help.
My Lesson Plan#1
Grade One Earth Science
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Standard
3a-Students know how to use simple tools (e.g.
thermometer, wind vane) to measure weather conditions and
changes from day to day and across seasons.
Objective
Students should be able to analyze weather conditions using
a thermometer.
Motivation
I will pair up the children in the classroom and hand them a
thermometer. I will pass out a sheet of list that they need to
measure the temperature of: Ice, hot water, outside, inside etc.
Technology-Thermometer
My Lesson Plan#1
Grade One Earth Science
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Input of Information
I will discuss temperature and how it relates not just to ice
and warm water, but weather.
Checking Comprehension
Together as a class we will discuss temperature from day to
day (using yesterday and today as an example) and in the future
season to come.
Structured Practice
I will pass out a handout that gives a picture of a weather
condition and will have to determine what the following day
may look like.
My Lesson Plan#1
Grade One Earth Science
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Guided Practice
For a week as a class we will be responsible for taking the
temperature of the outside using thermometer. At the end of the
week we will sit and discuss the changes in the temperature from
day to day.
Closure
I will sit with the class in the carpet and allow them to
predict what kind of temperature another season may have.
Assessment
Because this is just the beginning of this lesson I will give the
children a handout for homework to wrap temperature in
relation to weather.
My Lesson Plan#1
Feedback/Threaded Discussion
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Predicting temperature for different seasons should be
fun for the students. I think it would be a good
ongoing assessment to have a thermometer in the
classroom or right outside the classroom to check
everyday.
-Lina Simpson
This sounds really interesting. I like how you start
with a simple lesson plan, and then try to build on it.
-Stephanie Mazourek
My Lesson Plan#2
Grade One Earth Science
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Standard
3b-Students know that the weather changes from day to day
but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) can be
predictable during a season.
Objective
Students should be able to distinguish the differences in
seasons and be able to predict conditions within those seasons.
Motivation
I will start by gathering the children in the rug area. I start a
conversation about weather to encourage thought. I will asks
things like:
-What kind of day is it today (e.g. cloudy, sunny, or
raining)?
-What is your favorite weather?
-Have any of you seen snow? How does it feel?
-If it is summer, When did it last rain?
-If it is winter, When was it last sunny?
My Lesson Plan#2
Grade One Earth Science
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Input of Information
I will discuss all four seasons and allow them to give me
examples of when they have seen these kinds of conditions.
Checking Comprehension
I will pass out a handout that list weather conditions
(temperature, hail, snow, wind, sunny) and they are responsible
for matching it up with the right season.
Structured Practice
We will play a game, “Name than Season.” We will
separate the class in two groups. A member from each group
will come up and answer a question. I will ask a question, the
first to raise their hand will be given an opportunity to answer.
If they answer correctly they will receive a point and if they do
no the other team has a chance to answer. This will proceed
until all children have a change to go up, approximately 10 times.
My Lesson Plan#2
Grade One Earth Science
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Guided Practice
I will pass out a worksheet that will check their knowledge
of conditions within a season.
Closure
I will sit with them in the carpet and discuss as a group
about the conditions of each group. I will ask them what they
have learned and wrap it all together.
Assessment
I will separate the class in to four groups and assign a season
to them. Each team is responsible to illustrate a season by using
pictures, words, or object (e.g. leaves for fall). When they are
done they will present their poster.
My Lesson Plan#2
Feedback/Threaded discussion
I’ve noticed, after reading your lesson plans, that you
enjoy keeping the children moving. That is just great! The
game seems like a lot of fun, and it seems like it would
move rather quickly. Also, instead of a group picture, you
might want each student to draw their own picture. I
would think drawing a group picture might be a little
difficult. Other than that, I like how you connect your
lessons plans! Super job!
-Allison Jaskwiak
 My response- Although, it may be difficult to deal with
groups I think it is a good lesson. Children need to learn
how to work with others and this is a perfect opportunity.
-Rocio Chavez
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My Lesson Plan#3
Grade One Earth Science
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Standard
3c-Students know the sun warms the land, air, and water.
Objective
Students should be able to identify the effects of the sun.
Motivation
We will go outside with thermometers. Similar to lesson 1,
but the children will now be given a list of different things to
take temperature of: A place were the sun shines, a shade, dirt
where the sun shines and one that is in a shade, and water in the
sun and one that is in a shade.
Technology-Thermometers
My Lesson Plan#3
Grade One Earth Science
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Input of Information
We will sit in the carpet and discuss the difference in
temperature. I will explain to them that sun gives of heat and
those things we tested are affected by it.
Checking Comprehension
I will continue to sit in the carpet and ask them to predict
which places would be warmer than others.
Structured Practice
I will hand out a worksheet that will distinguish the temp of
objects when the sun is heating them and not heating them.
My Lesson Plan#3
Grade One Earth Science
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Guided Practice
Each child will have to predict what will happen to objects
when they are heated. Ice and dirt. Then they will go outside
and see what happens and take its temperature.
Technology- Thermometer
Closure
We will sit in the carpet and discuss the changes that the sun
did to the ice and dirt. I will restate the overall goal and wrap
the lesson up.
Assessment
I will give them an informal multiple-choice test of about 810 questions that will require them to bring back knowledge of
the last 3 lesson plans. We will then discuss the answers as a
class.
My Lesson Plan#3
Feedback/Threaded Discussion
I like how you have the kids go out and test the different
temperature themselves. It is one thing to lecture on
different temperature. It is another thing to have the kids
see it for themselves. That way they remember it better,
-Stephanie Mazourek
 I love elementary school science! Using visual aides such as
ice is great for children. Just make sure you have safe
thermometors for the students and explain safety rules
before science lessons. I like how the classroom gets to go
outside as well. Overall a educational and fun lesson!
-Lina Simpson
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Resources
 Content
Standards for California
Public School
www.cde.ca/gov/ci
 Ed-Data Website
www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/
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