Teacher Jeanette Brinkman
Class/Grade/Subject: Spanish 1
Date 2-21-07
Standard/Benchmark Students will learn that a foreign language uses different forms to communicate
Lesson Title/Unit: Conjugating AR verbs
Student Learning Target: I can conjugate AR verbs and write sentences in Spanish
Assessment: Students will demonstrate competency in Materials: markers, paper, chalk board, flash cards.
writing actual sentence in Spanish using AR verbs.
CRISS Principles
CRISS strategy
AFTER
DURING
BEFORE
Code alignment with
principle numbers
1. Metacognition
2. Background
Knowledge
3. Purpose Setting
4. Active Learning
5. Discussion
6. Writing
7. Organization
8. Author’s Craft
9. Explanation &
Modeling
10. Teaching for
Understanding
1. Metacognition
2. Background
Knowledge
3. Purpose Setting
4. Active Learning
5. Discussion
6. Writing
7. Organization
8. Author’s Craft
9. Explanation &
Modeling
10. Teaching for
Understanding
1. Metacognition
2. Background
Knowledge
3. Purpose Setting
4. Active Learning
5. Discussion
6. Writing
7. Organization
8. Author’s Craft
9. Explanation &
Modeling
10. Teaching for
Understanding
Flash Cards
Description of lesson and
Metacognition Prompts
Review the vocabulary of the lesson.
2,3,4,9,10
Pattern Puzzles
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
Students were asked to make cards of 8 AR verbs.
Llegar, entrar, hablar, mirar, tomar, sacar, llevar, and
enseñar. The youngest student made 4 of the words and
the older ones made 4 others. Write the definition on the
back of the paper.
Metacognition Prompt:
Pattern Puzzles
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
Paired activity
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
Working in pairs and using the words you have made, fold
back the AR part of the verb and then arrange your verb
conjugation endings that you have made previously to
correspond with the sample sentence that I give you. For
example create the word for I carry books in my bookbag.
We get good grades.
When you have the endings correct, hold them up. Teacher
will assess for correctness.
Metacognition Prompt:
Sentence writing
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11
Continue working with your partner and using the verb you
have made, write a sentence on the board by arranging the
word, the ending, and then completing the sentence.
For example write We get good grades. Use the word
sacar, drop the ar ending, add the ending amos and then
finish writing the sentence. Sacamos buenas notas.
Metacognition prompt: How did doing this activity help
you learn to conjugate AR verbs?
Lesson Assessment
Teacher Reflection Notes:
Student Metacognition Question:
Sample questions:
• How did this learning strategy help you
learn ?
• What did you learn? What helped you
to learn that?
• What strategies did we use in this unit
that helped you to better understand
and why?
• What are three strategies that really
help you remember information?
• How do you know when you’ve really
understood something you’ve read for
discussed? Give some examples.
Sample Questions:
• What went well? Why?
• What did not go well? How will I
change it?
• What did my students gain from this
lesson?
• How did it impact their thinking, their
attitudes or their abilities? What
reasons exist for these beliefs?
How did I help myself and my students
be more metacognitive?
• In what ways did the strategies I used
enhance student learning? How do I
know this?
Purpose of metacognition: The teacher asks students about their
thinking.
How did doing this activity help you learn to conjugate AR verbs?
I learned with a partner better. By using the verbs and knocking off
the AR. It helped me because we could think together to find the
answer. It helped me understand because when I really did not get
something they(the partners) were there to help me get it. Working
with a partner helped me because it was more interesting to learn and
it made me want to learn more so I became smarter. If I didn’t know,
my partner did know.
I felt this was a very good activity. The students were using the cards
they had previously used for verb endings, but now they were
physically putting on the correct endings. Working with a partner
must have been the best part for them.