We have decided to go with a KWL chart to assess prior knowledge. It would be great if we had access to a Smartboard for this activity; however, the document camera will be an effective alternative.
Artifact 2: KWL Chart
Designing Instruction:
Instructional design has taken way too long for the amount of time taught in class. The lesson planning and preparation shouldn't take more time than the lesson itself. I think part of the reason for the continuous planning and organizing is because neither myself or my classmate are currently teaching in a school. Certainly, the more daily practice in planning lessons, the less time they will take. Secondly, when working in the classroom environment (depending on the school and/or principle), many teachers do not have to write lesson plans to the full extent we have to as pre-service teachers.
We really keep going back to our objectives and standards to make sure that instruction was aligned and well organized. Since the lesson is a modified version of the TV show Survivor, there is a lot of variation in instruction and a lot of focus on student exploration and team work. Students will be working through several hands-on activities, which will require them to apply their knowledge of mapping skills and communicate this knowledge to their team mate. All the activities draw upon a range of thinking skills both basic and higher order.
Artifact 1: Compass Rose Challenge Directions
Artifact 2: Road Map Challenge Directions
Planning Assessment:
Given that there is a content objective and technology objective, we decided to have multiple assessments. One is a short answer worksheet and the other is a rubric which will be used to observe student performance when using technology. If you view our objectives we also included a sub-objective. Since the whole lesson requires the students to work in teams we also felt it important to include in the rubric team work/collaboration. Our assessments do well to assess what we are asking the students to be able to do in the objective. We have numerous modifications and scaffolding strategies in place to help meet individual needs.
Artifact 1: Link to Rubric
http://rubric.taskstream.com/rubric/print.asp?qyz=fCwyMgdiaHmSMk4h7pD&xyz=u6clhshohdfpz6em&rid=p3cuhlzyhmh9ebzn&ticker=0&printOnly=1
Artifact 2: Scavenger Hunt Key
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