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Thanksgiving

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 Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Plate Final Project       ⇌       K ristina Johnson Image Source: Kristina Johnson OVERVIEW Lesson Plan: Thanksgiving Level: 5 º Subject:  English and culture Materials Needed:  One Thanksgiving dish posterboard per assigned student small group, writing/art utensils, small group workspace, and pencil sharpener(s), and one printout of slide 42 from the  Thanksgiving Slideshow  per student  Digital Tools and Sources:   Thanksgiving Slideshow and SMART Board Time:  45 minutes (one class session) FINAL PROJECT The topic I chose for my final project was Thanksgiving. I chose this topic because students celebrated Thanksgiving the year before and enjoyed the holiday meal. The other language assistants and I wanted to discuss the major family holiday and the traditional and typical dishes. Thanksgiving is a major and important holiday in the United States (U.S.). We decided to incorpora...

Is It Christmas Yet?

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 Is It Christmas Yet? Christmas Culture in the United States of America (U.S.A.) Final Project       ⇌       K ristina Johnson Image Source: Kristina Johnson OVERVIEW Lesson Plan:  Christmastime Cake Level:  4º Subject:  English and culture Materials Needed: Is it Christmas Yet? book, stick, red paper, green paper, Christmas tree, Christmas decorations, two already wrapped Christmas gifts, wrapping paper, tape, Santa Claus hat, bowl, spoon, mop, bucket, writing paper, writing utensils (pencils, pen, rubbers, and pencil sharpeners), one chocolate cake recipe assignment per student, scissors, and one toy cake Digital Tools and Sources:   SMART Board video  and SMART Board Time:  40 minutes (one class session) FINAL PROJECT The topic I chose for the final project is Christmastime Cake. I chose this topic because I love the story and wanted students to focus on sequencing events in chronological order. I noticed th...

Snowflakes

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  Snowflakes Body parts                       Final Project       ⇌       K ristina Johnson Image Source:  https://i.pinimg.com/564x/84/08/7f/84087f3119e7e44446d97b85e1b9cec0.jpg OVERVIEW Lesson Plan: Snowflakes Level:  4-5-year-olds Subject:  English and culture Materials Needed:  Two copies of the snowflake template per student, scissors, pencils, rubbers, chalkboard, chalk, chalkboard eraser, drying space, light switch, glue, two white paper strips per student, dancing space, two copies of the  snowflake template  for the teacher demonstration, and voice Digital Tools and Sources:   SMART Board video  and SMART Board Time:  40 minutes (2 class sessions) FINAL PROJECT The topic I chose for the final project is body parts. I selected this topic because I wanted to reinforce the body parts vocabulary the students already know with a w...

Frosty the Snowman

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  Frosty the Snowman Syntax through Lyrics                                     Final Project       ⇌       K ristina Johnson Image Source:  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0d/a7/1c/0da71c36256d0c8f96747bba7e3f9184.jpg OVERVIEW Lesson Plan: Create and write new lyrics to the song, Frosty the Snowman Level: 6 º Subject: English and Culture Materials Needed: SMART Board, sufficient enough copies of " Frosty the Snowman" Cloze exercises for students, student writing utensils, corncob pipe, button nose, two coal eyes, and sufficient enough copies of the original "Frosty the Snowman" lyrics Digital Tools and Sources: Frosty the Snowman Slideshow  and  Frosty the Snowman Video Time: 45 minutes (one-two class sessions) FINAL PROJECT This story is a classic and well known by the typical American. Many cultural refer...

Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?

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  Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? Syntax differences in questions and responses                        Final Project       ⇌       K ristina Johnson                                     Image Source: Kristina Johnson                                                                                 OVERVIEW Lesson Plan:  Identify tonal differences between asking and answering questions Level: 3 º Subject:  English and culture Materials Needed: Book: Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?  movable bodies, and voices D...

The Gingerbread Man

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 The Gingerbread Man Character Identification                   Final Project       ⇌       K ristina Johnson Image Source: Kristina Johnson OVERVIEW Lesson Plan:  Identify story characters Level: 2 º Subject:  English and culture Materials Needed: Student coloring supplies, fox ears, audience, Gingerbread Man buttons (three round circles), tape, one color-copy printed photograph of each character (print the same character photos from  Gingerbread Man slides ), the number of students copies of  The Gingerbread Man cutout , and eight hard copies of  The Gingerbread Man script Digital Tools and Sources:  SMART Board and  Gingerbread Man slides   Time:  40 minutes (1 session) FINAL PROJECT The topic I chose for the final project is character identification. Character identification is an extremely important element in this story, as each character serves an...

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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  We're Going on a Bear Hunt Prepositions                    Final Project       ⇌       K ristina Johnson Image Source:  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/82/e1/45/82e145accc31013d1371b1876af848c9.jpg OVERVIEW Lesson Plan:  Identify common prepositions Level:  1 º Subject:  English and culture Materials Needed:  Chair, light switch, movable body, and door Digital Tools and Sources:  SMART Board,  Bear Hunt Slide s,  and  We're Going on a Bear Hunt  song Time:  10 minutes (5 sessions) FINAL PROJECT The topic I chose for the final project is prepositions. I selected this topic because I noticed that many students did not fully understand prepositions when I spoke to them. Prepositions are a topic that must be taught separately  from academic language, as teaching prepositions directly in the midst of an academic lesson is not appropr...