Lesson Plan Consideration: Man Power!
We have been learning the importance of scaffolding in our LLED classes for students of all abilities. And, I realized that on one thing it is great to scaffold activities for my student’s learning process. But, on the other, what is the proportion of time spent of breaking down steps versus meeting my learning objective. During my “Hickory Dickory Dock ” clock/dramatic play art, I have to realization that it is okay for me to pre-built activities in a a way as long as it helped me focus on meeting my learning goal: whether it is working on fine motor skills, literacy, counting, etc..I should be clear on setting one learning goal and built my activity around that as a foundation!
If it was not for the assistance of the TOC, I don’t think I had the man-power to monitor the class and attend to each little steps. This is another teaching”a-ha” moment for me! Last time, it was routine, this time is around clear learning purpose of activities and not to scaffold too much & too often. Don’t try to meet too many learning goals in one activity. I knew the kids enjoyed the activity, but I also knew if I didn’t have an extra hand in the class, the art craft wouldn’t have been able to come together as smoothly as it did!
What I did this time around:
- I pre-cut clock, mouse, and lyric templates
Steps I could have done prior to teaching and will take into consideration for the future:
- pre-pin the clock hands
- pre-tape the pop-sticks to the mouse template
