1. Michelle Martin
Thursday ASSURE
I. Analyze the Learners: I will be teaching about the Olympics to a 3rd
grade class, 10
boys and 12 girls, 80% white, 15% African-American and 5% Latino. Two of the
students have IEPs for learning disabilities. The students have previously studied
geography of the United States and a few other countries. This unit will build on this
prior knowledge.
II. State Objectives: My third grade students will identify and describe Olympic athletes, as
well as compare and distinguish differences between Olympic sports, utilizing
WebQuests, Pinterest, Twitter and Secondlife, with 95% accuracy by the end of the day.
III. Select Methods, Media and Materials:To meet all of the different learning styles within
my class, I will implement the following methods, media, and materials:
a. WebQuest- Students will utilize two WebQuest that I made to explore these two
new concepts of the Olympics. The first WebQuest is about different games in the
Olympics. The students will learn about the rules and how to play a particular
game in the Olympics, through research utilizing the WebQuest. The second
WebQuest is about a select few Olympic athletes. Students will find out
interesting facts about well-known Olympians from around the world.
b. Pinterest-The students will use the board I have created on Pinterest to access new
websites about some other Olympic athletes. Students will pin any additional
information they find on athletes or sports to this board on Pinterest.

2. c. Podcast-The podcast will simply be used for a student who is absent and wants to
know a little summary of what we did for the day. This will be placed on our class
wiki.
d. Twitter-Twitter will also be used as a research tool. Many Olympic athletes have
twitter pages that people can follow. Students will access the class twitter account
and look at some of these athletes twitter pages to find out their interests,
additional photos, etc.
e. Secondlife-Students will create a Secondlife avatar that resembles one of the
athletes they chose from the activities conducted throughout. Then, they will
discuss with each other, using their avatars about their interesst, the sport or game
they play, the number of medals they won, and more from the perspective of the
athlete.
IV. Utilize Media and Materials:I will preview all materials and media before letting the
students use them. I will make sure the tweets from the chosen athletes are appropriate
and do not contain any information that should not be seen by my third grade students. I
will also preview all materials I post on Pinterest or use for WebQuest. I will also instruct
my students to only talk to avatars in Secondlife that are from our class, in order to
prevent inappropriate conversations. They will know who to talk to, because as the
students create his or her avatar, I will write the username up on the board. This will
allow the students to easily see who is in our class. I will prepare all materials
beforehand, such as the podcast and WebQuest, so that we do not waste time and ease of
accessing the materials. I will place the students in rows, with individual classroom
laptops on their desk, so they can complete these assignments independently.

3. V. Require Learner Participation:To introduce this lesson, I will remind the students
about what we have discussed thus far. First, we learned about the history of the
Olympics. Then we learned about symbols, mottos, and traditions of the Olympics.
Yesterday, we learned about the culture of the different host countries. Then I will ask,
“What are we missing from our Olympic journey? Thus far: we have a place, mottos, and
traditions, and know the difference between the Olympics now and in the past.”
Hopefully students will respond about something similar to the athletes and actual games.
If not, I will just tell them and get them ready to dive in. Then, I will instruct the students
that we are going to use a WebQuest, to learn about a particular game played in the
Olympics. After the students conduct the Word version WebQuest, they will meet me
back on the carpet. There we will look at a list of the Olympic gameson the SmartBoard
and discuss ones we are familiar with and those we are not. During this discussion, I will
summarize some of the other sports and games in the Olympics, to provide students with
the knowledge, while saving time for the rest of the lesson.
Next, I will have the students perform the second WebQuest created on
Zunal.com. I will place the students in groups of three, in order to complete this second
WebQuest. This lesson is very extensive, so it might carry over to the next day. This is
okay, because time is allotted to do so. After the students perform both WebQuests, they
were to create two videos and a PowerPoint. They will do this, and at the end of the
lesson, they will get to watch each other’s videos. Before they create these videos though,
the students will have the opportunity to look at the additional websites I have posted on
Pinterest about Olympic athletes that they might be able to use in their project. Once they
finish this project, they will pin any additional information they find on their athlete.

4. For the students final project, they will utilize twitter to get to know the athlete
they chose better and on a more personal level. I will let them choose, as a team of three,
one of the athletes we had discussed that day to do their project on. Then, I will direct
them to their twitter page which I previously examined. Once they retrieve this
information, the teams will be asked to create a Secondlife avatar that resembles their
athlete. Then, they will use the usernames of other members of the class, to conduct class
discussion virtually and through the perspective of the athlete. They will discuss things
such as medal count, country of origin, sport they play, and more. At least 3 facts must be
given in every discussion amongst the Secondlife avatars. Then as an exit question, I will
have students name one athlete, three facts about them, and identify three
gamesdescribing one of them. The students will do this without looking at the materials,
and I will easily be able to assess student knowledge of the topic, by the end of the
lesson.
VI. Evaluate and Revise:To assess student comprehension, throughout the lesson the
following will be done:
a. I will fuel class discussion throughout, pushing my students to dive deeper in their
thoughts. I will correct any incorrect ideas that are stated and guide students to
where I want them to be by the end of the lesson.
b. I will check both WebQueststo see if the students conducted every step of the
process.
c. I will walk around the room to make sure that every student participates.
d. I will look at the videos to make sure the given topic is portrayed effectively.

5. e. I will observe discussions on Secondlife to make sure students are sharing at least
three facts about their athlete, and they are following directions and only talking
to those in our class.
f. Finally, I will look at the exit tickets to see if the information created is accurate,
verifying they followed directions. By looking at this ticket, I will be able to see if
students met my set objective.