This is an assigned lesson plan created to teach a class of special ed. 1st graders the months of the year.

1. The Assure Method I will be using in order to teach this class will fall under the R category, which
stands for requiring learning participation. In order to teach the class, I will begin by teaching a song.
Younger students tend to like songs, and enjoy participating and dancing to them. However, there
will be those few students that do not like to participate in musical activities. For these type of
students and the others, I will use more hands on activities such as crafts and matching games. We
will begin with associating colors with certain months. (ex: February – pink and red. April – pastels
like light green and pale yellow. July – red, white, and blue. October – orange, black, purple.
December: red and green.) Students can color pictures associated with this month and it will help
with their memory. Another matching type game I would play with the young students is to match
objects with a certain month. (ex: December – Christmas trees, presents. October – Candy,
pumpkins. November: Turkey, cornucopia. July: fireworks, American flag.) I also really like the idea
we discussed in class the other day about associating birthdays with the months as well.