an ASSURE lesson plan

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grade class, Special ed, 10 boys, 7 girls, 70% white 20% African-American and 10%
Hispanic.7 students in the class have mild to severe ADHD.
S: My class of first grade students will enumerate the months of the year in sequential order by
using a song,categorizing them into the different seasons, and finally demonstrating the different
months in their own calendar to a group of classmates due by the end of the week with 90%
accuracy.
S: Media that will be used is audio (for song), still images (different months/seasons), and
show-and-tell (seasons, student calendars).
U: When introducing each of these materials have clear expectations and directions.
Still Images:
1. Print out 17 images of different months (one per month, some duplicates)
2. Print out 2 groupsof images for different seasons (labeled)
Audio:
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Preview song
Obtain CD player for classroom
Make sure it plays and has good volume
Room will need to have space to move around
Show and Tell:
Seasons
1. Gather fake snow mix, flowers, beach ball, leaves
2. Tape one set of images spaced out around the room
3. Room will need to have space to move around
Calendars
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Prepare 17 packets of 12 sheets of paper, pre-numbered for days
Provide stickers, markers
Split students into groups
Use class time on Friday for presentations

2. R: All activities will require some type of student participation, but when introducing the
months teacher will use the different images that represent the months clearly explaining why it
represents said month.
Song: Will be played few times, teacher will have different images in hand and will raise
them when the month is sung. Once students seem to begin to catch on the teacher will give each
student an image and ask them to do the same. After a few more times the teacher will ask
students to organize themselves in sequential order by their image. (Students will hand back
images and each day will receive a different one. After day one, song will be sung 4 times per
day, twice before starting new lesson, and twice after finishing. Also once a day students will
have to rearrange themselves in sequential order by image.)
Seasons: Students will begin to organize the months into seasons. During the singing of
the song that morning the teacher will hold up the different labeled images of the seasons during
the months of its time. Next, when the students arrange themselves in order teacher will walk
through and explain the seasons through the months (because of where they live the students
experience all 4 seasons and are familiar with them). Next, with the images taped to the wall the
students will be asked to go to the season their month in hand is in. will have snow mix, flowers,
beach ball, and leaves ready. Carefully explaining the different seasons using the four props and
passing them around the room, the teacher will verbally quiz the students on the months. At the
end of lesson students will be asked to arrange their image by season without song.
Calendar: Each student will make their own calendar with all twelve months writing in
the important things of each months, holidays, other students/family birthdays, and etc. They will
be in groups of 4 (one group will have 5), within their groups they will be able to ask eachother
questions, and assist each other in the making of the calendar. On Friday the students can
voluntary present it to class.
E: Verbal evaluating will take place every day, by asking students questions like
If I was born the month after my mom and she was born in March, what month
was I born in?
Figure out the birthday months of the peers around you (3/4 other students) and
arrange yourselves in order, now find 5 new people, 6 new people, and so on until
the entire class is in order
If I was born in the fall what month could I be born in?
Who can tell me the month that comes before and after their birthday?
Oh no, I forgot who can tell me the month that comes after October?
Go to this side of the room if you were born in the months between April and
September, this side October to March