original method

1. Ashley Gettes
ASSURE method
A-Analyze learners
My students are in the 4th grade. The class is about even with boys and girls. There are 11
girls and 9 boys. I have two Muslim students, three Jewish students, and two African American
students. Students are from a rural town in Cincinnati Ohio. They all are about 9 or 10 years of
age. The class is filled with a diverse group of students who come from different religious
backgrounds.
S-State Objectives
The students will be able to identify the differences between Christmas, Hanukkah, and
Kwanza, with 100% accuracy at the end of the week. They will also understand the importance
of each holiday’s traditions with 90% accuracy at the end of the week. The students will use
PowerPoint, songs, a story, and a class discussion to accomplish the objectives.
S-Select methods, media, and materials
I will use a PowerPoint to lead the class discussion on the history and traditions of
Christmas, Hanukkah, and kwanza. I will also use pictures to demonstrate the traditions for
example a picture of a Christmas tree. I will also play each holiday’s traditional songs while the
children eat some of the holiday’s traditional foods
U-Utilize media and materials
In the morning, before students arrive I will prepare the classroom environment for that
day. On the Monday, we will learn about Christmas so I will have a small Christmas tree up and
pictures of Santa Claus. I will be playing Christmas carols on the CD player and at each students
desk I will have hot chocolate and sugar cookies. On Tuesday, we will learn about Hanukkah and
I will have the menorah set up and dreidels on the student’s desk. I will also set up the traditional
Hanukkah potato latkes for each student to snack on while listening to Hanukah holiday songs.
Finally, on Wednesday when the students are first introduced to the Kwanza holiday traditions I
will have the room decorated in the colors black, red, and green. I will also have a kinara set up.
At the students desk there will be a sample of sweet potatoes that the students can eat while they
enjoy traditional kwanza music.
R-Require Learner Participation
During class, the students will be involved in hands on learning activities. While the
students are eating, the traditional holiday foods I will be going through the PowerPoint
explaining what they are eating and why that tradition originated. The students will also color
their storybook about each holiday so they can take it home and share with their family friends
what they learned. Thursday and Friday we will have follow up activities so the students can
show me what they learned. Also on Friday students will present three holiday songs they
learned for their parents.

2. E-Evaluate and Revise
Evaluation before class on Monday is students have little to know knowledge about all
three holidays and its traditions. Evaluation during the week is students enjoyed eating the
holiday foods and listening to the songs. Evaluation after class was students could differentiate
between other cultures holidays. I will revise this lesson before using it next year by extending
the lesson plan from one week to two weeks. I think the students needed more time to learn the
songs.