The teacher will teach 19 second grade students about wildlife in North, Central, and South America. Students will learn about different animals' habitats, climates, and diets. They will be assigned group projects to research specific animals. The 1.5 hour lesson will use Facebook, Pinterest, Photoshop, a webquest, and YouTube video. Students will view a Photoshop poster of North America animals, explore Facebook and Pinterest boards on North and Central America, complete an interactive webquest on South American animals, and watch an informational YouTube video. The teacher will evaluate students through questioning, discussion participation, and grading the webquest.

1. Analyze learners: My classroom is a group of 19 second graders: Nine boys and Ten
girls. Three children are African American, and two children are Latino.
State Objectives: My students will recognize and describe different types of wildlife
found in North America, Central America, and South America. They will locate specific
countries and tell me what animals live where and give me details about their habitats
such as weather they endure and what foods they eat. The students will be given their
group project assignment on this day in order to prepare themselves to start thinking
about what they want to talk about and have included in their projects at the end of the
lesson. This lesson will last an hour and a half and students will have 100% success rate.
Select Methods, Media, and Material: The methods I chose for this day are Facebook,
Pinterest, Photoshop, Webquest, and a YouTube video. All of these cover different
regions and animals I want to discuss and want the students to know.
Utilize Media and Materials: With Photoshop, I created a poster of North America that
the students can visualize and discuss. They can look at the animals and tell by the way
they look what part of North America they are most likely from, what kind of climate do
they live in, what do they eat. All of these questions we will talk about and confer.
I made a Facebook page on Central America. I put all kinds of links and information for
the students to explore and learn from. The Pinterest boards I made are for North and
Central America also. They have many pictures of wildlife and nature that I want them
to look at, and they can click on several of these pins to take them to websites on these
animals, places, etc. The web quest I made through Zunal is an interactive way for
students to explore the animals of the Amazon rainforest in South America. It takes them
through a journey, and they will have to explore the web to find information and answer
questions on the animals I prompted. The YouTube video I made is an informational
video where I list some facts about rainforests, and some issues I want to talk about with
them like deforestation. This will get them thinking critically about more than just the
animals themselves. They will start to think more about habitat as well.
Require Learner Participation: With all of these forms of teaching, I plan on having a
lot of discussion in between. Along with discussing with me and the class in person, I
want the students to comment on the Facebook or YouTube video with any questions or
comments they may have on there. Also, If they had anything they wantede to post, I
would gladly encourage it. While doing the web quest with a partner, I expect both
students to participate in answering the questions and talking with their classmate about
the questions.

2. Evaluate: I will evaluate Monday’s lesson in a few different ways. As the lesson is
going on, I will be asking the students questions one on one as they are working to see
what they are understanding from the lesson. I will be listening in on discussions with
their classmates to see if they are putting forth any effort into the discussion, and listening
for specific details. The webquest will be graded on its on scale to evaluate how each
student did. Did they participate? Did they answer the questions correctly? How
thorough are the answers? Etc.