Students will research holiday traditions from different cultures that they do not normally celebrate. The unit will involve 4th grade students researching holidays online and using books to learn about traditions of Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah, and Ramadan. Students will present what they learned to the class through a creative project. The teacher will monitor students during research and ensure they understand the material to be presented with 90% accuracy.

1. Katelynn King
ASSURE Assignment
28 January 2014
A- Analyze Learners
o Students are in the fourth grade. There are 20 students total, 11 of the students are
girls and 9 of them are boys. Among the 20 students, 2 are Muslims, 3 are Jewish,
2 are African American, and the remaining 13 students are assumed to be
Christians.
S- State Objectives
o Students will describe different holiday traditions such as those practiced in
Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukah, and Ramadan after researching, during a day
designated for the computer lab, a given holiday that they do not normally
celebrate. Students may also use books or magazines as a source for information.
I will also briefly go over some holiday traditions during a period of class time.
Students will then present their information to the class in any appropriate way
they choose. Examples may include a poster, power point presentation, writing a
song, acting out the holiday, or any other creative way (must be approved by the
teacher). A list of questions that must be answered will be provided, but students
will be highly encouraged to include more than the required information in their
presentations. Students will describe holiday traditions with 90% accuracy by the
end of the unit.
S- Select Materials

2. o Students will use the Internet as their main source. A day will be designated for
the computer lab where students may research his or her given holiday and take
notes on information he or she sees as important. Books and magazine articles
will be brought in from the library and if a student has free time after finishing an
assignment, he or she may use that time to acquire more information for the final
project.
U- Utilize Media and Materials
o I will research ahead of time and come up with a list of websites that may be
helpful in the research of holiday traditions. Also, I will preview the books and
magazines from the library and mark pages that would have helpful and necessary
information that students may use.
R- Require Learner Participation
o While students are researching, I will walk around the computer lab to monitor
what students are researching and to make sure students are staying on task. If
students are to have any questions, I will be available to guide them in the right
direction.During research, I will also ask questions about the holidays to make
sure students are getting enough information.
E- Evaluate and Revise
o Before research begins, students will begin to fill out his or her KWL. The K
stands for what the student knows, W stands for what the students wants to learn,
and the L stand for what the student learned. Students will fill out the K and W
portion of their worksheet. Students must give at least one fact that they know for
each holiday and one thing that they want to know about each holiday. At the end

3. of the unit students will give two to three facts that they learned about each
holiday that they do not normally celebrate.