This document outlines a lesson plan using the ASSURE method for a 1st grade special education classroom. The classroom has 17 students, 10 boys and 7 girls, with 7 having ADHD. The lesson objectives are for students to learn the months of the year with at least 90% accuracy. Materials used include a CD player, construction paper, coloring utensils, yarn, and calendars. Activities include making calendars, singing songs, and grouping by birth month. Students' participation will be evaluated at the end of the week to assess if the 90% learning target was met and the lesson will be revised if needed.

1. Sydney Wibberg
ASSURE Method
Number 1
Analyze Learners
I have a Special Education classroom of 17, 1st grade students, 10 of which are boys and 7 are girls. The
class is 70% Caucasian, 20% African American, and 10% Hispanic. Seven of my students have mild to
severe Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
State Objectives
My Special Education classroom of 17, 1st grade students with 10 boys and 7 are girls, seven of which
have mild to severe Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, will learn each month in the year, by
making our own calendars, using grouping, and singing songs. At the end of the week, my children will
be able to tell me all of the months in the year with at least 90% accuracy.
Select Methods, Media, and Materials
CD player-To play our music
Construction paper- To make our calendars
Coloring utensils- To make our calendars
Yarn- To make our calendars
Blackboard- To draw and demonstrate an example of a calendar
Calendars- To show a real-life example
Utilize Media and Materials
Preview- I will be sure to have examples already drawn up for me to put on the blackboard. Also, I will
have a calendar sitting at every child’s desk that I will make sure has all of the months. I will listen to all
music before the students enter the classroom.

2. Prepare Materials- I will make sure I have everything that I need to complete my lessons for the week
that I am working on it. Desks will be facing forward so everyone can see the board.
Prepare Environment- I will make sure that I have all of my notes with me when my lesson starts. Also,
that I have enough calendars for each student. I will have materials ready for me to pass out to make the
calendars. A space in the middle of the room will be cleared for our grouping activity and my large,
carpet calendar. I will be sure that I have my CD in the CD player and it is ready to play for whenever we
need it.
Prepare Students- I will tell them about our activity the day before, and to better prepare my students,
will have the calendars available for them to look at. When they walk in the next day, the calendars will
be out for them on their desks.
Provide the Learning Experience- First we will look over our calendars together, realizing that each page
has a different set of numbers. I will explain that they are each their own separate months. I will recite
the months to them as we look through the calendar. Then I have each child stand up, come to the
carpet, and I will ask them what month they are born in, and have them stand in groups in order. While
they are out of their desks and on the carpet, we will look at our carpet calendar. We will also listen to a
song about the months and follow along with the carpet. When the students go back to their desks, I
will draw an example of the calendar my students will create. Since I have all of my materials ready, I will
pass them out, and let my students be as artistic as they want.
Require Learner Participation
All of my students will participate in all of the activities I have planned. All of these activities I have
planned are creative and active for all of the students. These activities also combine the music smart,
picture smart, logic smart, and people smart learning styles of the children in my class.
Evaluate and Revise
At the end of the day when the lesson is over, I will have the students try to recite the month of the year
back to me. They can go back to any of the previous resource that we have used in class to help them
jog their memories. The students should be able to do this with at least 90% accuracy by the end of the
week. If not, then I will revise my lesson, so it will fit in with different learning styles.