This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching first grade special education students the months of the year. The class has 17 students, most of whom are white or African American. Seven students have ADHD. The objective is for students to recite and describe the months of the year with 100% accuracy within one month. To achieve this, the teacher will use a song, video, and hands-on activities found online involving ordering months and making calendars. Student participation will be encouraged through singing and interactive assignments. Evaluation will involve assessing recitation ability and revising assignments as needed.

1. Mary-LynnPell
Assure Method
Analyze Learners:
My learners are first grade special education students. There are ten boys and seven girls in this
class. Seventy percent of the students are white, twenty percent are African American, and ten
percent are Latino. Seven students in my class have mild to severe ADHD (Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder).
State Objectives:
My first grade students will recite and describe the months of the year with a song, a video, and
hands on activities with one hundred percent accuracy in one month.
Select Methods, Media, and Materials:
I will use the internet to find the song and video. I will brainstorm to come up with activities
related to the months of the year. For my hands on activities I will need paper and markers.
Utilize Media and Materials:
 I will play the “Months of the Year Song” to my students.
 I will show my students the “Months of the Year Song” video.
 For one of the hands on activities I will give each student a sheet of paper with a month
written on it (some will repeat), and I will give them three minutes to line themselves in
the correct order of the months. The students who have the same month as another
student, will line up behind the other student.

2.  For another hands on activity I will hand my students booklets of paper and markers, and
ask them to make a calendar.
Require Learner Participation:
I will encourage participation through the song and the hands on activities. When I play the song
I will sing along with my students, which will encourage every student to participate.
Evaluate and Revise:
 I will evaluate my students’ knowledge of the months of the year by their ability to recite
the months on their own without my assistance.
 I will evaluate my use of methods by observing my students’ level of participation in the
activities I assign. I will also observe to see if any of my methods were not effective in
allowing my students to adequately learn the months of the year.
 I will revise the assignments my students completed, in order to see if they know the
months of the year.