- The teacher will lead a class of 20 4th grade students in learning about the religious winter holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, and Kwanza through daily activities like videos, posters, and blogs. - Students will be split into groups and each assigned a holiday to create a blog about. They will also complete a web quest at the end of the week to test their knowledge. - A variety of materials like videos, readings, and presentations will be used to help students understand the traditions of each holiday. Daily projects and participation in group work will be tracked and graded to monitor student progress.

1. Emily Muck
ASSURE
September 9, 2014
A- My class consists of 20 fourth graders. There are 11 girls and 9 boys. There are a few
different racial groups in my class. Aside from the 17 other children, there are 2 Muslims, 3
Jews, and 2 African Americans.
S- In my class, the students will study the religious winter holiday practices of Christmas,
Hanukah, Ramadan, and Kwanza. They will participate in daily activities such as watching
documentaries, creating posters, making videos, and looking at the different aspects of each
religion. At the end of the week I will split them into groups where the group will be assigned a
holiday and must create a blog for that particular holiday. The students will then be given a Web
Quest which will be used to test their knowledge on what they learned. I plan for my students to
demonstrate a clear understanding of dates, traditions, and the history of each holiday with 85%
accuracy.
S- To help the students better understand the different winter holidays I will present short clips
that describe them. Aside from that they will also have reading materials, power points, and
podcasts that elaborate on the traditions. We will also be using YouTube and Movie Maker to
create videos about each holiday. At the end of the week, students will follow a Web Quest so
that I can see exactly how they comprehended the information.
U- Before class begins I will prepare extra materials so if anything goes wrong with my video
clips or power points, I will still be able to have the students create hand drawn posters with
information from the reading materials. I will use the videos to help them visually see the
traditions of each holiday. With the power point I will present important dates, times, and
activities of each holiday. At the beginning of the week there will be four groups of five who will
work together on one of the four holidays. They will work together to prepare information to
create a blog that describes their assigned holiday. Each student will have to read and comment
on the blogs of the three holidays they were not assigned to. I will create a Web Quest that will
cover information from the entire week. Students will complete this at the end of the week.
R- Each student will be required to participate in daily projects. They will also be required to
work in a group to successfully create a blog that discusses their assigned holiday. The daily
checks of their progress on the projects will help me see how well they are participating. The
ending Web Quest will also allow me to see exactly how much they learned from their
involvement in the group work.
E- Each day a type of project will be completed such as a video, PowerPoint, poster, blog, and
the completion of the Web Quest. I will track these daily to take a grade that will help me track

2. the students’ daily progress for learning the materials. Using this type of evaluation makes the
students feel like the learning is fun and helps them to memorize things easier than if they were
preparing for a test.