This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching 4th grade students about various holiday traditions. The class has 20 students from diverse backgrounds, including 2 Muslims, 3 Jewish students, and 2 African Americans. The objectives are for students to name and describe the taught holiday traditions by the end of the month. A variety of media like books, the internet, and news will be used to guide learning about different traditions. Students will do art projects related to holidays and present on one holiday's traditions. Participation will include presentations and art projects to demonstrate understanding without tests. Evaluation will assess initial knowledge, comprehension during lessons, and ability to write about each holiday after the unit to determine effectiveness of methods used.

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Kim Gunnell
September 5, 2013
CI350
ASSURE
A- Teaching holiday traditions to 4th graders. There are 20 students, 11 girls and 9 boys.
There are 2 Muslims, 3 Jewish and 2 African Americans.
S- State Objectives: My fourth grade students will be able to name and describe all of the
taught holiday traditions by the end of the month.
S- Select Methods, Media and Materials: Based on the different ethnicities in the classroom,
the holidays studied will vary. We will be using media, such as books, the internet, and even
news coverage to guide the learning of the holiday traditions. Also within the course of the
month, I want the students to talk about the holiday traditions they celebrate.
U- Utilize Media and Materials: An overview of many different holiday traditions will be
given. Students will do art projects centered around the holidays, such as Christmas and
Hanukkah. Once they learned the basic concept of the holiday traditions, they will work on a
project on one particular holiday and learn about all of the traditions. The different
nationalities of the students make it so the students can learn from each other, not just from
researching.
R- Require Learner Participation: Students will be able to tell the class in their presentation
about the holiday traditions that they learned about. They will also be able to create art as a
reassurance that they know the different traditions without the fear of being tested. After each

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class member presents their holiday’s traditions then the students will be able to tell me about
each of the holidays and their traditions.
E-Evaluate and Revise: Before the unit begins, I will have the students get into small groups
and have them jot down what holiday traditions are, and what traditions they know about or
celebrate. During the course of the unit, evaluation will be based on what they have explored
and what they can tell me and their other classmates about holiday traditions. After the
course of the unit, the students will be able to write something about each holiday studied
and/ or presented by their classmates. If the evaluation throughout and after show retention of
what was learned, then I will decide what to adjust as far as the media and the methods that
were used to teach this concept.