The document outlines a lesson plan for 4th grade students to learn about different cultural holiday traditions. It will have the following components: 1) Students will research different holidays in small groups and act out stories from the holidays they learned about. 2) They will draw pictures of holiday foods using the smartboard and watch videos about holidays online. 3) Students will read short biographies about historical figures who influenced modern holidays and write summaries of what they learned. 4) At the end of the lesson, students will create a portfolio or book combining what they learned from the presentations, drawings, videos and readings.

1. Raquel Escareno
CI 350
ASSURE Assignment Original
Analyze Learners: The students are a class of 20. They are 4th graders. 11
girls and 9 boys. There are 2 Muslims, 3 Jewish and 2 African Americans.
They are all from different backgrounds including the ones from the rest
of the students. They will all perceive things differently and I will adapt to
each of the needs of the different learning styles.
State Objectives: Students will be able to describe different holiday
traditions pertaining to the diverse cultural backgrounds. They will learn
though acting out in group’s different stories to tell from the research
they do on the computers. They will draw pictures with the smart-board,
look up videos throughout YouTube and sites on google, and read about
different historical people that influenced these different holidays and
write a picture book on a different holiday tradition they learn about. In
two weeks each student will describe different holidays with 90%
accuracy.
Select Methods, Media and Materials: The students will be using props
provided to them from the theater room to act out a story they
researched and use the internet to upload all of the acts and pick out the
best of them all, but also display them as puppet acts through the
projector. The best acted out presentation will receive a golden star. They
will draw any kind of picture that depicts their favorite food using the new
smart-board, the will watch and listen to videos from the internet that will
show a short clip of each holiday presented. Last they will read a short
story from a historical figure that influenced a holiday we have today.
Utilize Media and Materials: The props will be any kind of clothing, or
head wear, hats, shoes that could be used to present any holiday, and
will be provided so the other student will learn and by putting in their
best efforts to create a well-constructed presentation. Construction paper
will be provided and coloring utensils to draw a picture and use some

2. realism. The videos will be based on different kinds of holidays, which
have speakers talking or just noises to have an effect on how we
celebrate each holiday. The story that the student will read will be of their
choice chosen from the library with help from the media center a series of
book will already be taken out. The reading will consist of a short
summary they have concluded from the story they have chosen to read
about a historical figure.
Require Learner Participation: To fully understand the concept of each
holiday that a group or individual presents to the class, the other
students will write a reflection of what they had learned from the
demonstrations or illustrations. Then by uploading all of the videos they
will vote by class majority on the one they think was best done. Each
individual will be randomly put in a group to participate in the acting
aspect. Each student will draw their own picture. At the end of the short
clips picked from the internet the students will write their feelings about
what they had just seen and turn in. As I will share with the entire class
what it really is about. And the students will turn in a summary at the
end of what they learned from the historical readings. At the end of the
presentations and turned in reflections, illustrations, and summary they
will have to put it all together and make a portfolio or book about what
they have learned about each holiday that they will turn in and they get
handed back.
Evaluate and Revise: I will be committed to every group as a narrator for
their story and presentation while acting out to a holiday they have come
up with. Each student will be given a grade for participation and so that
every student will be involved in the group activity, and so everyone’s
votes count for the best presentation via internet. The artistic skill of the
students will not be graded just analyzing their pictures because it's not
the easiest thing to draw on the smart-boards. The writings and
summaries will show what they have learned and their overall portfolio or
book will be seen as how well they grasped the concepts of the holidays
and the traditions we share today. If at the end of the 2 weeks if the
students still don’t have an understanding for the holidays, a meeting or
conference will take place with the parent and student to make sure they
understand and learn about different holidays to the best of their ability.