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This PPT is due Saturday. It needs to be just like the sample PPT in the attachment but directed towards middle school students.
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· Design a middle school learning program answering the bullets below (same questions from last week, but now about middle school). · Design an ideal middle program that supports development in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional areas. You will need to include two activities per development that the students can do. Include the following:
o The age range of the children to be served o A description of at least two learning activities you intend to use for each of the developmental areas and the learning theories behind these activities o How you will include diverse populations o How you will use technology to individualize and support learning o A description or diagram of how the classroom would be organized so that children may develop in each area
Present your final program design in the same format as you did with your team.
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· Add the accommodations you would make for multiple intelligences.
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Sentences are well-constructed, clear, and concise. The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment. APA format is correct Citations within the body of the presentation follow APA guidelines. Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed. |
Covington Elementary
Ashley Covington
Professor Lori
Infants, Children, and Adolescents EDU/305
September 17, 2012
Introduction
Elementary school is made up of children who are of the ages between five and twelve approximately
These are the children who have already undergone the preschool stage.
Elementary school is made up of children who are of the ages between five and twelve approximately. These are the children who have already undergone the preschool stage.
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Age of the children
The children to be observed will consist of a mixture of all age groups from 5 to 12 years old
This ensures all age groups are covered
Different behavior will be observed due to age difference
The children to be observed will consist of a mixture of all age groups from 5 to 12 years old. The rationale for this is to ensure that the observations give the views about all the age groups covered. The children will be expected to portray different behaviors due to difference in the ages.
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The Elementary Classroom
Relaxed and Cozy Atmosphere with happy students
Neat and orderly environment
Rules and Consequences are posted
Reading Centers
A elementary classroom needs to be organized, and the materials need to be accessible to all children.
Safety is the number one priority when it comes to students of all ages. (Bradley, 2012)
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Learning Centers
Arts and crafts
Reading center
Computer Lab
Spelling Center (Write spelling words with shaving cream!)
Learning during this observation will take place through two main activities; through teaching and testing the children while in the classroom setting and through interacting with the children casually to study their behavior mainly through play. The three main theories behind this are behaviorism, cognitive and social theories Behaviorism will consist of keenly studying the children as they are in the classroom setting. Their behavior is observed and comments given based on what is studied. As for the cognitive theory, this will apply when tests and teaching will be conducted as the children’s capability will be tested. As for the social theory, children will be observed as they interact with their teachers and other children. Their ability to perform when in groups will be assessed in this case.
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Diverse Population
reading books from diverse cultures
Coming up with creative stories from all diverse regions
Common language
Embracing all cultures
No single diverse background is superior
Represent all cultures in the study
Diversity among the children will be addressed through; reading books from diverse cultures, Coming up with creative stories from all diverse regions, using a common language in order to ensure that all children can interact well, teaching everyone to embrace each others culture, teaching the children that there is no single superior culture, selecting children from diverse backgrounds to interact with and thus represent all cultures.
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Social Development
Theory of Mind Skills
Developing a Sense of Self-Confidence
Playing well with one another
Taking turns and sharing
During the early elementary years, children begin to develop important aspects of self-concept. At this age, children begin to make social comparisons and these comparisons help them understand who they are. (Classroom Interpreting, nd)
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Make me Laugh Activity
Goal: To make one another laugh
Materials: Dare others to make one laugh, using any, non-physical method.
Procedures: Being able to control emotions
This game will allow students to learn to control their emotions in a positive and fun manner by having their peers try and make them laugh.
Role Playing
Acting out how they handle different situations by keeping others emotions in mind
Role playing activities simulate real-life situations that involve emotional or social development. Children are able to practice handling situations they might encounter, such as a peer who won’t share a toy or a child who is bullying. The children act out how they could handle the situation in a socially acceptable way, keeping the emotions of the other person in mind. Instead of acting out the situation themselves, kids can use puppets, dolls or action figures. Dress-up play, where kids pretend to be another person, also works well. The extent of the role playing should depend on the age of the kids and their emotional and social development levels. (Frost, 2011)
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Emotional Development
Please their parents, teachers, and other adults
Demonstrate empathy for others
Dependent
Mood swings
Tests Obedience
A young children’s emotional adjustment matters–children who are emotionally well adjusted have a significantly greater chance of early school success, while children who experience serious emotional difficulty face grave risks of early school difficulty. (Raver,2012)
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Writing
Children write about what they feel
Children can draw what or how they feel
This activity will allow the child to show their feelings by drawing or writing. This may help release some emotions bottled up inside.
This may allow a childe to help identify ones positive or negative feelings and help build their self-esteem.
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Crafts
Materials: scissors, pictures, glue, paper plates
Goal: Students will be able to recognize facial expressions such as surprised, happy, sad, mad, etc. by cutting them out of magazines and pasting them on the plate.
Physical Development
Physical activity during school provides opportunities for all students, including those with disabilities, to practice what they’ve learned in physical education… Recess(elementary school)
Running, jumping, skipping, playing sports, exercises, etc.
Physical development provides children with the ability they need to explore and interact with the world around them and be healthy.
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Red Rover
All of the students but two hook arms in couples. Of the two that are free one is “it” or the chaser and the other is the runner.
The runner tries to avoid being tagged by locking arms with either member of any couple he chooses. When he does, the third student of the group becomes the runner and must avoid being tagged.
If the runner is tagged the runner and chaser change positions. To make the activity interesting, the couples should run and twist to elude the runner.
For a large number of students there can be more than one runner and chaser.
Duck Duck Goose
This activity can be played in the playground, gym, auditorium or classroom.
Students form a circle around sitting cross-legged.
A student goes around tapping lightly on the heads saying, “Duck, duck, goose.”
The students whose head they said goose to has to get up and run around the circle and get the student before he/she gets their spot.
Cognitive Development
Processing information
Learning language
Problem solving
Memory
Cognitive development is the child’s ability to learn and solve problems on their own. The child will learn how to use a pencil to make shapes (like a square) and then to make letters, words and sentences.
The child will be drawing people, houses and trees with more detail than before. (for example: at least 6 body parts when he draws a person). (CASRC, 2008)
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Word Searches
Circle the words in the word bank. Words appear straight across, backwards, straight across, up and down, down and up, and diagonally
This will help students use their minds and help build and grow their thinking skills.
Memory
This activity can be used to teach the students their spelling words by putting them on index cards and trying to find the definitions and match them with the word. For younger students you can use animals, seasons, numbers, colors, holidays, etc.
Use of technology for learning
Use of a common site for access by individual children
Use of emails for coursework and assignments
E-learning system
Use of internet
Use of timed tests and exams
Technology will be used to individualize learning through coming up with a common school site that students can log in to take tests, notes and all course work individually, through use of emails to send assignments and course work, introducing the e-learning system whereby students register and get access to the learning materials, incorporating exams and tests in the web to ensure that students take individual timed tests and exams over the internet, and finally, increased use of the internet for access to learning materials. Technology should be used to ensure that all children get to learn how to work individually without relying on others.
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A description or diagram of how the classroom would be organized so that children may develop in each area
Students facing each other or simply few of them
Smaller number of children per classroom
The classroom will be organized such that all students can be seen by the teachers. This ensures that they give all their attention to the teacher. An arrangement whereby students are facing each other in a table will be suitable as the attention can be given to the teacher fully. The classroom will also be set for a smaller number of children so that making observations and studying their behavior can be easy.
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References
Bradley, K. (2012). Features of a Positive Classroom. Retrieved September 17, 2012 from http://www.ehow.com/info_7992015_features-positive-elementary-classroom.html
CASRC., (2008). How kids develop. Retrieved September 17, 2012 from http://www.howkidsdevelop.com/developSkills.html
Dowling, M. (2009). Young children’s personal, social and emotional development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Essa, E. (2009). Introduction to Early Childhood Education Annotated Student’s Edition. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.
Frost, S. (2011). Role Playing. Retrieved September 17, 2012 from http://www.livestrong.com/article/268217-activities-for-childrens-emotional-social-development
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Gordon, A. M., & Browne, K. W. (2011). Beginnings and beyond: Foundations in early childhood education. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
Bradley, K. (2012). Features of a Positive Classroom. Retrieved September 17, 2012 from http://www.ehow.com/info_7992015_features-positive-elementary-classroom.html
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References Cont’d
Pangrazi, R. P., & Beighle, A. (2011). Dynamic physical education for elementary school children. San Francisco ; London: Benjamin Cumm
Raver, C. (2012). Young Children’s Emotional Development and School Readiness. Retrieved September 17, 2012 from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Young_Childrens/
Pangrazi, R. P., & Beighle, A. (2011). Dynamic physical education for elementary school children. San Francisco ; London: Benjamin Cumm
Raver, C. (2012). Young Children’s Emotional Development and School Readiness. Retrieved September 17, 2012 from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Young_Childrens/
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