Guided Discovery Model The two lesson plans provided are examples of lessons that follow the Guided

Discovery Model. Both of the lesson plans are designated for Kindergarten classrooms. The first lesson plan, the students are provided with a group of shapes. They have circles, triangles, rectangles, and the other basic shapes. They are instructed to sort the shapes out by physical characteristics at least three different ways. The students then have to record their information on an example sheet. This allows the students to organize the characteristics of the shapes and provides them with a record of examples for what each shape looks like. Throughout the lesson, the students are provided with a story and questions for a guide. This lesson follows the model with high strengths. The topics are identified, the students are instructed with certain goals to achieve, and with the help of the example sheet, they are provided with examples and non-examples. The teacher also asked the students certain questions to guide their findings. If I were to change anything about this lesson, I would have the students emphasize more on non-examples so they can really understand the correct and incorrect characteristics of the shapes they are finding. I liked how the lesson plan involved Bloom as well. The second lesson plan involves shapes as well. For this activity, the students are provided with shapes. The teacher provided the students with guiding questions in the beginning of the lesson relating to what basic shapes are found, where can you find the shapes, and how are the shapes related to the students life. There is a chart provided with the characteristics of the shapes to show the students a general overview of the shapes. The students participate in different activities such as drawing the shapes and answering questions after. This is a great example of guided discovery. The students are provided with guiding questions, they have examples and non-examples to look at, and they are working in groups. This strongly correlates to the model. Something that I would change would be for the students to find the characteristics themselves rather than having the sheet provide it for them.