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Lesson Plan Christmas in Latin America

OBJECTIVE CONNECTION TO ACHIEVEMENT GOAL


What will your students be able to do? How does the objective connect to your
achievement goal?

-SWBAT identify different foods and items related Students will be able to acquire new academic

to traditional Latin American Christmas vocabulary through an introduction, visual

celebrations representations, and modeling. Additionally,

-SWBAT articulate background history of students will have time to practice speaking and

Christmas listening to this new vocabulary. Once students

-SWBAT to read simple and new academic have mastered this vocabulary they will be able

vocabulary words in Spanish to carry on conversations and understand simple

conversations related to the topic of celebrations.


PRE-PLANNING

PREREQUISITE SKILLS DIAGNOSTIC


What will your students need to know to master How will you assess students mastery of these
the grade-level objective? foundational skills?
In order to master these above objectives students Students have recently completed a diagnostic

need to be able to put sounds together to sound out assessment in regards to how well they can put

words. Students also need to have a background Spanish sounds together to read words. Taking

understanding of traditions and celebrations that this data into consideration, I can know which

they practice at home or be somewhat familiar with students will need additional support in this area.

common western celebrations during the winter Additionally, students will take a quick Do Now,

holidays. prior to beginning the lesson in order to have

them share and gauge their level of understanding Commented [CP1]: By activating the students prior
knowledge I can use what they know as a resource and it
allows me to make sure that all students have a basic
of holiday celebrations for this time of year. understanding of what a traditional western of American
Christmas consists of. In ensuring that students have this
END OF LESSON ASSESSMENT knowledge I am preparing them for the culminating,
discovery activity of comparing and contrasting a Christmas
How will you know whether your students have made progress toward the objective? in the USA versus a traditional Latin American Christmas.

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Lesson Plan Template 1
At the conclusion of the lesson, students will complete an exit ticket in which they will be able to show

mastery of the new academic vocabulary presented to them.

Students will be able to identify and match the new terms with their meanings in Spanish.

KEY POINTS
What three to five key points will you emphasize?
I know different traditions carried out during the Christmas time

I know the different items and foods used and eaten during Christmas

I know how and why the Christmas Celebration began

OPENING (__ min.) MATERIALS


(Consider: How will you communicate what is about to happen?
LESSON
CYCLE

How will you communicate how it will happen?


How will you communicate its importance?
How will you communicate connections to previous lessons?
How will you engage students and capture their interest?)

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Lesson Plan Template 2
The opening of the lesson will be an explanation of our agenda and purpose. With the PPT

help of the smart board I will articulate and show students that we will be learning Agenda slide

about Christmas traditions in Latin America. This agenda sample is illustrated below: Do Now

Christmas Hook video

-Do Now: show what you know

-Video of Christmas origins Commented [CP2]: This exploratory activity will serve as
an engaging hook that captures student attention.
-New Vocabulary

-Practice

-Exit Ticket

In order to create investment in this topic I am going to relay to students that we will

be studying Christmas from a Latin American perspective, which is different than

what they are normally exposed to in school. Additionally, I am going to stress the

importance of this learning because it will be an exploration of what some of their

families may have practiced or currently practice. This will also serve to create interest

as well since students have really liked learning about traditions different to those of

the dominant culture. Additionally, investment will also be created through a brief

video that will allow students to visualize how Christmas came to be.

INTRODUCTION OF NEW MATERIAL (__ min.)


(Consider: What key points will you emphasize and reiterate?
How will you ensure that students actively take in information?
How will you vary your approach to make information accessible to all students?
Which potential misunderstandings will you anticipate? Why will students be
engaged/interested?)

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Lesson Plan Template 3
The teacher will facilitate a group discussion on noticings and connections between Commented [CP3]: This along with the previous video
Slide for class will serve to make sure that students have basic
understandings, have students share prior knowledge, and
what students already know and what they learned about in the video about the origins notes on grab attention as Jones et al. suggest that exploratory
Smart board activities towards the beginning of the lesson should do.
of Christmas. Next, the teacher will present new academic vocabulary for the unit and
PPT with
model the correct ways in which to use these words and phrases in Spanish. With help vocabulary
terms and
from students, the teacher can create active participation and use the students pictures

knowledge as a resource to create simple student friendly definitions and give their Spanish
notebooks
significance to Christmas celebrations in Latin America.

Students will also have a chance to take notes on these class created definitions in their

Spanish notebooks for future reference. This will ensure active learning and students

will be able to take ownership of the working definitions we will have created

together. Students may get this origin of Christmas confused with conflicting beliefs of

their own thoughts and practices. I will be sure to stress that different perspectives are

valued and welcome but for this particular study, in order to show mastery we need to

think about Christmas from a different point of view.

Formative Assessment for this portion of the lesson: Students will share with their

table groups using the new vocabulary about the history of Christmas. Teacher will

monitor student responses and correct any misunderstandings or misconceptions.

GUIDED PRACTICE (__ min.)


(Consider: How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?
How will you ensure that all students have multiple opportunities to practice?
How will you scaffold practice exercises from easy to hard? How will you monitor and
correct student performance? Why will students be engaged/interested?)

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Lesson Plan Template 4
Prior to beginning the guided practice, I will remind students of the behavioral
Sample of
expectations. They will use appropriate voice levels and remain in their seats to vocabulary
cards
practice with their shoulder or table partners.
Pencils,
Explain to students that they will be working on identifying and matching the new markers

vocabulary terms with their partners. I will introduce and explain how to complete the Vocabulary Commented [CP4]: This exploratory activity gives
and sentence students a scaffolded practice that will be very similar to the
assessment at the end. It also help[s] students generate the
practice activity: starters on the basic understandings required to be successful in the later
smart board culminating activities (Jones et al).
First, you will take the index cards provided to you and write down a vocabulary term

on one side of each card. Next, you will provide a written and drawing for each term

on the other side of the card. Upon completing your vocabulary cards you will take

turns with a partner practicing identifying each term with each set of vocabulary cards.

These terms will include key food and items used throughout Latin American

Christmas celebrations, such as: nacimiento, piata, pozole, noche nuena, posadas.

I will be circulating the room and monitoring to make sure that students are on the

right path towards mastery. Engagement and interest will be created by allowing

students to have creative ability to create their own cards and practice reading and

identifying the terms with a classmate.

Formative Assessment for this portion of the lesson: Teacher observations and

monitoring will ensure that students are on track for mastery in practicing with their

partners.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (__ min.)


(Consider: How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?
In what ways will students attempt to demonstrate independent mastery of the
objective? How will you provide opportunities for extension? Why will students be
engaged/interested?)

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Lesson Plan Template 5
Before beginning, students will be reminded of independent work expectations both
My
orally and visually through the use of the smartboard. Students are expected to Christmas in
Mexico
complete this practice independently and silently in their seats. The teacher will give activity
copies
out instructions both orally and written using the smart board and visually using a

sample work. Students will independently complete a written synthesis of what their pencils Commented [CP5]: This discovery activity will allow
students to transfer their new understanding in a creative
fashion that is still tie[s] directly to the learning target
experience would like in s traditional Latin American celebration of Christmas. Given (Jones et al. pg. 3). By writing about how they might
experience a Latin American or particularly, Mexican
that students are on differing levels of Spanish written abilities, this activity will be Christmas students can apply newly acquired vocabulary
terms in a rigorous and meaningful way.

scaffolded with sentence stems. This activity will allow students to demonstrate that

they know how to use new academic vocabulary correctly in the context of Latin

American Christmas celebrations. This activity will appeal to students because they

have the opportunity to envision themselves in the context of the learning and apply

their newly acquired vocabulary in an imaginative way.

Formative Assessment for this portion of the lesson: The written activity will be

monitored by the teacher while assisting with any misconceptions.

CLOSING (__ min.)


(Consider: How will students summarize what they learned?
How will students be asked to state the significance of what they learned?
How will you provide all students with opportunities to demonstrate mastery of (or
progress toward) the objective?
Why will students be engaged/interested?)

In an exit ticket students will be able to show mastery of new vocabulary through Exit ticket Commented [CP6]: Beginning with the end in mind, I
copies used backwards planning as suggested by Jones et al. in An
Integration of Backwards Planning Unit Deign with the
matching terms with their Spanish meanings. Additionally, students will have to make Two Step Lesson Planning Framework by envisioning
pencils how I would assess student mastery and what students would
a written connection between what they learned about Christmas in Latin America and need to be able to do by the end of the lesson. Since this is
the students first exposure to the vocabulary I want them to
be able to show that they can identify and match the meaning
what they already knew or practice at home or in the USA. Students will be asked to with pictures or words of the new terms and meanings. In
addition to this I would like students to synthesis their
learning about the origins of Christmas by relating it to the
respond to this prompt addressing both traditions and the history of Christmas. knowledge that they already have.

Students will have several opportunities to show mastery in the various key points that

were emphasized.

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Lesson Plan Template 6
Notes, Handouts & Materials:

Sample of My Christmas in Mexico

This particular version of the activity would be appropriate for my second grade classes as well as any

third and fourth graders whose Spanish abilities are very limited. I would expect most third and fourth

grade students to complete a similar version of this activity without so much scaffolding.

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