CHAMELEON
SCHOOL
OVERVIEW
LIBRARY/SCHOOL CONTEXT
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For this Media Lesson, I will be instructing a class of 26 ELL students in 5th grade. I will be assisted by two classroom teachers and an aide. Chameleon School is a federally supported school located in a large housing development. This housing development was created to assist the resettlement of international refugees and their families. The students have been in the United States for approximately one year but have limited English. The students have are from many different international areas.
CURRICULAR CONNECTION
The students have been studying the Oregon Trail in Social Studies and have shown great interest in the life of the pioneers. Using their interest, we will continue to conduct lessons using this theme for teaching dictionary skills. These skills will be useful to them when conducting research on certain key concepts during their unit on the Pioneer era of the United States.
CURRICULAR CONNECTION
The students have been studying the Oregon Trail in Social Studies and have shown great interest in the life of the pioneers. Using their interest, we will continue to conduct lessons using this theme for teaching dictionary skills. These skills will be useful to them when conducting research on certain key concepts during their unit on the Pioneer era of the United States.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
The following are essential questions students can ask themselves for this lesson on ABC Order.
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What is ABC Order?
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Why is ABC Order necessary?
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What are the steps for ordering objects in ABC Order?
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Where can we find examples of things in ABC Order?
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LESSON OBJECTIVES
The objective of this lesson will be to help students become familiar with alphabetical order. They will also see how ABC order is important in the library and its uses in everyday life. Students will work effectively in a large group, small group and independently to put items in alphabetical order. The students will be able to demonstrate alphabetizing words to the 5th letter a minimum of 85% of the time.
PROPOSAL FOR FINAL PROJECT
The final product of this dictionary-skills unit will be a Pioneer Dictionary the students create based on vocabulary words the students are introduced to in their social studies unit. The Pioneer Dictionary will resemble a hand bound book that they will make. The dictionary will have vocabulary definitions written out as well as synonyms, word origin, and syllabication. Each page will feature guide words. Students will be free to add more words (concepts) as they choose. They must have a minimum of ten additional words.