Reference no: EM133557499

Scenario

You have a class of 22 students in 1st year. There are 14 boys and 8 girls. There is a boy who has just arrived in Canada and does not speak French. He speaks English. Your classroom has large windows. You are lucky enough to have a direct view of the rocky mountains. Your classroom has a smart board, two large whiteboards on casters, 22 desks, several manipulatives, posters, a reading corner, a table with 3 computers and an art corner. You do not have a student assistant. There is a gymnasium and a library at your school.

Intention

Choose a level: 1st year

the organizing idea: Energy: Understanding of the physical world is deepened by studying matter and energy.

the guiding question: How can the movement of objects and animals be understood?

RA(s): Students study the direction, trajectory and speed of moving objects and animals.

knowledge(s): The directions of movement can be described as: to the top down forward rearward towards the side in the direction of moving away from. A trajectory is the path that an object or animal follows when it moves.

The understanding(s): Movement consists of a direction, a trajectory and a speed.

The skill(s) and procedure(s): Observe and describe the direction, trajectory and speed of objects or animals.

Activity

A possible activity for first graders would be to do an experiment with toys or everyday objects to study movement. Collect different types of toys or objects: toy cars, balls, plastic animals, paper boats, etc.

Questions:

1. Lesson progress

In context Explain to the students that they will observe how miniature cars, balls, plastic animals, boats, how these objects move and describe their movements.

2. During production:

Ask students to choose an object and make it move in a specific way, such as throwing the ball or rolling the car. As the objects move, ask students to note the direction they are moving, up, down, backward, etc. Once students have all observed the movement of their objects, come together as a large group and ask each student to share what they observed.

Modelization:

Guided Practice:

Autonomous Practice:

3.After integration Facilitate a discussion by asking students questions, such as "which directions were the most common?" "What objects moved in a similar way?" , etc. Summarize the students' observations by emphasizing that the direction of movement can be described in different ways and that there are many types of movements.