UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE

EDUC 330 LESSON PLAN FORMAT

TEACHER (your COURSE: EDUC
name)
330
Mackenzie Jessip
DATE OF
CRN:1253
PRESENTATION:
May 3, 2016

GRADE
4

LESSON TITLE
Silent Shake

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Math, Language Arts,
Performing Arts,
Social Studies

CONTENT STANDARDS AND CONTENT OBJECTIVES

SUBJECT STANDARDS
GOAL OF UNIT
5.5 Include others in physical
For students to be able to form
activities and respect individual
groups with those of matching
differences in skill and motivation.
numbers without talking.
3.1 Participate in appropriate
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF LESSON
warm-up and cool-down exercises
Students will work cooperatively as
for particular physical activities.
a class to successfully participate in
4.7
the activity Silent Shake, while
performing basic non-locomotor
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
movements.
ADDRESSED
Bodily Kinesthetic
Interpersonal
COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE, AND PSYCHOMOTOR OBJECTIVES
COGNITIVE
AFFECTIVE
PSYCHOMOTOR
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
Students will be
Students will find
Students will be able
able to practice
partners or groups
to hop, lunge and
non-verbal
cooperatively
perform jumping
communication
without help from
jacks in place while
during a silent
the teacher
forming groups with
activity
those of the same
number.
ASSESSMENT
STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSMENT
Teacher observation of the students to make sure there is not talking or other forms of
communication. Once everyone thinks they are done the teacher will go around and
check and make sure everyone in that group has the same number
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
STRATEGIES TO MEET DIVERSIFIED LEARNERS
For visual learners teacher can demonstrate a hop, lunge and jumping jack.
Have two student volunteers so the class can see what is required.

MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, and/or TECHNOLOGY NEEDED

No materials or equipment needed
STEPS THROUGH THE LESSON
INTO (set the stage; the hook, lesson
RATIONALE (why are you doing this?)
objectives)
I am doing this because it gets students
Hook: How many of you know what a
into the mindset of being quiet. If they
mime is? (Call on a student that raised
relate it to something that they know for
their hand, ask them to perform a move
example the mime it will help rather than
they think a mime would do.) Inform the
just telling them they have to be quiet and
class that today they are all going to be
are not allowed to talk.
mimes which means that everyone has to
stay absolutely silent. (Have students
close their mouths and throw away the
key)
After tell them to stand up and push in
their chairs, have them take a lap around
the classroom without talking for a warm
up.
THROUGH (instructional input,
RATIONALE (why are you doing this?)
modeling, checking for understanding,
To help students perform non-locomotor
guided practice)
movements while trying to form groups
1. Students pick a number between 1 and
while not talking. This allows for students
4, but students must not tell anyone else
who are shyer to be able to come out of
which number they have selected.
their comfort zone.
2. Students aim to find other students with
the same number but must do this without
talking.
3. Students perform the assigned
movement (hop, lunge, jumping jack) with
others the number of times as the number
they choose. For example: a students that
choose the number 2 would hop with
another student twice.
4. The activity ends when all students
have found a group with the same number.
5. This activity can be repeated multiple
times with different numbers of groups or
movements that have to be performed.
BEYOND (independent practice,
RATIONALE (why are you doing this?)
further research)
As a cool down from all of the moving
After the activity is complete have
around that was performed during the
students take another lap around the
activity. Giving the keys back is symbolic
classroom as they approach their desk because they are no longer mimes.
they may sit down. (Give students the
keys back to their mouths and allow
them to begin talking)