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PROGRAM PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT (10 Hours) LEVEL 3-4
What is an Instructional Strategy?
Provide examples to help transfer learning.
Here is an example.
The children are learning to the names of fruits and vegetables. You create an activity where the children cut out (or you cut out) a number of fruits and vegetables and affix them to 3x5 cards. Write (or have the children write) the name of each food item on the corresponding card. Gather the cards and staple them together or punch holes in the cards put on a ring. Send these cards home and encourage parents to bring the cards with them when they go to store and help the children identify the foods on their cards.
The children are learning to the names of fruits and vegetables. You create an activity where the children cut out (or you cut out) a number of fruits and vegetables and affix them to 3x5 cards. Write (or have the children write) the name of each food item on the corresponding card. Gather the cards and staple them together or punch holes in the cards put on a ring. Send these cards home and encourage parents to bring the cards with them when they go to store and help the children identify the foods on their cards.
Integrate topics and concepts Investigate/Observe (from a variety of angles)
One example of this might be the investigation and observation of pumpkins. In the spring your class plants pumpkin seeds. When the pumpkins are ready to pick the children gather them, buy pumpkins from the store or visit a pumpkin patch. Children are introduced to pumpkins as a fruit, where it is grown, and ways to use pumpkins. Then the pumpkin is graphed, it is measured, weighed and visually observed. Next the pumpkin it cut open and children explore the contents by scooping, touching, smelling and tasting. Finally the children bake the seeds and or make pumpkin tarts for snack. You continue this by drying and saving pumpkin seeds to plant the next spring.
Link new information and/or skills to prior knowledge (build background)
Check for understanding/Question: “Time to wash our hands. How many paper towels do we use to dry our hands? Yes! One paper tower, hurray!.”
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