Chapter 7

Make a list of the sequence of skills necessary for ultimate mastery of the content of your lesson through a constructivist approach.

Which of these learning activities/skills lend themselves to student’s individual or group construction? How might you structure learning activities that lead students to discover these skills/these principles?

 

The lesson that my group and I created in class involved Reading Comprehension for first graders. We said we would have students read a certain short story and follow up with an activity to assess comprehension. Before reading the story, the teacher will introduce the text with the aid of visuals, props, or videos with closed captioning (that relate to the story). Next the teacher will do a picture walk and ask students if any of the pictures look farmilar thus, activating student prior knowledge. Activating students prior knowledge will allow students to construct their understanding of the text and build on their existing knowledge.

 

Students will collaborate in groups to talk about the story, and give different view points and ideas about the text. This group construction will help other students construct more knowledge based on their peers views and understandings of the story. The students will then do an activity where they create a comic strip about the story they just read, illustrating main points and ideas.

 

 Making this comic strip will allow the teacher to see if students are really comprehending the story, and understanding what a main point vs background point is within texts. After collaborating, the students will work individually on their comic strips which will allow them to construct their own knowledge and answers based on their prior knowledge, the text, and group construction.