Teacher Candidate: Kaylee Dillon Date: 3/26/2014

School: Rock Branch Elementary Grade: First

Subject: Reading and Art Lesson Title: Cascarones Are for Fun


INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES/ STUDENT OUTCOMES
Students will demonstrate their understanding of aspects of the Mexican culture by
exploring holiday traditions and creating replicas of Cascarones.

WV CSOs

ELA.1.R.C3.1
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or
events in literary texts. (CCSS RL.1.7
ELA.1.R.C3.3
Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas in
informational texts. (CCSS RI.1.7)

ACEI Standards
1.0 Development, Learning, and Motivation
3.1 Integrating and applying knowledge for instruction
3.4 Active engagement in learning
5.1 Professional growth, reflection, and evaluation

MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Overall Time- 60 minutes
Time Frame-
5 minutes- Teacher Introduction
15 minutes- Reading Groups
10 minutes- Cascarone History and looking at Cascarone images
25 minutes- Art
5 minutes- Closing Discussion
STRATEGIES
Teacher/student led discussion
Independent/group practice
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION/ ADAPTATIONS/ INTERVENTIONS
Learning Differences
For students who are struggling to complete the
lesson, I will aid them by them read.
Sensory Differences
I will allow extra time and individualized
instruction for students with sensory
differences.
Attention Differences
I will construct the lesson with steps that will be
taken one at a time. The lesson will move quickly
from one activity to another to keep interest.
Behavioral Differences
I will give reinforcement during the lesson
regarding correct behavior and structure.
Motivational Differences
I will create the lesson using various motivational
strategies, reaching students with motivational
differences.
Ability Differences
I will design the lesson so that students with
ability differences are able to participate in the
activity. Limiting sentences to be written.
Physical Differences
I will adapt the lesson format for students with
physical differences by adjusting the lesson, so
they may participate.
Cultural Differences
I will use examples from real-world cultural
situations when creating the lesson.
Communication Differences
Through use of the visuals, I will aid students will
communication differences. I will assist students
with questions or unknown words throughout
the lesson.
Enrichment
I will allow students who have completed their
work to learn more about Mexico on Brainpop
through the use of Ipads.
Multiple Intelligence
Verbal/Linguistic Naturalistic Spatial
Interpersonal Logical Mathematical Intrapersonal
Bodily/Kinesthetic Existential Musical




PROCEDURES
Introduction/ Lesson Set
Tell students that they are going to learn about a Mexican Tradition. Ask
students if they know what a tradition is.
Students will read Cascarones Are for Fun, which is a Leveled Reader.
o Students should be broken up into groups with mixed reading levels.
Body & Transitions
After students have read Cascarones Are for Fun, direct them to go back to
their sets.
o Ask students What are Cascarones?
Pull up Mexican Cascarones on the overhead: http://hispanic-culture-
online.com/mexican-cascarones.html
o Read to students Cascarones History and The Meaning of
Cascarones.
Emphasis that many people believed that breaking Cascarones
over your friends heads brings a shower of good luck and
good fortune along with the spill of confetti.
On Google Images, show students many pictures of Cascarones.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mexican+cascarones&tbm=isch&tbo=u&s
ource=univ&sa=X&ei=7F5ZU9iuOI6-
sQTaw4LQCQ&ved=0CC4QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=605. Leave these images up
for students to refer to. When looking at the images, relate them to coloring
Easter eggs with their families during Easter time.
o Discuss how they are made from real eggs.
o Emphasis the bright colors used.
Next, students will make their own Cascarones out of cardstock and tissue
paper (Mexican music can be played with the students work).
o Students need one large egg cut out on cardstock, glue, scissors, and
tissue paper.
o Students are to glue strips or pieces of the tissue paper to their egg.
Closure
After students are finished with their Cascarones, direct them to clean up their
areas.
Once everything is cleaned up, students can share their Cascarones art with
the class.
Have a closing discussion on what Cascarones are, what culture uses them,
and what they mean.
ASSESSMENT

Diagnostic Students background knowledge on traditions.
Formative
Students can recall what Cascarones are from reading their story.
Summative Closing discussion

MATERIALS
Leveled Reader: Cascarones Are for Fun
Mexican Cascarones link: http://hispanic-culture-online.com/mexican-
cascarones.html
Google Images of Cascarones:
https://www.google.com/search?q=mexican+cascarones&tbm=isch&tbo=u&s
ource=univ&sa=X&ei=7F5ZU9iuOI6-
sQTaw4LQCQ&ved=0CC4QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=605
Overhead
Large eggs cut out of cardstock
Scissors
Glue
Multi-colored tissue paper
Mexican music
The Cucuy Stole My Cascarones by Spelile Rivas

EXTENDED ACTIVITES

If student
finishes early
Allow students to explore facts and games about Mexico on BrainPop
and Brainpop Jr.
If lesson finishes
early
Read: The Cucuy Stole My Cascarones by Spelile Rivas
If technology
fails/not
accessible
Have printed pictures of Cascarones and Cascarones History

POST-TEACHING
Reflections
This activity went really well. The students were ready to read in their reading groups.
They all were engaged in one another while they took turns reading. After they read, they
participated in the discussion of Cascarones. All of the students have a good understanding
of Cascarones.
We read through the history of Cascarones. When we looked at images of them, the
students were very excited to see the bright colors. They made comments such as Those
are beautiful and why cant my family makes those on Easter? I played Mexican music
again while the students worked. Their Cascarones turned out really well. They were all very
proud of their Cascarones and enjoyed sharing them with the class. We hung them up in the
hallway after they dried.