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-Barbara
Colorose
4 As in
s of 4As Lesson Planning
Lesson
planning
ACTIVITY
-Activate Prior Knowledge
-Access prior knowledge/activate students schemas
Methods:
Gallery walk
Brainstorming
Concept mapping
Games
Q&A
ANALYSIS/ABSTRACTION
Acquire
new knowledge
Promote higher order thinking enable
students to make connections and
interconnections between the course
material and real life experiences
Foster inquiry throughout lessons and
among students
Methods:
Leaning logs
Guest speakers
Mini lessons
Active reading
Viewing + listening
Note making
Group discussions
Journals
Visual representations
Role play
Think/pair/share
Application
Consolidate
Methods:
Learning
logs
Exit Slips
Sharing of products
Debriefing on process
Performances
Publications
Real world activities
Scenario
Simulation
Demonstration
Case study
Assessment
Assess what has been learned and
what needs to be further developed
METHODS:
Gallery walk
Brainstorming
Concept mapping
Leaning logs
Guest speakers
Mini lessons
Active reading
Learning logs
Exit Slips
Sharing of products
Debriefing on process
Quizzes
Open and closed book tests
Think/pair/share
Small conferences
INTEGRATIO
N OF 5 ES
The
5 E lesson basically
supports inquire based
instruction. It allows
children to make
discoveries and to process
new skills in an engaging
way. Teachers can also
adequately plan power
objectives more effectively
by using the 5E process.
Children
PHASES OF 5 ES:
Engage
Make
These
Explore
This phase of the 5
E's provides students with a
common base of experiences.
They identify and develop
concepts, processes, and
skills. During this phase,
students actively explore their
environment or manipulate
materials.
Explain
This phase of the 5 E's helps students
explain the concepts they have been
exploring. They have opportunities to
verbalize their conceptual understanding
or to demonstrate new skills or behaviors.
This phase also provides opportunities for
teachers to introduce formal terms,
definitions, and explanations for
concepts, processes, skills, or behaviors .
others
Listens critically to one anothers
explanations
Questions one anothers explanations
Listens to and tries to comprehend
explanations the teacher offers
Refers to previous activities
Uses recorded observation in explanations
Elaborate:
This
EVALUATE
This
open-ended questions by
using observations, evidence, and
previously accepted explanations
Demonstrates an understanding or
knowledge of the concept or skill
Evaluates his or her own progress
and knowledge
Asks related questions that would
encourage future investigations