Micro Teach Lesson Plan

Class: Grade 2 Lesson Topic: Canadian Inuit Communities

Duration: 15 minutes
Lesson Objective: Students will be able to compare the Lethbridge Community to an Inuit
Community.
General Outcome: 2.1- Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how
geography, culture, language, heritage, economics and resources shape & change Canadas
communities.
Lesson Summary:
-Lesson begins with enticing personal footage of a polar bear from Churchill, Manitoba to grab
students attention. Hand out KWL worksheet while it plays.
-Students will then fill in K & W to the best of their ability for what they know/want to know
about Inuit communities.
-Once completed will go to the carpet to read A Baseball Bat for Christmas that I will read aloud
to them.
-Will have short discussion about the story, then students will demonstrate their understanding
by writing in L. They will then complete a short assessment in the form of an exit slip where
they have to show in their answer that they understand how Inuit life is the same and how it
differentiates from their lives.
-Lesson finishes with exit slip being handed in.
Materials: Computer, projector screen, Baseball Bats for Christmas book, handouts, exit slips

Critical Reflection (Post-Presentation)

1. How Prominent was the inquiry question when you were engaging in planning?
I based my whole lesson plan around the question of what students would be
able to compare to their own personal lives to the lives of the Inuit peoples living
in Northern Canada.
2. How did you ensure all teaching and learning activities were tightly aligned to your
inquiry question for the lesson?
I made sure that all of my ideas for activities reverted back to the home/Inuit
comparison. Which is why I choose a book from an Inuit childs perspective so
 that the kids were getting not only their own point of view but could see how
that childs life differed from their own and also what similarities they shared.
3. When were your students most engaged?
My students were engaged throughout most of my lesson I found because we
were switching activities often. They were all very good and attentive during the
reading of A Baseball Bat for Christmas and when we broke off for them to do
their assignments they were quick and diligent with insightful comparisons.
4. When were your students least engaged?
My students least engaged time would probably have been during the reading
just because there was not a specific assignment for them to do other than listen
and see if they could pick up on any differentiations or similarities to their
everyday life. But to keep them attentive I asked the group questions about what
they thought the book was talking about. Next time I may try and ask more
generalized questions about what we just read like getting the kids to put up the
number of trees the book stated so I can tell how many are actually listening.
5. What worked well in the presentation?
I think that the movement from desk work to activate prior knowledge to the
carpet to learn new content worked well to get kids in the mindset for learning. I
think that the worksheet and exit slip would work very well for assessing
childrens understanding.
6. What did not work well in the presentation?
The KWL worksheet would have been more beneficial if I had more lessons to
teach them but likely would be beneficial in that circumstance. I would try and
explain more why I added my polar bear video to the students if I had more time
but it worked well as a attention grabber to get kids excited about what we were
going to talk about. Next time I may try to put even more animation into my
readings of the story to further excite kids.