Lesson Sketch for EDT 313 Investigation Hook lesson

Individuals completing this plan: Natalie Kallas & Jennifer Lakin

Lesson title: Neighbors Eye Investigation Topic: Sense of Sight

Hook: Look at your neighbors’ eye. Can you draw so and so’s eye?

2 Early Learning & Development Content Standards indicators:

1. Uses drawings and visuals to support language.

2. Identify and describe the function of body parts
3. Determines meanings, words, identifies, describes and creates shapes

Instructional objectives: list 2- 3 observable/measurable objectives for this lesson. Use precise
language w/ action verbs.
The student will:
1. Be able to identify the parts of their eye.

2. Be able to draw comparisons and differences between their eyes and their peers.

3. Be able to identify circles

Experience(s): Describe authentic (real life, hands-on not representational) materials and enticing/
creative experiences in which children are actively engaged. Experiences should encourage
experimentation, problem solving and language development. How will the experience(s) inform you on
the children’s prior knowledge and interest in the topic? How can you use this data to inform the
development of your Integrated Investigation Plan?

The students craft an eye using markers and construction paper. We will bring in mirrors so that
the students can look at the aspects of their own eyes and their peers’ eyes. The students will
use diverse materials such as markers, crayons, and construction paper to draw their eye. This
will allow us to see the depth of students’ knowledge about the eye.
Will the students draw a circle? Will they draw a circle containing another circle? Will the
students identify that their eye contains circles?

Assessment of student learning:

1. Data to be collected- We will collect the drawings of the eye and take formative
assessments by asking the children to tell us about what they are making.

2. Method used to record/aggregate data- We will collect their drawings and take anecdotal
notes.

3. Interpretation of assessment data- At the end of the investigation, we will give the students
the same lesson and compare the results.
Reflection on lesson: In one-page double spaced explain why the instructional objectives,
experiences and materials were chosen. Describe how well the children learned/achieved the
instructional objectives. Finally include a description of how the experience provided data to
inform the development of the investigation.

Hook Reflection

Jennifer and I implemented the hook activity on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. We

individually pulled a small group of nine students aside. Jennifer and I asked each student to

draw the eye as they see it. We asked them to look at our eyes and to look at a neighbor's

eyes. We then asked each student to use the pencil and paper provided to draw the eye. This

allowed us to measure the objective of each student being able to identify the parts of their eye,

to draw comparisons and differences between their eyes and their peers and being able to

identify circles. We chose these objectives because they would depict a vast variety of growth

while giving us a clear view of schema already built.

The results varied from in-depth drawings to light pencil marks indicating two dots. A

couple of students drew two circles. One student drew two circles with smaller circles inside of

the larger circles. This indicated that the student is able to identify that our eyes contain multiple

circles. The student's drawings varied from circles containing multiple circles to two dots. It was

through analyzing the student's drawings that we were able to see that each student met the

objectives of being able to identify the parts of the eye starting with basic shape recognition and

congruence. When students drew tiny dots inside of the large circles, it showed the depth of

knowledge due to the acknowledgement of the pupils and iris. All of the students except for one

is African American. One student who is Caucasian has blue eyes which was noted by the

other students as a difference since all of their eyes are dark brown. Students were able to

compare the color of her eyes to theirs. This allowed us to observe that the students were able

to draw comparisons and differences between their eyes and their peers. I chose the

instructional objective of students being able to identify circles. Upon the students drawing their

eyes, we asked each student to point to their eyes. We then asked each student to point to our
eyes. This allowed us to see that the students knew where their eyes are located. We then

asked each student to identify the shape of their eye. All of the students gave a verbal

response that their eyes are the shape of circles. These verbal responses allowed us to

evaluate the schema that each child had built on practical application of shapes in

correspondence to their bodies.

This hook activity allowed us to gain an understanding of the student's schemas built on

shapes, body part recognition, color, and locational awareness. Each student verbally and

physically displayed knowledge pertaining to the eye. We were able to expand on the

elaboration of the eye through the use of comparison. We asked the students why they drew

the eye in the manner that they did. The students who formed multiple circles inside of larger

circles stated that it was because the eye is made up of multiple circles. Jennifer and I plan on

implementing multiple lesson plans to help the students gain a better understanding of their eye

and components that make it. We felt like this hook activity allowed use to gain important

insight as to what the students already know and how we can tailor the lesson plans to grow

their schemas.
 Lesson Sketch Scoring Guide for EDT 313
Attach to plan submitted at mid-term

Individual completing this lesson plan: Jennifer Lakin & Natalie Kallas
Lesson title: Neighbors Eyes Date that lesson was taught: 03/28/2019

Points
Criteria Comments Points
Possible
Earned

1. EL&DCS indicators from at least 2 content areas were 0-2

integrated into the lesson.

2. Instructional objectives for the lesson used precise, 0-3

observable, and measurable action verbs that provided a
clear sense of what the children would be able to do.

3. The lesson experiences taught the instructional objectives 0-9

and were creative, developmentally appropriate and
included enticing, engaging and authentic materials. The
lesson accurately introduced a science concept and
included opportunities for problem-solving, peer
interaction, and/or inquiry.
4. Assessment strategies were used to evaluate what the 0-5
children learned as a result of the learning experience and
were related to the instructional objective. Data, method/s
used to record/aggregate data were described and an
interpretation of the data was included.

5. A 1 page, single-spaced, professionally written, error free 0-4

reflection describing why the instructional objectives,
experiences and materials were chosen as well as a
description of how well the children learned/achieved the
instructional objectives. Finally, the reflection should
include a description of how the experience provided data
to inform the development of the investigation.

Total Points
Earned