Educational Issues Presentation Lesson Plan

Issues Topic Group Members Learning Objectives

What do you want your classmates to learn?

What are the benefits of parental engagement and what can a teacher do to help? Kaitlyn, Olivia, and Rebecca Date March 5, 2014 Students will: Understand the importance of involving parents in their childs education and have strategies to help increase family participation. After each discussion group, the class will come back together and share ideas. We will consolidate learning at closure when we ask the main point of the activities. We will need scenario cards, large sheets of paper, tape, markers, and drawing sticks with students names on them.

Assessment
How will you know your classmates have learned?

Materials
What resources will you need for your presentation?

Introduction

Body

Closure

Introduce our subject with video clip (1 min) - Our question will be presented (1 min) - This will lead into our small activity (1 min) - We will break into two groups with drawing sticks - Each group will receive a giant paper with a marker (2 min) - They are required to think of an answer to our main question. There will be two different groups so group 1 will receive the first part of the question: What are the benefits of parental engagement? Group 2 will receive the second part of the question: What can a teacher do to involve parents. (5 min) - After students are done/ time is out we will put the giant sheets of paper up on the wall and discuss what the two groups came up with. (1 min) - This will lead into the Prezi (4 min) - We will explain our subject in more depth (1 min) - This will lead into our second activity. - Our second activity is the scenarios. We will break into 3 groups of 4 using the drawing sticks. (1 min) - Each group will be given a scenario and have a couple minutes to discuss the topic. There are two options on the cards. Option 1 is the main priority and if they have time they can do option 2 as well. (4 min) - After students are done/time is out we will gather into a circle and discuss all the scenarios. (8 min) - Ask: What is the main point that you should take away from this lesson? After, we will distribute the handout. (2 min)

If we have time: What did you learn today that you will try and implement in your own classroom.

Child Trends. (2013). Parental Involvement in the Schools. Retrieved from Child Trends. Improvement, T. C. (2012). Getting Parents Involved in Schools. Retrieved from Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/25979 Key Resources Inc, S. F. (2013). Parent Involvement. Retrieved from PTO Today: http://www.ptotoday.com/parent-involvement

Gail L. Zellmn, G. W.-T.-O. (2013). Implementation of the K--12 Education Reform in Qatars Schools. Supreme Education Counsel . Keith, M. (2012). 5 Ways Parents Can Engage In Their Childs Education. Retrieved from Edudemic. Sergiovanni, T. (2012). Towards Inclusion. Supporting Positive Behaviours in the Manitoba Classroom , 7-16. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2012). Parent Engagement: Strategies for Involving. Retrieved from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/adolescenthealth/pdf/parent_engagement _strategies.pdf

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