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Learning Targets/Objectives:
The second-grade student will be able to demonstrate their understanding of deafness by
completing three stations and an inquiry packet.
Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies:
The teacher will start the lesson by asking the students what they know about deafness
Then the students will watch a YouTube video about being deaf
Development/Teaching Approaches
The teacher will go through a PowerPoint about the different types of deafness and the
causes of them
The teacher will have three stations set up in the classroom
The first station will have a paper with the alphabet in American Sign Language
o At this station the students will have to spell out a word to their partner using
sign language
o Their partner has to guess what word they spelled
At the second station, the students will have to wear earplugs and then read their
partners lips
At the third station, the students will wear earplugs and headphones on top
o At this station the students will listen to music through the headphones
The students will complete the inquiry sheet about each of these stations while they are
at them.
Closure/Summarizing Strategies:
The teacher will review what we talked about today
The students will hand in their inquiry packet
The teacher will tell the students that tomorrow they will be learning about hearing loss
and ways to communicate with people with hearing loss
Accommodations/Differentiation:
Students with visual impairments will be provided with verbal descriptions of what is
going on at each station
Students with hearing impairments will be given written directions for the activities
Materials/Resources:
ASL Sheet
Ear plugs
Head phones
Music
Inquiry Packet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_EmsguJMi
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/249285.php
Ardley, Neil. Science Book of Senses. Gulliver, 1991.
Cooney, Timothy. Scott Foresman Science. Pearson/Scott Foresman, 2008.
Showers, Paul, and Holly Keller. Ears Are for Hearing. Harper Trophy, 1993.
Simon, Seymour. Eyes and Ears. Harper Collins Publishers, 2003.
Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels
Additional reflection/thoughts