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Sample Lesson Plans Seeds of Learning instructors take great care in preparing lesson plans that will help their students learn while having fun. Due to the small class sizes at Seeds of Learning, teachers can plan and do activities that require individual attention. For additional information on lessons or any Seeds of Learning program, please fill out our Inquiry Form. If you know a child who would benefit from any SOL programs, please click here to recommend them quickly and easily and your child could earn tuition credit when the child you recommend enrolls in our program! Comprehensive Lesson The first week of class will be "America Week." We will be learning about the United States as a nation and "America" as a concept. We will be incorporating this theme into every subject that we study. This study will make our students more aware how we as citizens of the United States have shaped this nation called "America" and how we identify ourselves as Americans in family, society, culture, and nation. Language: The American Writer. During our language classes, our students will be learning about American writers, such as Louisa May Alcott, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemmingway, Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, and Harriet Beecher Stowe and others. We will be studying the themes of their writings and how their writings relate to America. What did each writer think about the United States as a country? Did the author believe that America was a land of freedom and opportunity? Was the author proud of his or her country? At the beginning of class on Monday, each child will be assigned a certain writer and will be given a more extensive reading list of the author's works to be completed by the end of the week. On Friday, they will be asked to present a detailed account of their author-how his life as a United States citizen reflected or did not reflect in his writings, how he depicted America and foreigners in his works, how the period in which he wrote reflected the views of Americans in that era. The presenter will also be asked to write a story mimicking an important aspect of the author's work. For instance, if the student were studying Robert Frost, he or she might write a poem about a traveler's reflections as he rode through Renton. A student studying Ernest Hemmingway could write a story of his adventures as an American in a foreign land. A story mimicking Louisa May Alcott might show how an American family of all girls or all boys lives today. Math:
How We Measure Things in America. In our math class, we will be studying
area, time, and surface measurements. We will compare our measurements
with those used in other countries and will talk about recent changes
we have made in measurements. We will calculate the area of famous
monuments in the United States, such as a simplified version of the
Lincoln Memorial. We will also be calculating the distances between
states and cities in America. How far do you have to drive to get
from Texas and Maine? How many miles would you have to walk to cross
the United States from New York City to Seattle? Finally, we will be learning about surface area. We will be calculating the surface area of simplified states (calculating the exact surface area of states would be much too complicated). We will also be comparing the surface areas of different states to discover which state is the largest in the United States. Music: American Music Today and in the Past. In our music class, we will be learning traditional folk songs from the United States. We will be singing such a songs as Shenandoah, America the Beautiful, and learning the Star Spangled Banner. We will also be learning fun, modern songs such as the Fifty Nifty United States (which will help us learn the names of all fifty states). We will also be learning about American composers such as George Gershwin, Frances Scott Key, and Leonard Bernstein. We will be studying their lives and works while listening to their compositions. What aspects of the United States inspired their work? Frances Scott Key was inspired to write our National Anthem. Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin composed works about the different cultures of the United States with West Side Story and Porgy and Bess. Art: From America's Native Americans to Modern American Artists. We will learn about Native American art, American sculpture and ceramics, and specific artists such as Georgia O'Keefe and Edward Hopper. We will have a short lesson before class about each subject about various artists and the media in which they worked. We will first create wooden sculptures of animals, which were greatly admired by the Native Americans, and paint them in the popular styles of Native American art. We will then study and paint different plants and flowers, as Georgia O'Keefe did, and learn to draw the human figure as a tragic figure in an urban landscape, such as those depicted by Edward Hopper. Sample Spanish Lesson Goals: 1.Correctly
sound vowels A-E-I-O-U using various consonants Sequence: 1. Explain vowel and consonants.
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