Group+Elementary

> How would **you do formative evaluation**? During the retelling of the story "Snow Globe Family", possibly through observation, or a retelling checklist as the student is retelling.
 * 1) **Name:** Shawn Rice, Jessica Murphy, Jennifer O'Brien, Cathy Almond
 * 2) **Website Link**:http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=990&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.scholastic.com%2Fbrowse%2Fsearch%2F%3FNr%3DOR%28Resource_Type%3ALesson%2520Plan%2CResource_Type%3AInformal%2520Lesson%2520Article%2CResource_Type%3AUnit%2520Plan%29%26N%3D0%26isBrowse%3DY%22+class%3D%22endecaAll%22%3EAll+Results%3C%2Fa%3E+%26gt%3B+Science
 * 3) **What are the goals**? Students will "retell a story's beginning, middle and end." --//Massachusetts English/Language Arts Curriculum Framework//
 * 4) **What are the objectives**? Students will "retell a story's beginning, middle and end." --//Massachusetts English/Language Arts Curriculum Framework//
 * 5) **Do you agree with the instructional strategy, in other words, how the lesson is taught**? No. The lesson objectives seem to be an afterthought within the lesson itself. The retelling of the story (beginning, middle, and end) take a backseat to the snow globe art project, and the lesson plan is unclear and has little detail.
 * 6) **On Bloom's Taxonomy what kind of knowledge does the lesson address**? Application
 * 7) IF you were **teaching this lesson in your class,** where would you want to do **formative evaluation**?During the retelling of the story "Snow Globe Family" (possibly an observation or retelling worksheet). This is the only section of the lesson where formative assessment is able to be done.

HOW was that lesson published!!!!!! I agree with your comments. I do think that this would be a fun activity, but it doesn't seem to relate to the objectives at all! From a science perspective this could be interesting....Why does the glitter take a long time to fall? This can lead to an understanding of floating, sinking...density and buoyancy. OR, if you wanted to stay with the retelling goal: Student could write the "beginning, middle and end". You could tape it in to the back of the snowglobe so that you could see it through the jar. -- BETH I have to agree with your above statement that the idea of the students retelling the beginning, middle, and ending of the snow globe family has been pushed to the slidelines. It seems to me they put more emphasis on the actual making of the snow globe instead of retelling portion. I like the idea Beth came up with for the story portion about attaching it to the jar. Realizing baby food jars can be small we could always put the story on a index card and punch a hole and tie it around the jar with string so that the story maintains part of the globe. I do favor the fact that the students are able to be interactive in the lesson rather than just sitting in their desks writing the story--Ericka This sounds like a fun activity to do but I don't know how it is educationally significant. (Joe P)
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