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In this lesson plan for Preschool/Kindergarten, the teacher was going to be teaching a lesson about common prepositional opposites. In this lesson plan, she included both an Introduction (initiation) and a Review (closure)! For the initiation, the teacher lists a couple ways she could start the lesson to grab their attention -- my favorite hook is the last bullet where she has the children looking around the room to identify things that are considered "opposites" in the classroom or having the students demonstrate an action and its opposite action. This is a great way to start the lesson because it allows the students to get up, get moving, and be creative with what they find. It also introduces them to opposites and assesses their prior knowledge on opposites before they even get into the lesson full-force. This is a very effective way to assess prior knowledge and teach the lesson in a fun and engaging way without them really even realizing. Soon after they finish that little warm-up, the teacher would teach the lesson and connect it back to the initiation/warm up. It is more effective than just saying, "Today, we will be learning opposites;" instead, it speaks for itself and gets all of the students engaged, excited, and interested.

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After, a lot of time searching I found this website to have the perfect lesson plan that contains an initiation and closure. The lesson is based around Kindergartners. I think this can be an extremely effective lesson because of the way it is set up.I like how it uses bullet points and gives how long each section should take for the lesson. For example, for the introduction (initiation) it should take 5 minutes. The students will explain what the word observe means and then the teacher will take them outside and allow them to practice observing. The teacher can get an idea of where the students are in their learning about the weather. This can also be effective for students because they can understand the starting point of the lesson. They then can find out where the lesson is going by the teacher introducing key terms and materials the students will eventually use in the lesson.Another example can be the closure or as this lesson plan that calls it the closing or review. This should take 5 minutes. The closure will allow students to explain the posters they made and why they are wearing what they clothing they have on. The teacher will also suggest different things to add to their poster and ideas they could have used. This can be effective for the teacher to understand how well the students comprehended the lesson. It can show students how weather effects there everyday life. Overall, this lesson seems to be the ideal model lesson for someone learning to be an effective teacher.

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I found this lesson plan that allows students to observe the difference between chemical and physical reactions. To begin the lesson, this teacher plans on showing a video and showing the students an example of a chemical reaction (although the type of reaction is not stated to the students). I feel as though this is a great way to start off a lesson because it is exciting to observe a chemical reaction in person. This should provoke questions and get students eager to learn about what they are witnessing. The teacher then plans on facilitating a group discussion about what kind of changes they are observing. After a short explanation about chemical and physical reactions, the next step in this lesson is to allow students to try for themselves. The lesson plan discusses 4 stations that each student will travel to in order to get a hands on experience with physical and chemical changes. Once the tasks are completed by each student, another group discussion is held where students can share their findings about which stations displayed chemical reactions and which stations displayed physical reactions. After this, the students will watch another video and answer questions about the lesson in their notebooks. The notebooks will then be turned in for teacher evaluation. There are a few options to close the lesson. I found that the best option would be an online quiz games because I feel as though it is a fun way to tie up any loose ends. Overall, this lesson seems extremely engaging because students are able to discuss with one another and use their own ideas to determine the type of reaction they are seeing (constructivism). They also are able to get active and involved by walking from station to station and getting their hands on the materials in front of them.

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This video shows a teacher giving his students a piece of paper to write down three things they learned, two things they found interesting, and one question they still have after watching a video. This is similar to an exit slip but has more writing and structure. Students can build higher level thinking by doing this. This tool is an excellent closure because it wraps up what the students learned and how they can apply what they learned into their writing. This can also be beneficial for the teacher because they can gage who is doing well and who needs improvement on their writing.

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For Primary Grades PK-1, this strategy should be used in whole-group rather than as an independent task, with the teacher charting ideas. Of course, since many children will want to participate, there might be more than 3-2-1 ideas/questions in each section.

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The lesson plan I found is targeted towards third graders and teaches them about the solar system and the different planets. Sanayya Sohail, the teacher who created this lesson plan, included both an initiation and a closure, although I fine her initiation to be more effective. One of the "hooks" she used that I liked was asking the students prior to the start of the lesson if they can name any of the planets. Asking students what they already know about a subject gets them excited to participate, especially if they can successfully answer the question asked. Another thing that this teacher added that I found beneficial was the use of a clever mnemonic to help students remember the order of the planets; My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos. Not only is this statement silly and most likely amusing to students, it will also help them remember the planets and eventually help them learn them. Sanayya Sohail closes her lesson by giving  students a worksheet, where they are asked to research a planet, and give the planet name, number of moons, name of moons, planet temperature, distance from the sun, and what the planet is made of, along with adding a drawing of the planet with the moons included. At the end of class, students are to share out their work with the rest of the class. I think this is beneficial to get students used to being comfortable with sharing their work and also get them used to being good listeners and respecting their classmates.

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The lesson plan I found is about teaching the water cycle to 4th graders created by Theresa Talley. In this lesson plan there is both an initiation and closure involved. This hook used in this lesson plan was starting off by asking the students how and why the think the ocean gets so full of water and how it stays that way. This allows the teacher to get the students thinking about the lesson plan and materials they will be learning without jumping right into the lesson. The second hook used is projecting a picture of the water cycle and the stages to the class and explain the answer of the question above. I think this initiation is a great way to begin a lesson because it gets the kids thinking, even if they do not know the answer to the question. It also allows the teacher to slowly work into the lesson plan which helps with no overwhelming the students with information right off the bat. The closure of the lesson plan is having the kid say out loud the what each material used in the lesson represents in the water cycle. This helps with recognition and repetition as it it makes the kids identify the item and remember what part of the water cycle it represents. The initiation and closure used in this lesson plan are great in my opinion, as the question in the beginning gets the students thinking about the topic they will be learning about, and the closure helps the students solidify what they learned in a fun way.

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Got Water? How the Water Cycle Works | Lesson Plan | Education.com | Lesson plan | Education.com

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Students will identify the stages of the water cycle with a picture match activity. Ask students to think about how the ocean gets full of so much water and how it stays so full. Project the Water Cycle: From the Sky to the Land and Back Again worksheet.

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This math lesson, provided by education.com, is geared toward 2nd graders. It's objective is to help guide students through the steps needed in order to successfully navigate and solve words problems in math - specifically through addition and subtraction, in this case. In the initiation (the hook), the teacher introduces the idea of a word problem by using an example that applies to the students in the classroom. Ex: "I am going to the zoo and I plan on bringing 12 of the students..." The teacher proceeds by inviting 12 students up to the front of the room. "6 more students want to join us!" Then, the teacher invites 6 more students up. The teacher then asks, "How many of us are going to the zoo?" The kids are then able to apply themselves to the scenario - by counting themselves and their classmates. This approach to introducing a new topic makes it much more exciting for kids, especially when dealing with a typically challenging concept (word problems). It will also make it easier for students to refer back to when challenged by other questions.
This lesson plan also includes a closing activity... it accounts for a review of the lesson and time for any question of clarification. The teacher is also to ask their students to share what they learned in today's lesson in one of two ways: "I can use ____ to help solve story problems" "I liked using ____ to solve story problems." This will help teachers both understand what was effective (or ineffective) about the lesson, as well as knowing where students stand in grasping the concept. There is also one more activity/game that the teacher can provide as a way to practice solving word problems at home/for homework - called Fish Bowl Addition where they pull numbers and apply them to word problems.

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Math: Everything in its Place Value Understanding the value of a number has never been more inviting. This series of worksheets will give your second grader the opportunity to count, read and compare numbers. This workbook makes sense of cents and the dollar bill.

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This video is more of a full explanation of a lesson that this teacher uses in her 4th grade classroom ever year. Her initiation of the bakery includes transforming her classroom into a bakery by putting the desks into long tables, adding table cloths, and giving each student an apron and a chef's hat. She puts a welcome to the bakery sign up and then dresses up in a chef's outfit just like her kids. She explains how when her students come into the class, they see how their classroom has transformed and can make them become so much more excited about a math lesson. She also says that she speaks in a French accent when she talks as well to really make it that much more engaging. By implementing these small changes in her classroom, she transforms a normal lesson into an engaging one that gets students excited to learn from the second they walk into the classroom.

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I found this lesson plan to include a strong initiation to get the students interested in the activity.  To introduce the topic for the day, the students would start by finding letters of the alphabet in the room.  This would activate their knowledge about the order of the alphabet as well as get them excited for the upcoming activity before they learn about how the books of the library are organized alphabetically. This part comes from the introduction of the lesson plan. This lesson plan doesn't necessarily cite a closure piece, but there are definitely ones that could come from this activity. Maybe the students could have the opportunity to get up and be a little active and go on a scavenger hunt for certain authors throughout the library based on their knew knowledge about how the library is organized alphabetically. There are other ways that a successful closure can be done too, such as a Kahoot or some other type of fun online quiz/game to assess the students' learning.

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The lesson I chose had to do with liking yourself and teaching children that everyone is different (which is a good thing to teach nowadays!). The initiation of this lesson plan is interactive and one I thought students would really enjoy. Students are to sit in a circle and throw a ball to one another sharing who they are and their favorite thing to do. I thought this initiation would be effective and fun because little kids love to talk about themselves, they love to throw a ball, and get up out of their desks. This initiation incorporates all of these things.
This lesson also had a strong closure. To wrap this lesson up the students are to pick which owl belongs to which student based on their interests shared earlier in the class. Again, the students get to move around the room and make a prediction, which is somewhat like a competition. -Allison Koenig

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I chose this lesson entitled "The Life Cycle of a Butterfly" which is a lesson aimed for kindergarten and first graders. I think the initiation to this lesson was really effective because it starts off with having the students fill in a KWL (know, would like to learn, and learned) chart.  They first think about what they already know so the students can identify their prior knowledge before starting the lesson. Then as a class they identify what about butterflies they want to know. After assessing what they already know and want to know the lesson plan calls for the class to listen to the 'Butterfly, Butterfly' song. Listening to this song allows for students to begin learning about Butterflies with a fun catchy song that teaches them  key words about the stages of a butterfly, this is a preface to the lesson in order to spark excitement in the lesson. After the lesson the closing activity starts with completing the KWL chart (that was started before the lesson) with the new material learned today. After that the students will think-pair-share with each other about everything they learned about the stages of the butterfly. This activity both the initiation and closing create a well rounded structured way to learn the stages of the butterfly. The KWL chart provides a visual example for students to organize their thoughts and knowledge that they will be able to reference whenever they need.  Overall, this lesson uses writing, listening, and peer discussing as methods to learn.

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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly | Lesson Plan | Education.com

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Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.

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The teacher begins class with an orange, and he tells the class that he only wants half of it. He then cuts the orange in half and gives the other half to a student. He writes 1/2 on the board and explains how he just created a fraction by cutting an orange. I really like this teacher's initiation because it is engaging and it allows the students to grasp a better understanding of what they are about to learn and why. It gives them the tools to apply their knowledge about fractions to real life situations. This is important because it makes their understanding more practical in application. The teacher then continues with the lesson and tells the students to split up a chocolate bar with a friend and create their own fraction. I think that this is such a great visual learning tool and a great hands on activity to keep the kids interested in the topic.

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This lesson plan titled “Giving Directions: Tell Me How” was created by Susan Russell for a fourth-grade or fifth-grade writing class. In this lesson, students will learn how to write step-by-step instructions for completing a task, paying close attention to details and transition words. This lesson plan has a very effective initiation, or “introduction.” In this lesson plan’s initiation, students are asked to verbally give directions to a classmate regarding how to draw a certain figure on the whiteboard in front of the rest of the class. The teacher will hand out a piece of paper to one student specifying what figure his, or her, partner will be drawing, such as a smiling face, and, thus, what kinds of directions this student will need to say out loud for the partner to listen to and follow. The students completing the drawing will not be told what figure they are drawing ahead of time and, thus, will greatly depend on the directions provided by their classmate. The students giving the directions will not be able to look at what their partner is drawing while they are telling him, or her, what he or she needs to do in order to draw the assigned figure. After a partner has finished his or her drawing, the student who had provided the directions will turn around and see the result of his, or her, directions. This initiation activity will be effective in teaching students how to give step-by-step directions as students will realize that even after giving their partner instructions they considered as being adequate, their partners will likely not be able to accurately draw the assigned figure. Students will realize that it is much more difficult to give directions than one might think as they will need to pay very close attention to details, break steps down even further, and they will need to be careful when deciding the language they use in order to describe the steps. Therefore, this initiation is effective as it requires students to think about what they already know when it comes to giving someone directions, such as thinking about the process to be completed, putting steps in the order in which they must be completed, and stating one step at a time. Also, this initiation is effective because it is engaging for students through embracing collaboration and drawing at a whiteboard or speaking out loud rather than requiring students to write steps down quietly by themselves at their desks. In addition, this initiation is effective because it grabs students’ attention as they are asked to think about drawing figures, which is a fun activity that students would not expect to be doing in a typical writing class.

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This lesson focuses on beginning consonant blends of words for kindergarten students. The intro to this lesson includes showing students a picture of an example of a beginning-blend words, such as "clock", and having them speak the word out loud. The teacher then writes the word on the board and underlines the consonant blend to point it out, and then explains to the students that they will be learning about more words like that during the lesson. I thought that this introduction was interesting and effective because it introduces the concept that students will be learning in a way that is familiar to them: by showing them an object that they already know of. This intro also does a good job in making it very clear to students what they will be learning and it does not make anything seem over complicated or too complex for kindergarten students.

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The closure activity i found is "Questions, Almost There, Got it!". This is a great wrap up for all grade levels because it can very easily assess the students at the end of a lesson. The "questions" part is obviously where students can ask anything they want and this can also be the section where teachers can determine whether or not they achieved the objective. "Almost there" is the part where teachers can see where students are struggling a bit and teachers can go back to their answers during the next lesson. "Got it!" symbolizes everything the students learned perfectly, determining they achieved the objective for that specific lesson. Overall, this closure if a great way for teachers to reflect upon their lesson and
learn where their students stand on the certain topic.

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The closure activity I found is 3-2-1! The directions from the website are:
1. Three

After the lesson, have each student record three things he or she learned from the lesson.

2. Two

Next, have students record two things that they found interesting and that they’d like to learn more about.

3. One

Then, have students record one question they still have about the material.

4. Review

Finally, the most important step is to review the students’ responses. You can use this information to help develop future lessons and determine if some of the material needs to be taught again.

This closure activity is effective because it allows the students to reflect on the lesson while also giving the teacher feedback on where students are as far as understanding material.

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For Primary Grades PK-1, this strategy should be used in whole-group rather than as an independent task, with the teacher charting ideas. Of course, since many children will want to participate, there might be more than 3-2-1 ideas/questions in each section.

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Antonietta Di Matteo-Life Cycle of A Plant

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Antonietta Di Matteo-Life Cycle of A Plant

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The lesson plan I found for this weeks activity of initiation (hooks) and closure is within the lesson taught to 1st graders about the life cycle of a plant. The lesson I found is a lesson that is part of the science curriculum within the class. To begin the lesson the teacher has everything planned and prepared for the day which starts with the learning objective, she collects the materials and the attachments she needs for the lesson. She starts the introduction by firstly introducing the class to the topic of the lesson which is the life cycle of a plant and she explains the cycle. Next, she then goes to engage the students to talk to their peers about what they know about plants in general. If some of the conversations are a little slow she poses discussion questions to help the conversation move a bit quicker and flow. Some of the questions are, What are some examples of plants we might see? Where do we see plants? What are some things that plants need in order to grow? This will help the student connect their personal life and understanding of plants to the lesson. Then she next writes on to the board to the class and tells what the plant needs in order to grow which is water, dirt, and sun. I think this introduction is good because she tries to get her students thinking about plants and everything that comes with plants by connecting it to their personal life and what they already know. She then moves on to read the story, From Seed to Plant, and then has questions she wants the students to discuss from the story. She then goes into the main part of the lesson plan which is filling out the life cycle chart. After that she asses her students understanding of the lesson by looking over to see if they did their worksheets right or wrong. If most of the students did it right she knows they understand the lesson but if some of them didn't then she knows she either can go back over it today, talk to those children privately to see what they don't understand, or overall revisit the topic tomorrow. For the reviewing and closing of the lesson for the day she makes a chart of what the students have learned and asks the class to help her make this chart. I feel as though this is a good closure because your reinforcing the topic to make sure the students understand the topic fully before ending the lesson. Overall, I felt as though this lesson had a very good initiation and closure to learning the life cycle of a plant!

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Life Cycle of a Plant | Lesson Plan | Education.com

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From seed to flower, students will learn all about the life cycle of a plant in this science lesson. Your class will discover what living things need to grow, and learn the various stages of a plant's life span, with new vocabulary words.

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This lesson is based on third grade knowledge. It focuses on conceptualising and being able to use maps and globes. This is an integral skill that will not only be the building blocks of later learning but for life in general. I liked this specific lesson plan because it had a very clear sense of organisation to it. It listed the teacher's objective, desired results, topics, vocabulary, materials/resources and how to check for comprehension. I also liked how it planned how the teacher would intrigue the students and introduce the topic. This has been touched on in class - in order to properly engage students in a topic they need to be "teased" in the beginning. This grabs the attention from students enough to then list the objectives and what is expected. Students at this age especially enjoy meeting goals and a clear, concise structure. The lesson plan also highlighted a closure to the class time which I have learned is integral to not only the students but the teacher. For the students it summarises what they learned and shows ways that can be applied. Furthermore, for the teacher it demonstrates to what extent the students have learned, what else needs to be taught in the next class and how you can assist them better.

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The closure activity I found was called  Three "Ws"

This closure activity asks students to write down or verbally answer the three W's which are

"What did we learn today?"

"So What? (Relevancy, importance, usefulness)"

"Now What? (How does this fit into what we are learning? Does it affect our thinking? Can we predict where we are going?)"

I think this closure activity would be beneficial because it allows students to reflect on the learning, why its important, and where this new knowledge could lead their thinking. I remember doing a similar activity when I was in elementary school and I thought it was interesting to be able to write out my knowledge and come up with ways that this new knowledge was important. However, I will say this activity has to be used at the right age because by the time I was going through high school I really disliked this activity and thought it was too simple

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The lesson plan that I found is about retelling fairytales. I really liked the closing for this activity because it wrapped the lesson up very nicely and allowed the students to critique their own work. For this activity, students are expected to choose a fairytale and rewrite it with a twist. After they rewrite their fairytales, they are supposed to act it out and record their "play". For the closing of this activity, the students will watch their plays that they recorded. I think that watching their own videos is a great way to learn. They will be able to see what worked and what didn't and how they could change it in the future to make it better. I have done fairytale retelling in an English class before, and it is always so fun seeing what people come up with.

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Lesson Plan -Kindergarten

The lesson plan I found on Education.com focused on identifying living and nonliving things. I believe the introduction of the lesson plan is very important. It focuses on engaging students right off the bat by asking "if they are living or not", as well as asking if "their pets at home are living or nonliving". Relating the plan to the learners lives gives them something to connect with. Learning through your own experiences can making it easier and more fun. The explanation of what the students are learning about is also vital to the beginning of the lesson.

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This lesson that I found is a lesson plan for fourth graders and learning about circuits. This lesson teaches students how to identify circuits, how they work, and get hands on experience with them. I remember plying round with circuit kits around this age and it is so fun and engaging to actually do them. This hands on experience with the actual kit as a closure activity allows the teacher to see what students gained from the lesson, and even as an intro - the teacher could demonstrate it as a teaser for what students will do with it later on - can really get students excited to learn about circuits. This is also a lesson that can be easier for them to apply and connect/experience in their world outside of school - already in the lesson they look to compare a city with electricity and one without, which of course we all have experienced at some point in our lives. I also love how this lesson allows students independent time to record their circuit experience and use that to sort of show their peers their work or even "teach" them how to do it, which additionally demonstrates their understanding.

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Mad Scientist: Electric Circuits | Lesson Plan | Education.com | Lesson plan | Education.com

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Mad scientists! In this lesson, your students will explore electrical circuits and engage in a hands-on activity to create them. They will identify the differences between parallel and series circuits.