Lesson Sketch for EDT 313 Investigation Hook lesson

Individuals completing this plan: Marissa Frazier & Victoria Haynes

Lesson title: Who has used a ramp? Investigation Topic: Ramps

2 Early Learning & Development Content Standards indicators: Record observations using words,
pictures, charts and graph with modeling and support & Demonstrate letter formation in writing.

Instructional objectives: list 2- 3 observable/measurable objectives for this lesson. Use precise language w/ action verbs.
The student will:
1. Explain their definition of ramps.

2. Write their name on “Who has used a ramp” chart.

3. Participate in reading and discussing a ramp book.

Experience(s): Describe authentic (real life, hands-on not representational) materials and enticing/ creative experiences in
which children are actively engaged. Experiences should encourage experimentation, problem solving and language
development. How will the experience(s) inform you on the children’s prior knowledge and interest in the topic? How can you
use this data to inform the development of your Integrated Investigation Plan?

After watching a mini-ramp in action, the students will explain what their definition of a ramp is. Next, we
will create a chart that lists who has or who hasn’t used a ramp and the students will come up and write
their name on the side that they have experienced. After that, we will read an informational book on ramps
and take turns discussing the information they have learned.

Assessment of student learning:

1. Data to be collected- Students prior knowledge and their descriptions.

2. Method used to record/aggregate data- Chart that the students will write their name on and language
samples from the students.

3. Interpretation of assessment data- Before we read the book and when we did the pre-learning chart,
it showed that half the students were unaware of what a ramp was and about half said they have
used one. After reading the book and explaining the different types of ramps, the children were
better able to understand what a ramp is and reflected that all of them have used a ramp in one way
or another.

Reflection on lesson: In one page double spaced explain why the instructional objectives, experiences and
materials were chosen. Describe how well the children learned/achieved the instructional objectives. Finally include
a description of how the experience provided data to inform the development of the investigation.
 Reflection on Lesson

The instructional objectives were chosen carefully to see what knowledge the students already had

about ramps in a general sense. To record our data, we had the students write their name on the side of the

chart that pertained to them; whether they had used a ramp before or not. To introduce what ramps are we

read two informational books that we brought about ramps and then discussed the different vocabulary

used throughout the books and where we could find ramps around us. We also discussed a lot of the

pictures throughout the book when the children would ask questions about what they see when looking at

the pictures. During our time reading we would also stop and ask questions, have the student reflect on

what was just read with what their thoughts are and answer any questions that they might have.

For our hook lesson, we chose materials that would introduced ramps carefully but fully and not

overwhelm the children. Our materials were informational books about ramps that included a lot of

pictures, chart paper with markers for the children to write their names and different sizes of blocks and

cars/planes from our CT’s classroom block area that were used to make the ramps and for items to go down

the ramps.

The children achieved the instructional objectives by writing their name on the side of the chart that

pertained to them, some children needed more help than others to write, and some used their name cards to

help them write. The students were able to explain what their definition of a ramp was during our

discussion and were able to have a continuing a more in-depth discussion on where we could find ramps,

what types of things ramps were used for and who or what uses them.

This experience provided us with the data on where the students were with their own knowledge

about ramps, provided us with their definition of ramps along with their interests in ramps and provided us

with their want to create their own ramps. The children showed a great interest in learning more about

ramps and doing more activities about ramps. This allowed us to develop and create two individual lessons

that focused on their interests and continued to build their knowledge about ramps, how they are used, how

to create them, so they can identify and understand ramps in everyday life.