Lesson Plan

Kwanzaa and Christmas

Each Country has its own culture that involved food, language, traditions, costume, etc. but with this lesson students will have opportunity to learn how two different Countries celebrate one particular tradition. This lesson is designed be taught face-to face to a class of 2nd grade Bilingual.

Instructor: Laura Guajardo

Lesson Title: Compare “Christmas and Kwanzaa” tradition.

Subject: Social Studies

Grade Level:  2^nd. Grade Bilingual

Standards:

Social Studies (113.13)  2nd. GRADE BILINGUAL

(16)((B)  Culture. The student understands ethnic and/or celebrations. The student expected to:

Compare ethnic and/or cultural celebration with a local.

Content Objectives:

1.-           Students will identify the main symbols of Kwanzaa and Christmas celebrated in December.

2.-           Students will  understand the meanings of both traditions.

Language Objectives:

1.-           Students will watch two video clips, one of 2:10min and the second of 45 sec.

2.-           Students will be paired to discuss and listed the different traditions of both celebrations using a T map organizer.

Strategy Objectives:

-Teacher’s introduction about what students will learn.

-After watch the video, students will have the opportunity to discus in paired and listed what they learn

 from the video.

-Students and Teacher will discuss and make one list of both traditions from students T map.

ELPS:

Writing:                Students will have to listed using a T map organizer

Listening:             Students will listening the Teachers introduction and the video as well.

Speaking:            Students will have the opportunity to express them self with one classmate and in   group as well.

Reading:              Students will read the instructions of the T map and the short Quiz.

Materials:

-video clip                                                                                          

http://youtu.be/RDPMfO8Parc                

http://youtu.be/Q5xXZ1zFqfc

-The Teacher will provide a blank paper

-Pencils

Procedures:

-Teacher introduction (5min)

-Students will watch two video clips (2.55 min)

-Paired students              (5min)

-Teacher will give the instructions to the students to work on the T map (5 min).

Practice: (20min)

-Students will work in pair, they will going to create their own T map and sharing the material and get one T map filled(10min)

-Students will be group all together and with the Teacher, they will have a brain storm to create one comparison chart between Kwanzaa and Christmas(10min).

Teacher's and StudentsBehavior: The Teacher was observing tho the students while they were working to identified strengths and weakness od each students and students, while dinamic and cooperative while they were in paired ando also while students and Teacher were working together on the brain storm, some of the students were more participative than others but Teacher was also indentifiying who had more drive and who was more passive and to know their personalties during the activities.

Evaluation: (5)

-At the end of the lesson Students will answer independently a three TRUE or FALSE quiz.

Quiz

1-      Is Kwanzaa an Africans celebration?

True                       False

2-      Are KWANZAA and CHRISTMAS December celebrations?                             

True                       False

3-      The celebrations of Kwanzaa and Christmas are the same?

True                       False

Biography

My name is Laura Guajardo, I was born in Monterrey, N.L,Mexico the

second largest city of Mexico. I immigrated to USA in 2006 and since then I

have been living in San Antonio, Texas. I’m graduated from the

Autonomous of Nuevo Leon University in 1986; this is a local prestigious

and big public University, I obtained my degree in Psychology with

specialty in clinic. Currently I am a student of Graduate Teacher Certification program at

Texas A&M University in San Antonio. I also Graduated from Oblate Theology School of

Pastoral Formation Institute in (PFI) Certification.

I worked over 15 years in the Human Resources department as

HR Supervisor in manufacturing companies in Mexico and  San Antonio as

well, however my continuing interest in the education field took me to change

my career, since 2009 I became a substitute teacher at Harlandale

Independent School District (HISD) working with pre-k up to high school,

and recently I was promoted as a permanent employee as a special ed

teacher assistant at Mc Collum High School. I also volunteer since 2009 at

St. Lawrence Catholic Church as a Spanish Ctechist Teacher, eighth grade, and I am a 

member of the liturgy ministry. Thru  these experiences I discovered my 

passion to work with kids and I believe that  with my experience, my

biculturalism and bilingualism I can help to the kids of our community. I

am a Certified as NCLB and CPI , and my main goal is to accomplish my

certification as a Bilingual Generalist Teacher K-6 and get my master in

Bilingual Education.