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Paper Plate Memory Matching
Paper Plate Memory Matching
Student Name: Julia Longo Date: October 13, 2017 Age Group: Kindergarten
Purpose: Purpose:
Reason for The kindergarten students have been introduced to different letters
developing learning over the course of the week. Yesterday they were introduced to the
experience. This letter S. The kindergarten teacher printed out a number of objects
could be in response that begin with the letter S. She then had them guess some of the
to an observation, pictures and come up and stick them on the chart paper. I decided to
discussion with the create an activity for the students to continue to enhance their
site supervisor, learning of letters as well as different objects that are represented by
Ontario Curriculum each letter. I created a memory matching game and each plate has a
Objective, etc. letter and an image of an object that begins with that letter. The
students will turn all the plates face down and will take turns trying to
Observation find the correct match.
- Document what
you saw and
heard
- Document non-
verbal
communication
(i.e., body
language, facial
expressions and
voice tone)
- Document in
detail: who, what,
where, and when
- Documentation
should be written
in past tense,
objective, and in
anecdotal format
OR
Learning Experience Memory Matching Alphabet Letters
Describe the
experience:
- Who will be
involved in the
experience? Implementation
- Where will the 1. I will set up the activity on one of the tables in the room
experience take 2. I will set up 6 plates to start and ensure the students will
place? (e.g. understand the concept before making the activity too difficult
Indoors or
3. I will invite two students at a time to the activity
outdoors? In the
4. I will model the activity for the students before they begin
dramatic centre,
the creative table, 5. As the begin the activity I will observe and look to provide help
etc). 6. I will assist the students who need help identifying the letter or
- List the materials the object on the plate
and resources you 7. As I see that they no longer require support I will gradually
will use remove myself
- Describe the
8. I will observe the students as they interact together and try to
implementation
of the experience, solve any problems that may arise between them
with a step by
step description
- List and describe Teaching Strategies:
2 teaching
strategies. How Performing Task Analysis
will you use
them? Why have With this activity the whole task is trying to match all 26 letters with
you chosen these the correct letter. Instead of presenting all 26 to the students at once,
strategies? I will break the whole task into smaller parts. I will start with six plates
and show the students how to use the activity. Once I notice the
students have matched all six I will gradually add a few more plates
making the task more difficult. This way the children will experience
success throughout the activity.
Challenges
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