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Sample Lesson from 6th-Grade Math Unit
Review the nutritional value of our school breakfasts and lunches and make recommendations to the Wellness Committee, based on data, on what you would like added to or changed on the menu. Let your voice be heard!
Career Focus: Health Science — Dietitians & Nutritionists
Opening-Middle-End Class Period Approach (O-M-E)
Open with the reason to learn the content.
Use the middle for hands-on learning, with choices for students, facilitated by the teacher, and opportunities for small-group instruction.
End by synthesizing and solidifying the content.
The Opening!
Purpose
To energize & motivate the students for the content
The Teacher Experience
Wowing with facts, statistics, images
Connecting content to students' lives/experiences
Watching for engagement
Leaving students wanting more
The Student Experience
Interest piqued
Questions running through students' heads
Wanting to learn the content
The Middle!
The Teacher Experience
Facilitating process
Facilitating learning
Teaching content
Asking questions
Connecting students to resources and others
Gathering formative assessment content data
Gathering formative assessment EF/durable skills data
The Student Experience
Making choices
Negotiating with others
Using direction and how-to sheets
Using protocols
Using the resource area
Reviewing work/self-correcting
The Five Levels of Facilitation Questions
The End!
Purpose
To synthesize the learning in the middle and summarize the learning goals
The Teacher Experience
Drawing from what happened in the middle
"Teaching" the materials with students more knowledgeable
Summarizing the content and how it connects to the career-based PBL
The Student Experience
Feeling affirmed
Having answers to share
Taking notes on the summarized learning
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