EDTK 2030

Hi Jean

There is a saying in Jamaica that says” It takes a village to grow a child,” I strongly believe that parents should be a part of their child’s education what better way to encourage this than giving assignment? Children would access to more caloric foods at home to explore with their parents. I liked your suggestion to have children use the computer to design menus based on their calorie intake. Even though this is a science lesson, children were exposed to basic math as they could have counted the amount of items on the table top and also call the numbers for the amount of calorie they get from a specific food or beverage.

Hi Nathalie

Giving an essay for assignment in my opinion is a good assessment to see how much they have learnt from the lesson, what I think could be done also to make this assignment a group assignment to see how well they can work together outside of the classroom then have one person presenting orally. Putting the children in different groups help them to work as a team especially in this lesson where they will be using the internet.

Hi Janelle

Your post is very simple and easy to understand. However, I would love to see in your plan how you be assessing the children. You could also do a little assessment of yourself to see how well a job you did in teaching this lesson. Discovery learning allows the child to have a better understanding of a given lesson providing he/she has an effective teacher that can bring the lesson across.

P.S. I could not access your link to see the actual lesson plan.