Title: The Learning of Conjunctions

Unit topic/theme: Grammar/ Sentence Structure

Grade: Second

Specific lesson topic/theme: Conjunctions

Lesson Objectives:

1. The students will be able to correctly select the correct conjunction in the provided blank space of the first five sentences on the website.

2. The student will show improvement by picking more correct answers from the baseline/first time that they complete the worksheet activity, prior to teaching the subject, to the final time that they complete the website activity, post teaching the subject.

Instructional Technique:

The students will work on these assignments individually, so that way they can have a better focus of the topic at hand. The teacher will be available if the students have any questions, or if the material may seem confusing the first time explained.

Instructional Materials:

1. Ogen, Karen. “Sentences.” Interactive Learning Sites for Education. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Sept. 2016.

2. The Conjunction Baseline worksheet

3. The Conjunction Evaluation worksheet

Theoretical Perspective:

The learning of conjunctions will allow the students to get a better understanding on how sentences are formed, and also develop a stronger vocabulary. This concept will also be useful when students are reading and decoding words in various sentences.

Procedure:

1. The students will complete a baseline worksheet to see what they know about conjunctions. The activity will consist of them completing a worksheet where they fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

2. After completing this worksheet the teacher will collect the worksheets so that way they can evaluate what the student knows.

3. The teacher will give the students some background information on what conjunctions are and how they are useful to the development of sentence structure.

4. The teacher for the rest of the week will go over conjunctions and have the class work together on different activities as practice for the final conjunction evaluation worksheet which will take place online. For each day that this lesson is taught, the student will be given a homework assignment. The homework assignment each night is to write three different sentences using three different conjunctions. The conjunctions used may be reused during other nights of homework, but the student must use three different conjunctions during one night of homework.

5. At the end of the week, the students will fill out the conjunction evaluation worksheet that goes along with the program which is found online. On this worksheet, for the first five responses, there will be four blank lines that correspond with each question. This allows students to write their first answer on the top line, but when they submit their answers to the website, the website will tell them if they got the answer right or wrong. The three remaining lines will allow the students to write their second, third, and fourth possible attempts in the order that they are made. For the sixth response, there are five blank lines for five possible attempts. The website will not let the student continue to the next question until they get the question that they are working on correct. This will allow for the teacher to have documentation of where each individual student is struggling after the lesson has been taught.

6. To help students who may have difficulty with difficulty with reading, the teacher will read each sentence aloud three times each, using “blank” for where the conjunction is going to be placed, before the students begin the evaluation. During the evaluation, if any student needs for the sentences to be read aloud again, the teacher will be able to read the sentences needed to the student who has asked for the help.

7. This strategy allows the student to look at their answer on paper before they put it on the computer and submit what they think was the correct answer.

8. The paper in which the students write their answers on will be collected by the teacher and will be corrected. This allows the teacher to see what the students has retained.

9. At the end of the conjunction lesson there will be a classroom discussion. The teacher will ask the students questions such as “If I asked you to turn to your neighbor who is confused to further explain conjunctions, would you be able to do it?” and if the majority says yes and proves it then the lesson goal was achieved.

Evaluation:

The teacher will know that they have met their objectives if the students are able to correctly answer the first five out of the total six questions on the evaluation. The objectives that the students will achieve consist of the students being able to correctly select the correct conjunction in the provided blank space of the first five sentences on the website. The students  will then show improvement from the baseline/first time that they complete the worksheet activity, prior to teaching the subject, to the final time that they complete the website activity, post teaching the subject. These objectives are all going to be achieved when the teacher collects both the baseline and the conjunction evaluation worksheet.The teacher will keep an eye on the students to make sure that they are not copying what other students are choosing for their answers. 

Links to Worksheets!

BaselineWorksheet
EvaluationWorksheet