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Chalom Montessori School: Lesson Plan

This lesson plan outlines a 45-minute lesson for 1st grade students on identifying computers. Students will brainstorm definitions of computers and work in groups to sort pictures as computers or not computers. The teacher will then introduce an official definition of a computer and have students revise their sorting. The goal is for students to understand computers as machines that process information and describe the basic input-output-store-process model.

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Chalom Montessori School: Lesson Plan

This lesson plan outlines a 45-minute lesson for 1st grade students on identifying computers. Students will brainstorm definitions of computers and work in groups to sort pictures as computers or not computers. The teacher will then introduce an official definition of a computer and have students revise their sorting. The goal is for students to understand computers as machines that process information and describe the basic input-output-store-process model.

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Chalom Montessori School

Lesson plan

Lesson Grade Term Lesson Length Lesson


ICT 1 1 45 minutes 2 of 14

Aims / Outcomes
 Identify a computer as a machine that processes information.
 Provide a high level description of the different parts of the Input - Output - Store - Process model of
a computer.

Key Vocabulary

Computer
Laptop
Desktop
Smartphone
Parts of the computer

Introduction

Develop a preliminary definition of a computer. To begin the lesson, the class will brainstorm possible
definitions for a computer and place the results of this brainstorm on the board.
Next, students will work in groups to sort pictures into “is a computer” or “is not a computer” on poster
paper. Groups will place their posters around the room and briefly explain their motivations for
choosing some of their most difficult categorizations. The teacher will then introduce a definition of the
computer and allow students to revise their posters according to the new definition.

Main Activities
Activity Guide What is a Computer - Activity Guide as well as scissors, markers / colored pencils, poster paper,
and glue / tape for making posters.
Give students the following directions:

 Draw a line down the middle of your poster, label one side "Computer" and the other "Not a
Computer"
 Discuss as a group which of the objects in your set (from the activity guide) belong in each
category
 Once your group is in agreement tape your objects to the appropriate side
 Develop a list of characteristics your groups used to determine whether an object is a computer

Plenary
Circle the room as students work to categorize the different images on the activity guide. Encourage
groups to talk openly about their ideas and explain why they do or don't think an object should be
categorized as a computer. For groups that can’t decide on a categorization, ask members to defend
their points of view, and take a majority vote. Assure groups that it is ok if one or two people disagree.

Resources Assessment Evidence


TA Q&A
Laptops Observation
IWB

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