Final+Project+-+Lesson+on+Homonyms

The Objective:
 * Language Arts
 * Fun exercise in the spelling, meaning, and sentence structure using homonyms.
 * Use structural and context clues to determine the meaning of word.

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__**Homonyms:**__ I choose language arts and the meanings and use of homonyms in the primary grades for my power point. This lesson will assist the children to understand contextual clues and word meanings. I choose the project because it is a lesson that tends to be confusing to most children and some adults. The use of homonyms can be confusing and misunderstood, so I am hoping to clarify any confusion with the help of visual aids, interactive games, and visually stimulating slides. I am going to use the lesson in the classroom to assist the children with proper usage of words in the English language. I want them to learn to identify the differences in the words, use them in sentences that are grammatically correct. The proper use of the correct homonym and spelling used in sentences. The student assignments vary to create long term memory of what and how we use homonyms.These activities will assist them to work together in groups, help one another, and find creative ways to express themselves. They will be using the following learning styles for this activity; read/write, kinesthetic, aural, and visual. This will assist all the children to learn and remember homonyms its correct usage in sentences. The benefits of using power point for the lesson is that it goes step by step through the explanations of homonyms. The power point uses all the learning styles that children use which help cement the concepts into long term memory. The presentation is visually and aurally stimulating in hopes to create enthusiasm when learning. The interactive games will assist the children to learn the proper usage of the words while having fun. I can go as fast or slow as I need to with the slides depending on the class understanding and responses. The students questions or confusion can be addressed with any of the new words and I can adjust my time according to their needs and pick up more on a later date. Using technology creates much interaction with the students and flexibility in the schedule. The concepts that I learned using power point is that it is very creative, colorful, and entertaining. The presentation is visually stimulating, interactive, and creates enjoyment through learning. Adding music to power point brought out a lively, upbeat, and cheerful mood. i enjoyed putting the lesson together with a subject I will eventually teach. Bringing together all the details that I included took a long time, but I was very proud of the end results. I enjoyed watching the power point and learned a few tips in how to teach the many uses of our language. There are always some details to be worked out on the slides that need a little more tweaking. Getting rid of the sound buttons was tedious and took some time to work out. When i thought I had it complete some of the sounds I put in went missing, so I back tracked quite a bit with the sound details. I have learned so many new ways to utilize technology in the classroom. Using these tools will create fun and excitement while the students are learning. As a teacher I will have many options for the students to learn new concepts and have them reinforced through technology interactive games. I believe using technology will keep the students focused and engaged on any subject, because it connects to all the learning styles of the students. I enjoyed learning how to use these various options on our computers and found it very creative and stimulating to my personality. The class has a great deal of information to learn, my only regret was that I wanted more time to integrate the information and daily use of the new skills acquired. I loved the class and grew substantially in my confidence of how to utilize technology in the classroom. You did a fabulous job in helping all the students learn, grow, and understand the material. Thank you for all the time you gave to me in assisting my growth in the field of technology.