Activity Implementation & Evaluation - Catherine Huntley Hengameh Kermani EDN 430 27 November 2012 Activity Implementation Evaluation The activity I

Catherine Huntley Hengameh Kermani EDN 430 27 November 2012 Activity Implementation & Evaluation The activity I chose to implement in my kindergarten classroom was a math activity involving farm animals and a barn. The goal of this activity was to help children improve their addition skills. I made five barns on separate pieces of paper and purchased small farm animals for the children to use. Considering the developmental level of the children I would be implementing the lesson on, my cooperating teacher and I decided the children would make better connections if they had tangible objects to manipulate. The children came to me in groups of five. Before we began the lesson I explained to the children that I would be writing down an addition problem for them and that they would be using the animals to illustrate the answer to their problem. I was also very clear that the students would not be playing with the figurines. The students were