Unit Plan:Being Respectful

Lesson Plan for Tuesday Grade: 1st Social Studies Strand: Civics

Submitted By: Pietra Jerome

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2014 Instructor: Karen Powell

Lesson Plan for Tuesday

Strand: Civicssubmitted by:Pietra Jerome

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies\civics lesson plan is designed for 1st grade students to help students understand their social responsibilities and consideration for the people around them. This lesson uses the Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies textbook, Strategy 10 Incorporating Service Learning.(Pages 72-73) B. Basic Information: Grade Level:1st Time to Complete this Lesson:approximately 50 minutes Groupings:Whole group discussion, independent for assessment

C. Materials: Pencil Crayons Marker Construction paper Data sheet prepared by the teacher (See Below) ELMO

D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C13.1.1 Identify and follow classroom and school rules that guide behavior and resolve conflicts. I can identify and follow classroom and school rules that guide behavior and resolve conflicts.

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EDEL 453 - Spring 2014

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Vocabulary

Strand: Civicssubmitted by:Pietra Jerome

Rules: (noun) - A statement or principle that controls behavior or actions. Polite:(adjective) - having or showing good manners. Respect: (verb) - how you feel about someone and how you treat him or her. Responsibility: (noun) - Having a duty. Conflict: (noun)- fight, disagreement Resolve: (verb)-finding a solution

E. Procedure: 1. Explain to the students why it is important to care about others and why it is important to help one another out. 2. Discuss ways the children can resolve classroom conflicts if one arises. 3. Call the students attention to the ELMO where there will be a data sheet that the class will fill out together. Examples of some of the questions: 1. What would be the best thing to do if you saw two children arguing on the playground? 2. Why is it important to be polite to others? Why do we need to respect everyone at school and in our community? 4. Introduce the new vocabulary to the students. 5. Identify and discuss ways we can be nice to one another inside and outside of school. 6. Teacher will write the students answers on the board and draw their attention to the ELMO. 7. Teacher will hand out construction paper. 8. Students will write thank you cards to someone in the school. Explaining why they are thankful for them and all they do. (Example; school nurse, principal, librarian, counselor, etc.) F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use the students finished thank you card to check and measure for understanding. Each child will be accountable for creating a thank you card telling why they are thankful for the person they chose. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.
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Lesson Plan for Tuesday

Strand: Civicssubmitted by:Pietra Jerome

Students must discuss and identify why it is important to be nice to one another and the best way to resolve conflicts. The students will also need to write why they are thankful for someone. G. Closure: A quick discussion will take place on why they wrote to the person they chose. The students will also be reminded how important it is to show respect for one another and to always be considerate.

H. Reflection: 1.Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? The easiest part of the lesson will be teaching the students how to be polite and considerate to one another. The students have followed classroom and school rules since the beginning of the school and they know what is expected of them. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The most challenging part of this lesson will be teaching the new vocabulary words. There are a lot of words the students need to know the meaning of. Some of the words may be new to the students so I need to make sure and go over each work thoroughly. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I will follow up this lesson the following day. As a whole class we will go over our new vocabulary words and talk about how important it is to be considerate to one another. If the child can help resolve the problem on their own they should try their best hear both sides of the story and help everyone get along. Also, the teacher will make sure to remind the students to always contact and adult if they think one of their peers is being bullying. 4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For students who dont grasp the concepts I can pull a small group while the other students are writing their thank you cards. In the small group I can re-teach the lesson and will give the student additional time creating their thank-you card. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I may need to break the lesson into 2 parts. Teaching the students how important it is to be considerate and polite to one another is a topic and lesson that needs to be taught thoroughly. Also, I want to make sure and spend a good amount of time on different ways of how to resolve classroom conflicts. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The assessment part was most difficult for me. I wanted to make sure that it was challenging but not overwhelming for the children.
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