Lesson Plan Teacher Mrs.

Crowder

Course Special Education Unit First Day of School

Lesson Title First Day of School: Games, Expectations and Procedures

TEKS N/A

Estimated Time Students will all only be in the classroom for the beginning and end of the day for first
day of school activities, and then have small group or individual pull out of their general
classrooms throughout the day. The activities will take an hour in total, 30 minutes at the
beginning and 30 minutes at the end.

Instructional Objectives (What are the goals you have for your students)

1. The student will obtain an understanding of what is expected in them in the classroom.
2. The students will begin to get to know their fellow students, and their names.
3. The students will learn about me and who I am as a teacher.

Materials, Supplies, Equipment and Other Resources

(List everything you will need including technology, handouts with links, etc.)

powerpoint, road rug, index cards, point cards

Interest Approach (How will you get your students attention)

Making them feel important and engaged in any activities we do.

Instructor Directions & Materials Content Outline & Key Questions

- pass out point cards
- classroom tour
- put out note cards before
students come in for closing
Slide 1: make the students feel welcome and help them calm
their nerves
Slide 2: prepare students for about me discussion
Slide 3: share some of the important people in my life
Slide 4: show the students some of the places I have
traveled
Slide 5: share some of the things that I do in my free time(all
of these slides will get the students thinking about their own
lives and prompt them for the upcoming activity)
Slide 6: begin getting the students involved with each other
Slide 7: engage the students and help them form relations
Slide 8: show students what is expected of them
Slide 9: show students how rules and good behavior will be
reinforced
Slide 10: give an example of what afternoons will look like
and test for understanding of names
Slide 11: closing

Guided & Independent Practice (Activities, in class or homework)

- Class discussion
- Red Rover activity
- name assessment

Evaluation/Assessment Summary and Details

Summary:
The students will learn some names and different things about their classmates in chunks; this will be a
more effective way to help them retain information and get to know their fellow classmates better. The
activities will help them find similarities amongst themselves and gain relationships which will help them
socially and may better their entire learning experience. The assessment at the end will also enforce the
need to be taking the matter seriously and show me what they are retaining.

Closure (How will you close out the lesson; it cannot be abrupt)

After the quiz we will open the circle to discussion if anyone thought of anything else they wanted to add
about themselves and as the conversation accelerates students will open up, leaving them excited to come
back again tomorrow and gain more friendships and have more fun, while learning.