Clinical Practice Teacher Candidate: Jasmine King Subject/Grade: Social Studies/ 1st

Lesson Plan Lesson # 3

Fall 2013

Date and Time of Lesson: Oct. 9th, 2013 1:30 p.m.

Learning Objective: The students will discuss and write about the rights of American citizens, fair treatment, and rules by retelling the story. Alignment with Standards: SC Social Studies Standard: 1-3.1 Describe the fundamental principles of American democracy, including respect for the rights, opinions, and property of others; fair treatment for all; and respect for the rules by which we live. SC Common Core ELA Standard: RL 1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. EEDA: Teacher candidates will implement learning strategies that promote cooperation. SSCA: 3. Descriptions of appropriate student behavior Developmental Appropriateness: The children have previous knowledge of some of the rights we have as Americans. The learning objective will help the children explore the knowledge of democracy, rights, opinions, fair treatments, and rules. Assessment(s) of the Objectives: During this lesson I pre-assessed the students by having a brief discussion about what rights did the characters use in the book entitled A Play for All by ( ). During assessment requires students to give their definition of rights, rules, fair treatment, and opinions based off the shared reading. The post-assessment consist of the students creating a rule they would like to see implemented into the American democracy. Lesson Objective Assessment(s) of the Objective(s) Essential Questions Use of Formative Assessme nt The students will discuss and write about the rights of American citizens, fair treatment, Pre-Assessment- Teacher Candidate initiates brief discussion and questioning about what rights did the characters use in the book entitled A What is a right? What rights do The data collected

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Lesson Plan Play for All by ( ). The students will receive a score of 0-2 based on their knowledge. 0= no knowledge, 1= some understanding, 2= full understanding of concept During- assessment requires students to give their definition of rights, rules, fair treatment, and opinions based off the shared reading. The same scale will be used to rate the participation the students, and how well they can answer the questions during the group discussion. Post Assessment- consists of the students creating a rule they would like to see implemented into the American democracy. The students were rated on the knowledge of their rule and how well they can explain their reason to implement it. we have at school, home, or in the community?

Fall 2013 from the assessmen ts will help inform me if I need to reteach this lesson. It also informs me who achieved the learning objective and who did not.

Accommodations: This classroom features children with various learning styles and needs. I will accommodate the early finishers by allowing them to add more details to their pictures. The slower paced learners will receive more guidance from the student teacher to get their assignment completed. The visual learners were accommodated by the visual aids provided in A Play for All by Joy Cowley. Auditory learners were accommodated by hearing the different ideas during the group discussion. Kinesthetic learners were accommodated by acting out certain parts in the play. The children who have speech problems were accommodated by receiving extra guidance from the teacher candidate.

Materials: A Play for All by Joy Cowley, paper, pencil, pointer, Smart board.

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Lesson Plan

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Procedures: 1.) The teacher candidate walks to the carpet and explain to the students that it is now time to do a Social Studies activity. The students will be called to the carpet by the color they are assigned to. 2.) When all the children have arrived on the carpet, the students will be told that today we will be reading a story called A Play for All by Joy Cowley. 3.) She will state her expectations. The expectations are to: remain seated on your bottoms, no one will talk out of turn, and everyone will raise their hand for permission to speak. 4.) The student teacher will ask the students to think about what they think this book will be about as we take a picture walk. 5.) She will assign some of the students a character in the story. 6.) After assigning students a role in the story, the story will be read by the teacher candidate. 7.) The teacher candidate will discuss with the children what the story was about after the read aloud. 8.) The class will discuss what the author said about rights and responsibilities. 9.) The students will share of the rights that were demonstrated in the story as the teacher writes down the ideas on chart paper. 10.) The whole class will have a closing discussion about our rights, responsibilities, and fair treatment. 11.) The teacher candidate will dismiss the children back to their seats. 12.) While the students are at the desk the student teacher will model the next assignment. They will be asked to come up with a rule they would like to see put into our government. A picture must be draw to illustrate their writing. 13.) Each student will receive a piece of paper to begin their assignment. Teacher candidate will monitor their progress as they work 14.) The students will be given 20 minutes to complete this assignment. Once their work is turned in they will given permission to start packing up to go home

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Lesson Plan

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References: No references were used during this lesson. Activity Analysis: The activities for this lesson involve the children acting out a story, and discussing the rights, responsibilities, and fair treatment. The last activity requires the students to think about a rule that should be implementing to our democracy. When the students were acting out the story and having a group discussion, it gave everyone a better understanding of the learning objective. The second activity just reinforces what the children should have learned if they achieved the objective. The activities cater to the needs of the children are shy and timid. This allows them to feel more comfortable voicing their opinions with their peers. The majority of them like to be involved during the lessons, so allowing them to act out certain characters made it more fun for everyone. The children can express their own thoughts but creating a rule that could be implemented. This lesson did implement technology by using the web cam and Smart board. The web cam and Smart board were used to model how the students should start their writing assignment. The technology was handled by the student teacher but was used to help the children better understand what is expected during this assignment.