Lesson Planning Form for Accessible Instruction Calvin College Education Program

Teacher : Hannah Hougen

Date: __ November 2016

Subject/ Topic/ Theme: Fairy Tale Unit Lesson 5: Bringing It All Together

Grade: 1st

I. Objectives
How does this lesson connect to the unit plan?

This is the 5th and final lesson in the Unit Plan. It will be a review of characteristics of a fairy tale, and the
parts of a story. The students will act out the stories as a way to review the four Unit Fairy Tales, and it will
provide space for students to share a fairy tale from home.
cognitiveR U Ap An E C*

Learners will be able to:

Apply knowledge of fairy tales and the characters to act them out
Present the summary of a fairy tale from home
Better understand the cultural importance of fairy tales
Work with other students in a group to act out a fairy tale together
Illustrate their favorite scene from a fairy tale

physical
development

socioemotional

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U

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Common Core standards (or GLCEs if not available in Common Core) addressed:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central
message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details

(Note: Write as many as needed. Indicate taxonomy levels and connections to applicable national or state standards. If an objective applies to particular learners
write the name(s) of the learner(s) to whom it applies.)
*remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create

II. Before you start

Identify prerequisite
knowledge and skills.

-Students will be familiar with the four fairy tales of the unit (Red Riding Hood,
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, and The Three Billy Goats
Gruff)
Pre-assessment (for learning):
Formative (for learning):
-students will act out the story while it is being narrated as a way to help them understand the stories better
and keep them involved without them realizing

Outline assessment activities

(applicable to this lesson)

Formative (as learning):

Summative (of learning):

-students will draw their favorite scene from a fairy tale, incorporating setting,
characters and plot into their artwork
What barriers might this

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Provide Multiple Means of

Representation

Provide Multiple Means of

Action and Expression

Provide Multiple Means of

Engagement

lesson present?

Provide options for perceptionmaking information perceptible

-offer alternative display of the
information/story of different fairy
tales via acting

Provide options for physical

action- increase options for
interaction
-increase options for physical
action by having students act out
the stories

Provide options for language,

mathematical expressions, and
symbols- clarify & connect
language

Provide options for expression

and communication- increase
medium of expression

What will it take

neurodevelopmentally,
experientially, emotionally,
etc., for your students to do
this lesson?
Provide options for
comprehension- activate, apply
& highlight

Materials-what materials
(books, handouts, etc) do you
need for this lesson and are
they ready to use?

How will your classroom be

set up for this lesson?

-increase medium of
expression by letting
students illustrate their
favorite scene from a
fairy tale to show
evidence of their
comprehension
Provide options for executive
functions- coordinate short &
long term goals, monitor
progress, and modify strategies

Provide options for recruiting

interest- choice, relevance,
value, authenticity, minimize
threats
-optimize relevance by letting
students share fairy tales from
home (oral or in book form)
Provide options for sustaining
effort and persistence- optimize
challenge, collaboration,
mastery-oriented feedback
-facilitate collaboration by having
students work as a group to act out
the story

Provide options for selfregulation- expectations,

personal skills and strategies,
self-assessment & reflection

-highlight the big ideas of

the story so that they are
simple for children to act
out
-Summaries of the 4 stories that learners can act out
-List of students divided up into groups with their roles already cast
-blank paper for students to draw their favorite fairy tale scene

-The tables will stay in the regular spot, students will sit in their tables while working on their
illustrations and while other students act out the fairy tales at the front of the room

III. The Plan

Time

0:00

Components
Motivation
(opening/
introduction/
engagement)

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Describe teacher activities

AND
student activities
for each component of the lesson. Include important higher order thinking questions and/or
prompts.

We have heard lots of different fairy tales,

and today we get to have some fun with
them. We are going to act them out! I have
assigned you all to a different fairy tale to
act out, and I will work with you in a small
group before you all act them out in front
of the class. While you are waiting to work
with me, I want you to draw your favorite
scene from any of the fairy tale stories we
learned about together. Include the setting
and characters. I want to see your very best

-students prepare to act out their fairytales

in groups with teacher for 5 minutes
-while waiting to work with teacher,
students will illustrate a scene from their
favorite fairy tale

artwork!
-While preparing with students, ask them the plot,
setting, and character traits of the fairy tale to
which they have been assigned
-Encourage students to think about how they can
act like their character

15:00
25:00

30:00

Development
(the largest
component or
main body of
the lesson)

Closure
(conclusion,
culmination,
wrap-up)

-Facilitate presentation of the different fairy tales,

narrate while students act

-students act out their assigned fairy tale,

listen and watch other groups quietly

Does anyone have a fairy tale from home that they

want to share?

-if students have a fairy tale their parents

shared with them, they can share it with
the class.
-The rest of the class listens respectfully
while one student shares

This is our last lesson in the unit on fairy

tales. There are lots of fairy tales we didnt
look at together, so keep your eyes open to
find different ones next time youre at the
library!

-students listen

Your reflection about the lesson, including evidence(s) of student learning and engagement, as well as ideas for improvement
for next time. (Write this after teaching the lesson, if you had a chance to teach it. If you did not teach this lesson, focus on the
process of preparing the lesson.)

I was not given the opportunity to teach this lesson. I was allowed to teach four of the lessons from
my unit, and I chose to cut this one because it includes review and application of previously taught concepts by
means of different activities. No new concepts would have been introduced. While it would have taken a lot of
preparation, I think it would have been a lot of fun for the class. Beforehand, I would have had to create scripts
for the different fairy tales and assign the students to different roles. It would have been something completely
new for them, which is why I had included it in the first place. After having taught the first four lessons of the
unit, I think the timing of this lesson (in terms of fitting it all in) could have been a challenge.
I wanted to bring a personal aspect into this lesson by providing the space for students to share a fairy
tale from home, but my experience is evidence that objectives that arent state determined get easily pushed
aside. While the exploration of students own findings is interesting and fun, this particular classroom does not
facilitate much learning that is not standards-based. I hope that in the future I can prioritize activities that arent
so mainstream, or better yet, combine the two. I think this was a good lesson to learn firsthand.

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