Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Safe and Caring Schools

Date

October 17, 2016

Subject/Grade
Level

Elementary and Secondary

Time
Duration

30 min

Unit

Education Issues

Teacher

Alicia and Gemma

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

1. To understand the implementation of the Safe and Caring Schools Legislation

2. To understand the impact of creating a positive school environment
1. Understand how this Act will be taught in schools
2. Understand how students will adopt this Act in the classroom
3. Learn how parents are involved in the legislation
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will:
1. Practically be able to understand the significance of the Safe and Caring Schools Act

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
N/A
Key Questions:
N/A
Products/Performances: N/A

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Alberta Education Website

Safe and Caring Schools Society website
Prior to lesson
Attention Grabber
Assessment of Prior
Knowledge
Transition to Body
Learning Activity #1
Teacher Notes: Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity #2
Teacher Notes: Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity #3
Teacher Notes: Assessments/
Differentiation

Consolidation of
Learning:
Feedback From Students:
Feedback To Students
Transition To Next
Lesson

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Rocks, balloons, markers

PROCEDURE

Set up materials for activity and PowerPoint

Introduction
Video explaining the need for the schools act
Question class, does anyone know about the Act prior to the presentation?
First impressions, what do you think the Act entails/is based on?
Close discussion and begin introduction to what the schools act is
Body
The legislation as a whole-school approach
Presentation
More specifically the role that teachers, students and parents play
individually in implementing the legislation
Understand the importance of a whole school approach more specifically

Time
3 minutes
3 minutes
1 minute
Time
3 min

5 min

Rock and Balloons Activity: The importance of Positivity

Providing tangible understanding of how positivity can influence
individuals and the weight of words.
Closure

10 min

Who believes that this legislation is beneficial? Will it ultimately work?

2 min

Questions?
N/A

5 min

N/A

Time

Reflections from the
lesson

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe