MASTER APPRENTICE PROGRAM for TEACHERS

Lesson Plan and Reflection Form

Candidate: Becca Ciamacco
Grade Level: First

Date: 1/13/2017
Subject: ELA- Martin Luther King Day

Number of Students 21

1 Core Standard/Content Standard:

RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

SL1.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade level 1 topics and
texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
SL1.6 produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation
L.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing
2 Learning Objective/s:

Students achieving below grade level expectations will copy a given sentence from the board for their
own two hands worksheet.
Students achieving at grade level expectations will write their own idea with some teacher spelling
assistance on their own two hands worksheet.
Students achieving above grade level expectations will write their own sentence without teacher
assistance on their own two hands worksheet.
3 Assessment/Monitoring Learning:

Type of Assessment (describe):

Informal observation will be used to assess this lesson. Observation will occur during the class read
aloud and discussion and notes will be recorded after the lesson. A rating scale will be used to
document their understanding and completion of their own two hands worksheet. Students will turn in
their own two hands sheet to be looked at by the teacher after the lesson.

Monitoring of Progress: (describe)

Monitoring of progress will occur during review of previous learning, the read aloud, class discussion
and own two hands activity.
*List any special accommodations or modifications in the learning plan required by student needs.

Students achieving below grade level expectations will have their ideas written out from them on the
white board. This also serves as a launching off point for the students meeting and exceeding grade
level expectations.

Why have you chosen this approach for assessment?

I have chosen this approach for assessment because observation is an appropriate way
to asses a large group, teacher led activity. A rating scale will be used for their activity
sheet in order to assess how they are doing with their grammar usage and writing skills.
4 Central Focus

Students will learn about the life of Martin Luther

King Jr. and apply this knowledge to their own lives.
5 Learning Experience Plan

Anticipatory set/Introduction:

Must include, numbered:

1 Gain Attention: audio clip of I Have a Dream speech
2 Review Previous Learning: Does anyone know who that was speaking? What do you

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know about Martin Luther King Jr.? What does it mean to treat all people equally?
Motivation: Today we are going to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. because we will be
celebrating his birthday on Monday with a day off of school.
Statement of Student Objective: At the end of our story today you will create your own way
to make a difference in the world.

Strategies/Methods: (describe steps in instruction)

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Students will listen to the story Martins Big Words be read aloud to them.
Students will discuss the story by answering questions like, What are some things that
Martin Luther King did to make a difference? What did he believe in above all else?
What can we learn from Dr. King?
7 Students will listen to the song, With My Own Two Hands by Jack Johnson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRjDBd6tBBY
8 Students will discuss ways they can make a difference at school or home and create a class
list of ideas on the white board
9 Students will break off individually and write how they personally will make a difference in
their own lives.
10 Students will decorate their hands to look like them.

Why have you chosen these strategies/methods?

I have chosen these strategies in order to make a meaningful connection to Martin

Luther King Day for my students. It pushes them to higher levels of thinking and
motivates them to make a difference in their own lives.

Closure/Conclusion:

Student activity sheet will be made into a class book.

*List any special accommodations or modifications in the learning plan required by student needs.
Aaliyah will be given two worksheets in order to make a rough draft and a neater final copy as we are working on
handwriting for her.
6 Supporting Learning:

Materials /Resources needed:

Martins Big Words
Own Two Hands song video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRjDBd6tBBY
Own Two Hands Worksheet
I Have a Dream Speech Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRIF4_WzU1w
People color crayons

Grouping for Learning:

Large Group, individual

Language Demands: (vocabulary demands AND other communication demands)

Martin Luther King Jr., equality, freedom, peace, violence, preach, minister, Civil Rights Movement
Students will be asked to listen, respond and write.
*List any special accommodations or modifications in the learning plan required by student needs.
Aaliyah will be given two worksheets in order to make a rough draft and a neater final copy as we are working on
handwriting for her.

Self-assessment/Reflection of the Lesson (analysis and rationale):

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Central Focus:

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The central focus was well met in the respect that the students were extremely engaged about the life of Dr. Martin
Luther King and were able to apply the concept of making a difference to their own lives.
Learning Experience Plan:
The learning experience plan went well and was immediately engaging with the clip from Kings I Have a Dream
Speech. The students had learned a bit about Martin Luther King the Day before so the review of previous learning was
successful and added to the new knowledge that the students learned from the story Martins Big Words. The flow of
this lesson was very successful and I would not change anything about this portion.
Supporting Learning Plan:
The materials were successful especially the use of the people color crayons. This added more than I expected to the
lesson as the students really took it seriously trying to find a color that represented them. I even had a student discover
that he could make one of his hands and one of Dr. Martin Luther Kings. These simple crayons added so much to the
activity.
Assessment/Monitoring Learning:
Informal observation was useful in the lesson and the rating scale was helpful in assessing the writing portion of the
activity. The writing prompt was easily assessable in looking at proper sentence structure and grammar which we have
been working on a lot in first grade!
Special Accommodations or Modifications in the Learning Experience Plan, Supporting Learning, or
Assessment/Monitoring required by student needs.
As I had expected, many of the students took advantage of having their idea spelled out for them on the board. Several
students achieving above grade level expectations wrote their own sentence and ideas and I encouraged several to
expand and write even more. This lesson was easily differentiated and accommodations were met.

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