NearestandDearestHeartWriting

EnglishLanguageArts
FirstGrade
20-25minutes

Objective:Studentswillbeabletowriteastoryusingoneofthetopicson
theirnearestanddearesthearts

Standard:NYS.CCLS.1.ELA.W.11.Createandpresentapoem,
dramatization,artwork,orpersonalresponsetoaparticularauthoror
themestudiedinclass,withsupportasneeded.

Materials:
NearestandDearestHeart
WritingPaper
Pencil
WritingFolders

Introduction:
1. Thestudentswillsharetheirnearestanddearestheartsthatthey
completedforhomework.
2. Explainthateachstudentshouldchoosejustonethingoffoftheir
nearestanddearestheartstowriteabout.Explainthattheyneedto
havemorethan1sentence,eachsentenceneedstostartwitha
capitalletterandendwithaperiod,exclamationpointorquestion
markandthatgoodauthorsalwaysstartwiththewordsandthen
theydrawthepicture.
3. Gooverthewritingtoolsthattheyhavebeenworkingon.
a. Circleandmoveon-Whentheydontknowhowtospella
word,theystretchitoutandiftheydontthinkitisspeltwrite
theycircleitandmoveon.Theywillgobackwhentheyfinish
it.
 b. Stretchoutthewords-Stretchoutthewordstohearallthe
sounds.
c. OurDictionary-Eachstudenthasagreendictionarybookin
theirwritingfolder.Theycanuseittofindwordsthattheyare
tryingtospell.

Implementation:
1. Askeachstudenttopickoutthewritingpaperthattheywanttouse
andhavethemsitattheirseatswiththeirnearestanddearesthearts
aswellastheirwritingfolders.
2. Explainagainthattheyneedtowriteabout1thingontheirnearest
anddearesthearts.
3. Walkaroundtheroomhelpingthestudentsastheyneeditproviding
moreorlessscaffolding.

Assessment:
ObservationalNotesthroughoutthelesson.Aswellascollecting
theirwritingsamples.

 ObservationalNotes

StudentsName Notes
JosephAlteiri

SaraBarak

DanteBatista

GabrielCatul

KatelinDreger

EthanFleischman

MelanieGlinsky

DuncanHinkley

AnthonyKessel-Matais

DerekKirchner
 FaithLake

RyanMirmelstein

AnastasiaNovik

HaleySwindell

SarahWalker

AmyWeber