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OBJECTIVE CONNECTION TO ACHIEVEMENT GOAL

What will your students be able to do?
SWBAT: Listen to and respond to a video reading
of “What do you do with an idea?” and discuss their
own creative ideas orally and then document it in
their journals with drawings. Then they will
execute those ideas during choice/project time.
How does the objective connect to your
achievement goal?
This is connected to my achievement goal
because these cognitive and literacy objectives
lay the foundation for learning in the classroom
all year long.

PREREQUISITE SKILLS DIAGNOSTIC

What will your students need to know to master the
grade-level objective?
Students need to know how to sit and listen to a
story, share their thoughts orally and use art
materials to draw their thinking.
PRE-PLANNING
How will you assess students’ mastery of these
foundational skills?
I will initially assess a students’ mastery of these
foundational skills through observations during
prior read alouds and journal entries.

END OF LESSON ASSESSMENT

How will you know whether your students have made progress toward the objective?
I will review their journal entries and give them feedback as well as check in with them during
choice/project time.

KEY POINTS
What three to five key points will you emphasize?
1. Everyone has creative ideas to share with the world.
2. We all struggle with confidence around actually making those ideas come true.
3. We can also overcome those fears and give those ideas in our imagination a try!
4. We will journal our ideas and share them.
5. We will execute our creative ideas during choice/project time!

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OPENING (5 min.) MATERIALS

(Consider: How will you communicate what is about to happen?
How will you communicate how it will happen?
How will you communicate its importance?
How will you communicate connections to previous lessons?
How will you engage students and capture their interest?)
Today we will think more about creating, imagining and innovating during our choice Read along
and project work time. To think more about how we can do this we’re going to watch a video What
read aloud the story What do you do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada. do you do
with an
Idea?

INTRODUCTION OF NEW MATERIAL (8 min.)

(Consider: What key points will you emphasize and reiterate?
LESSON CYCLE

How will you ensure that students actively take in information?

How will you vary your approach to make information accessible to all students?
Which potential misunderstandings will you anticipate? Why will students be
engaged/interested?)
Key points to emphasize: Everyone has important ideas to share and therefore have Read along
lots of things to be imagined, created and innovated. Sometimes it’s scary or video What
intimidating to make those ideas become reality. We can have courage knowing that do you do
our classroom is a safe space with lots of helpers to help us make our creations! with an Idea?

Formative Assessment for this portion of the lesson: observations and anecdotal data
collection
GUIDED PRACTICE (8 min.)
(Consider: How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?
How will you ensure that all students have multiple opportunities to practice?
How will you scaffold practice exercises from easy to hard? How will you monitor and
correct student performance? Why will students be engaged/interested?)

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The guided practice is scattered throughout the actual read-aloud as we pause to Read along
discuss various parts of the story throughout however at the end we will discuss the video What
following as a group and have a few students share out: What creative ideas do you do you do
have? What makes you worried about making them come true? How can we help? with an
Idea?

Formative Assessment for this portion of the lesson: continued observations and
anecdotal note taking
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (30 min.)
(Consider: How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?
In what ways will students attempt to demonstrate independent mastery of the
objective? How will you provide opportunities for extension? Why will students be
engaged/interested?)
Children will independently practice planning for their creative, imaginative and Journals
innovative ideas in their journals. They will journal about an idea they have that they
want to begin as a project in the classroom (or outside of) and then share it with me. Art Materials
They can begin immediately or take some time to reflect on their plan and start another
day.

Formative Assessment for this portion of the lesson: Continued observations and Journals
anecdotal note taking
CLOSING (5 min.)
(Consider: How will students summarize what they learned?
How will students be asked to state the significance of what they learned?
How will you provide all students with opportunities to demonstrate mastery of (or
progress toward) the objective?
Why will students be engaged/interested?)

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During choice/project time during the next few days I’ll be checking in with each child
about their journal entries of their imaginative and creative ideas and how they’ve done
executing them in the classroom during choice/project time. For any students
struggling I’ll be sure to spend more time with them to keep them on track.

Notes, Handouts & Materials:

Computer, read aloud link, art materials, journals, choice/project time.

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