Early Primary Lesson Plan

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Johnny-Appleseed-and-Apple-Activities-
and-Centers-270604
And Interactive Whiteboard Web Diagram

Grade Level & Subject Area: 1st Grade & Science/Social Studies & Writing Johnny
Appleseed

Standards/Framework (Common Core, NAEYC, Mid-level ….):

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5

Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information,
drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the
topic, and provide some sense of closure.

Theme/Series of Lessons (if Not applicable, put N/A. If it is part of a series, of lessons, tell
me, give a BRIEF description of the overall and tell me where this particular lesson fits):
Students will be moving into our apples and Johnny Appleseed unit. Based on the prior study of
seasons and weather.

Time (is this a 1 day 50 minute lesson, 5 day 1 hour lesson, once a week over a month
lesson….):

5 Days, 25 Minutes

What do the students already know? (This could be the Intro or they have learned
information before starting this lesson):
Students have an understanding of weather and how the weather changes throughout a year.
Students will continue their learning about seasons changing to fall and selecting activities that
are done in each season.

Objective (What are the students’ going to accomplish):

Materials:
Johnny Appleseed Texts (Bookflix on Infohio)
Apple Texts
Interactive Whiteboard
Procedure:
Teacher will begin the lesson by asking what students already know about Johnny
Appleseed and the seasons. Teacher will complete the anchor chart through interactive writing to
have students share about what the class might know about Appleseed. Next, students will
develop questions they would like to find answers to throughout their study. These questions will
guide student’s learning and support them when he was feeling there. Teacher will share Johnny
Appleseed texts and apple texts throughout the lesson days. Students will interactively
participate in the discussion and add to the what did we learn column. Students will use the KWL
chart and the texts to develop an informational writing that teaches others about Johnny
Appleseed.

Assessment (How will the students’ show you that the objective has been met):
Student’s KWL Chart will help support students and for me to add student’s discoveries,
thoughts and ideas to the chart. The end of the informational writing will allow for students to
share among one another their projects as the teacher walks about.

A Brief Description Of The Entire Lesson - Plus Any Additional Information to be

Included:
- Johnny Appleseed Text
- KWL Chart
- What I think I know, What I want to know, What I learned?
- 1st Grade Informational Graphic Organizer Writing Paper, Students will be using once
they have their ideas shared and written down.

Please see below:

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