ED 444 – Hovey – Self Directed Lesson Plan Template

Topic: Who’s Grade Name: Samantha Bruton

the Boss? Level: K

Standard/s:
K.SS.4.3.1 Identify individuals who are helpful to people in their everyday lives.
RI.K.1: The student with prompting and support asks and answers questions about key details in the
text.

Critical Thinking-Learning Target

Big Ideas to learn:
1. Who is the leader of our country, school, classroom, and home?
2. What are the different forms of government and where are they located?
3. Who are the current leaders of each form of government?

Objective/s:
1. Students will be able to identify the current leader in each form of government through pictures
given in the “Who’s the Boss?” work packet.
Depth of Knowledge:
2. Students will be able to identify additional leaders at school and in their home as they work
through the “Who’s the Boss?” packet.
Bloom- application:
3. Students will be able to identify the different leaders and where they are located through
coloring pictures and through the pictures provided in the “Who’s the Boss?” packet.

Assessment plan for each objective:

1. Evaluate student’s abilities to work independently and with others as they discover the answers
that are in the work packet.
2. Observe student’s abilities to follow directions as they complete the pages to identify leaders in
their school and home.
3. Observe and evaluate student’s ability to follow directions in the packet.

Know:
Know who the leaders are in our home, school, and country.
Know the different forms of government and where they are located.
Know the current leaders of each form of government.

Understand:
Understand why we have leaders at home, in the school and classroom, and in our country.
Understand why we need leaders to lead us.
Understand the importance part each of our leaders have.

Do:
4. Students will be able to identify the current leader in each form of government through pictures
given in the “Who’s the Boss?” work packet.
Depth of Knowledge:
5. Students will be able to identify additional leaders at school and in their home as they work
through the “Who’s the Boss?” packet.
Bloom- application:
6. Students will be able to identify the different leaders and where they are located through
coloring pictures and through the pictures provided in the “Who’s the Boss?” packet.

Key vocabulary terms and definitions:

Leader: a person who leads or commands a group.
Government: a system of rules and the people who make and administer them.
Capitol: the actual building our government is housed in.
Congress: a body of people who come together to discuss and make new laws for our government.

Materials: ‘Who’s the boss?” Packet for each student, coloring pencils, pencils and crayons.

Differentiation/Accommodations:
 Extend: Each activity is a must do for each student. Students may ask for help from their peers or
the teacher.
Support: Students will be sat in groups but may choose to work individually or with those around
them. Each group will include a high-level student to help lower0 level students with the work packet.
Lesson Sequence How will the teacher be a resource?

A. The learning context- What do you want students to learn about and what are their options?
Is this a step-by-step framework or is it more like a menu of options for students to
complete?
1. Students will be given a packet that is a step by step framework for them to work on
individually or with those at their assigned table. Discussions about the material is always
welcome and questions are a loud to be asked.
2. Students will first identify the leader in their home. The first page will have simple instructions
and the title Who is the Boss? A coloring page of a house will be the second page. The
students will be able to use the coloring pencils provided to color or draw on the page. The
next page will be where the students identify who the leaders are in their home and right down
the rules that they have in their home (this is a review from a previous lesson in the unit).
3. The next page students will identify the leaders of our school. Teacher and principal. They will
have the opportunity to color a school house and to draw a picture of their principal.
4. The next page students will identify the leaders of our state. There will be a picture of Idaho
and of the Idaho state capital for the children to color and draw on. A picture of the Governor
will be next in the packet along with his name. The children will write one sentence to the thank
the Governor of Idaho.
5. Students will then identify the leader of our country and the U.S. Capital in Washington D.C. A
coloring page of the capital will be provided along with a picture of our current president.
6. The children will then write one sentence thanking the President for serving our country.

B. What resources will the students have, and what is their time frame?
1. The children will be a given a packet with all the information they will need to complete the
assignment.
2. Materials will include; packet, color pencils, crayons, and pencils.
3. Coloring pages of the home and school will be provided in the packet.
4. Pictures of the leaders of our country will be provided in the packet.
5. Time frame is 30 minutes.

C. Guidelines for assessment criteria – How will students negotiate their grade?
1. There will be a rubric at the end of the packet they will receive so the student will know what is
expected of them. The teacher will read the rubric out loud before the students begin
completing the packet.
2. The rubric will be the teacher’s assessment plan. See above for details.

D. How will students report what they have learned?

1. The students will report what they have learned through their work in the packet and the
teacher will evaluate and observe as the students work through the packet.
2. Students will share their sentences about thanking our leaders in their groups. Volunteers will
report their sentences to the class.

Closure: ?

1. The teacher will direct the students to tell their groups the sentences they came up with. The
teacher will then ask for volunteers to share with the whole class.
2. Teacher will then read Grace for President to the class.
 Resources:

Books:

- Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchip

- This Little President: A Presidential Primer by John Holub
- If I were President by Catherine Stier
- D Is for Democracy: A Citizen’s Alphabet by Elissa Grodin

Online Sites for Teachers:

- Example of “Who’s the Boss?” Packet

https://www.kshs.org/teachers/professional/pdfs/bruening_whos_boss.pdf

Video clips/ movies:

- Three Branches of Government https://youtu.be/-EISWIY9bG8

- School house Rock- Government- No More Kings https://youtu.be/oT7dMHAiCfs
 Name: _____________________________

Who’s the Boss?

Kindergarten
*Read steps aloud to the students*

1. Color the My House coloring page. You may add flowers, trees, or
anything else you desire. Complete the page Who’s in charge of
my house? Circle the picture of the person who is in charge of your
house. On the lines provided below, write one rule that you have in
your home.

2. Color the My teacher coloring page. You may draw anything you
desire on the coloring page. Complete the My Classroom page.
Write your name in first box provided and a friend’s name in the
second. You may color the chairs on this page as well. You can
draw you sitting in one of the chairs if you so choose. On the lines
provided write the name of your teacher (It is written on the
board). Just like your parents are in charge of you at home, I am in
charge of the classroom.

3. Color the Schoolhouse coloring page. You may add flowers or

trees if you desire. Draw the face of our principal on the Our
Principal page. Write the name of our principal underneath his face
(His name is written on the board). The principle is in charge of
our school just like I am in charge of the classroom.

4. Color the picture of the state of Idaho. You may add anything you
like to the picture. The following page is a picture of the Idaho
 State capitol. The next page is a picture of the governor of Idaho,
Butch Otter. The governor is in charge of the state that we live in.
He has helpers to make the laws of our state and they are a group
of people called the state congress.

5. Color the picture of the U.S. capitol. You may add anything you
like to the picture. The following page is a picture of the President
of the United. Like the governor is in charge of our state, the
President is in charge of our whole country. He has helpers to
make the laws for our country and they are a group of people we
call the Congress.
My House
 Who is in charge at my house?

Name: ________________

Name: _______________

Rules at home:
1. _________________________________________________
 My Classroom

My Name My friend’s name

My Teacher: _____________________________
My Schoolhouse
 Our Principal

My Principal: _______________________________________
Idaho State Capitol
Governor Butch Otter
U.S. Capitol- Washington D.C.
U.S. President – Donald Trump