1st Grade – Citizenship

School Description and Resources

Phelps Luck Elementary School: PreK-5 enrollment – 583. Diverse school and community. Strong focus on restorative circles and
social/emotional wellbeing. Title 1 school. 62.6% students Free/Reduced Lunch. 17.7% Limited English Proficiency.

Technology: Computer, projector, speakers (cleanup music)

Objectives

Students will be able to discuss their efforts at community involvement.

Students will be able to define citizenship and explain key elements.
 AASL Standards for 21st Century Learner – Standard 4B: From the recorded data/information, ethically create new
understandings and knowledge related to the information need.

Learning Goal

I will teach this for one 1st grade class

 Harback: 31 Students

The learning goal requires students to understand citizenship as a multi-faceted concept. Throughout the lesson, we look at honesty,
respect, compassion, courage, and responsibility as elements of good citizenship. During this first portion of our citizenship unit, I
focus on honesty and responsibility. Digital citizenship, is an abstract concept which should be built throughout a unit. Therefore, I
will use this to introduce how citizenship applies to the digital world and how we must incorporate digital citizenship for using
online resources.

Assessment Plan

Informal pre-assessment: How do we show we are part of a community?

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  Our restorative circles are examples of taking part in a community.
In our restorative circles, how should we act?

Formative assessment: Demonstrate honesty and responsibility through a picture and caption

Instructional Procedures

Students will enter the classroom and go to their assigned seats.

I will explain the objectives:
 Today we will be learning about citizenship and our communities.
 Preassessment: How do we show we are part of a community?
o Our restorative circles are examples of taking part in a community.
In our restorative circles, how should we act?

[The boy who cried ninja]

 Read the story
 Display the Citizenship worksheet (Appendix A)
o Discuss honesty, respect, compassion, courage, and responsibility
 Highlight the honesty and responsibility within our story

Pass out citizenship worksheet.

 Modeling: on worksheet, have students pick to display honesty or responsibility
o Have them draw a picture and caption it showing one of the traits

As students work on their worksheet:

 Call students three-by-three to partake in book checkout
 After a few minutes, ensure these individuals are wrapping up
 Call the next set

Cleanup
Line up on the purple carpet with worksheet and their books

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Universal Design for Learning and Differentiation

Multiple Means of Representation

 Guideline 2 – Language & Symbols: Understanding specific vocabulary for citizenship and ethical action.
 Guideline 3 – Comprehension: This lesson supplies background knowledge necessary for digital citizenship.

Multiple Means of Action and Expression

 Guideline 5 – Expression & Communication: Students will use multiple types of media to present their citizenship trait.
 Guideline 6 – Executive Functions: Students will monitor their time for book checkout and completing the activity.

Multiple Means of Engagement

 Guideline 7 – Rectuiting Interest: This assignment optimizes authentic learning which is relavant to library media and online
resources.
 Guideline 9 – Self-Regulation: Students will be able to choose their trait.