Sarah Emerson

Monday
Class #1: Bullying
Language Arts
Maryland 2ND Grade
State Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic
or subject area.
Goals: Students will learn new vocabulary related to bullying.
General Characteristics:
This plan is for a second grade classroom in a Maryland private school. There
are fourteen students, six boys and eight girls. Three students are African American
(two girls and one boy), eight students are Caucasian (six girls, two boys), one male
student is Asian and two male students are Hispanic. All students are on or above
grade level.
Learning Styles:
The students enjoy learning with visual reinforcement. The classroom has an
agenda clearly displayed everyday. PowerPoints are used often for visual reference
and the students use bulletin boards for displaying work, as well as adding to the
word wall. Many of the lessons will utilize a smart board for PowerPoint
presentations. Group learning includes everyone and ensures that each student has
a chance to participate. In consideration of different learning styles all the multiple
intelligences will be utilized throughout the week.
Instructional Method:
This lesson utilizes verbal, intrapersonal, and visual intelligences.
11:00 Discussion / short video clip / Word Wall
Discussion about bullying and the video clip shown, some example questions:
Who were the two bullies?
What did they do to Henry?
How do you think Henry felt?
The word wall is used to keep the words fresh in the students minds and
support them when they are writing. They become familiar with the words
when they see them everyday.
11:15 - Discussion / PowerPoint / Worksheet

Example questions for the discussion relating to a bully free classroom.

What does a classroom or school look like to bullies?
What does a classroom or school look like to targets?
What would happen if we had repeated discussions in this class about how
bad bullying is and how it makes targets feel?
What would happen if we trained targets to say they dont like bullying?
What do you think adults do when they see bullying?
The PowerPoint is used as a visual reinforcement for students and guides the
lesson. The worksheet given keeps students focused and is a resource for
later use.
11:30 Comparison Poster
The comparison poster shows students visually the differences between
buddies and bullies. They are able to discuss with their peers, as well as the teacher.
11:45 Journal
Journaling is the summative assessment. Students are able to review
mentally the lesson and answer prompts given by the teacher.
Homework The students will write an example of a time they saw someone bullied
on a worksheet given.
Media and Materials:
Bully Free Classroom Poster, Posters, PowerPoint, Markers, Projector, PowerPoint,
Index Cards, Paper, and Pencils.
Prepare the Environment:
The lessons will start with students sitting at their desks. The teacher will
primarily stand at the front of the classroom during the lesson and move around for
support and pulse checks during worksheets and activities. There will be a
PowerPoint during the lesson to include visual support and help guide students in
discussion. During discussion, students will raise their hands to ask or answer a
question. When working on seatwork, students may use pencils or colored pencils
to complete their papers. Utensils will be provided for students who are without.
Journals will be used everyday and kept on the back of their chair. The classroom
door will be closed to keep the hallway from being a distraction. Students will be
allowed a bathroom and water break after each lesson. Those students that do not
complete their journal may finish it during lunch. The journals are to be left in the
classroom and not taken home.
Initial Activity:
The lesson will open by the teacher asking the students to write their definition of
bullying on an index card in a complete sentence. Afterwards, a brief discussion will

be held about the students definitions and the class will determine who has the
answer closest to the documented definition. The correct definition of bullying will
be shown to the students as stated by Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and PostPrimary Schools. Following this, a short clip of a cartoon classroom that portrays a
situation where bullying occurs will be shown. The students will then be asked to
relate this clip to the vocabulary words for the lesson.
A comparison poster will be at the front of the classroom on a bulletin board. Each
student will come up to the front, one at a time, and write a word that describes a
buddy and a word that describes a bully. After everyone has returned to their seats,
a discussion about the comparison of the words buddy and bully will be discussed.
Follow up:
As a follow up to the lesson, the students will have homework.
Each lesson will connect to the next and build on top of one another.
Evaluation:
At the end of the lesson, the student should have improved their understanding of
bullying. The teacher will review the days worksheets and their journals. Formative
assessment will not be done until later in the week, after the students have had time
to absorb the information. There will be a lot of discussion throughout the week to
assess students comprehension.