Lesson Planning Form for Accessible Instruction Calvin College Education Program

Teacher

Kathleen Fuller

Date

Subject/ Topic/ Theme

Cause/Effect 2

Grade ______1st__________

I. Objectives
How does this lesson connect to the unit plan?
Cause and effect through the books of Laura Numeroff
cognitiveR U Ap An E C*

Learners will be able to:

physical
development

socioemotional

U
U

See patterns in Laura Numeroff books

Identify cause and effect in other books and their own lives

Common Core standards (or GLCEs if not available in Common Core) addressed:
RL 2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
(Note: Write as many as needed. Indicate taxonomy levels and connections to applicable national or state standards. If an objective applies to particular learners
write the name(s) of the learner(s) to whom it applies.)
*remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create

II. Before you start

Identify prerequisite
knowledge and skills.

Prior knowledge of Laura Numeroff

Basic knowledge of cause/effect from previous unit.
Pre-assessment (for learning):

Does anyone remember what cause and effect are?

Outline assessment
activities
(applicable to this lesson)

Formative (for learning):

Formative (as learning):
Summative (of learning):

What are some examples of cause and effect? In Laura Numeroffs books?
Provide Multiple Means of
Representation
Provide options for perceptionmaking information perceptible
Game and writing

Provide Multiple Means of Action

and Expression
Provide options for physical actionincrease options for interaction
Sitting in a circle on the floor to
play a game.

Provide Multiple Means of

Engagement
Provide options for recruiting
interest- choice, relevance, value,
authenticity, minimize threats
Choice- what to write cause and
effect sentences about

Provide options for expression and

communication- increase medium
of expression

Provide options for sustaining effort

and persistence- optimize
challenge, collaboration, masteryoriented feedback

What barriers might this

lesson present?
What will it take
neurodevelopmentally,
experientially,
emotionally, etc., for your
students to do this lesson?

Provide options for language,

mathematical expressions, and
symbols- clarify & connect
language

Provide options for comprehensionactivate, apply & highlight

Apply to the book we are

writing.

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Writing, game, brainstorming.

Sharing their ideas with each

other about Cause/Effect WS

Provide options for executive

functions- coordinate short & long
term goals, monitor progress, and
modify strategies

Provide options for self-regulationexpectations, personal skills and

strategies, self-assessment &
reflection

Long term goals: apply cause

and effect to writing our own
book.

Picking a character for our

story/ briefly brainstorming
sentences as well as the WS

Materials-what materials
(books, handouts, etc) do
you need for this lesson
and are they ready to
use?

How will your classroom

be set up for this lesson?

If You Give a Dog a Donut

Cause and effect worksheet
Writing utensil
Cause and effect definitions

Students will sit on the rug for the story, then move to their desks and work in their desk groups on the
cause and effect worksheet.

III. The Plan

Time

3 min

Components
Motivation
(opening/
introduction/
engagement)

Describe teacher activities

AND
student activities
for each component of the lesson. Include important higher order thinking questions and/or
prompts.
Does anyone remember what we learned about
Students will answer what cause and effect are
yesterday?
What is cause and effect?

1.
2.

5-7
min

3.
4.

3-5
min
7 min

2 min

Development
(the largest
component or
main body of
the lesson)

5.

6.
7.

10
min

8.

10
min

9.

5 min

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Closure
(conclusion,
culmination,
wrap-up)

Put up definitions of cause and effect. This

is important to remember!
We are going to read If You Give a Dog a
Donut again to refresh our memories of
cause and effect.
Read book, and have them repeatedly
identify cause and effect.
If it seems like the students need more
cause and effect examples in books, pull
out more Laura Numeroff books again.
Now we are going to do a worksheet like
we did last time with cause and effect but
you will have to make up your own ideas.
I will do one as an example:
I stole my brothers toy so I got in trouble.
Have students share examples with each
other.
If time, play a cause and effect game. Sit
in a circle. Have one start: If you give a
first grader a _____ then (next person)
_______ and if they (next person) ______
then (next person) ________ and so on.
Next time, we will be writing our own
story that follows this same cause and
effect pattern that Laura Numeroffs
books cover. Lets brainstorm a subject
and a thing our subject desires for our
book.

Do you understand the pattern we have to follow to

make our own book?
Have you thought of any sentences we can create
using cause and effect in our book?

Students listen to the book.

Students do the worksheet

Students share examples with each other

Students play game

Students brainstorm a character.

Students answer questions

Your reflection about the lesson, including evidence(s) of student learning and engagement, as well as ideas for improvement
for next time. (Write this after teaching the lesson, if you had a chance to teach it. If you did not teach this lesson, focus on the
process of preparing the lesson.)

After the pre-assessment results came back before my unit started, I decided we needed two days worth of
cause and effect time. Its a very important topic relating to Laura Numeroffs books and in turn my unit. We
read If You Give a Dog a Donut again and then sat on the floor in a circle to play a game. I explained that I
wanted them to follow the same kind of pattern that we have identified in Numeroffs books. I started with if
you give a first grader fruitsnacks and had the next person fill in the blank. They caught on very quickly
and we went around the whole circle with no problems! I was so proud of them. With out additional time, we
voted on what the character should be in our class story and what they should have. We settled on if you give
a cheetah chocolate.

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