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Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC DETAILS CK
Name Emily Ritchey
Subject Social Studies
Grade Level Kindergarten
Date/Duration 40 minute time period.
Big Ideas School and community rules serve a purpose for
everyone.



Essential Why do we have rules?
Questions Why are rules important?
What are school rules?
What are examples of rules in our community?

PA/Common Standard- 5.1.K.A Explain the purpose of rules.

Core/Standards Standard- 5.1.K.B Explain the need for rules.
Standard- 5.1.K.E Demonstrate responsibilities in the
classroom.
Standard- 5.1.1.A Explain the purposes of rules in the
classroom and school community.

Objective The kindergarten students, individually, will verbally

discuss the importance of rules in a video project, 1 out
Bloom's of 1 times
Taxonomy

Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative & Formative- The students will have to prepare what they
Summative want to say before they are actually filmed. They will
Assessment have a few practice rounds where I will assess if they
Evidence have a full understanding of why rules are important to
follow. A checklist will be used for documentation.
Summative- At the end of the unit, the students will be
a part of creating a classroom video that explains
classroom and community rules and why they are
important.

ISTE Standards The students will be using technology in multiple ways.

for Students They will be using iPads and playing and learning
through instructional apps. They will be using a video
Framework for recorder to create the video and they will be using a CD
21st Century player with headphones to listen to music that was
Learning introduced in the unit.
 Empowered Learner- Students leverage technology to
take an active role in choosing, achieving, and
demonstrating competency in their learning goals,
informed by the learning sciences.
Accommodation Hyde is a 4 year old who was diagnosed with obsessive
s, Modifications compulsive disorder. During the station activities, Hyde
is permitted to take breaks when needed.
Hyde has a visual schedule of the daily events that
allows him to know and prepare for what is coming
next. This seems to reduce some of his anxiety.

SUPERVISING N/A
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

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Procedures
RATIONALE for This will be the last lesson in the unit. The students should CK
the Learning have had the instruction needed to be able to create the video
Plan and explain why rules are important.

Introduction Activating Prior Knowledge

The students will be asked, What have you learned
about rules? On a piece of chart paper placed at the
front of the room, I will write down the students
answers.
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
The book, Respect and Take Care of Things will be read
to the class as a wrap up to the unit. It addresses
respect, responsibility, and stewardship.

Explicit Big Idea Statement

Instructions School and community rules serve a purpose for
everyone.
Essential Questions Statement
Why do we have rules?
Why are rules important?
What are school rules?
What are examples of rules in our community?
Objective Statement
We will be making a video that shows why rules are
important for everyone to follow.
Transition
The students will be called down to the rug for circle
time one by one by sharing their favorite color.
Key Vocabulary
Rules, school, community, follow, need, want, safe,
good, bad, trouble
Lesson PreAssessment of Students
Procedure
The students will be preassessed during their practice
rounds when they verbally explain what they are going
to say in the video.
Modeling of the Concept
While filming of each student will be taking place in one
corner of the room there will be varies stations
throughout the rest of the space for the students to work
through at their own pace. The stations will include: an
iPad station, a music and movement station, a quiet
reading station, and an art station. All the activities in
each station will be about rules and safety, reflecting on
past lessons. All the of the stations will be modeled for
the class, explaining what each entail.
Guiding the Practice
The students will have the option of working in pairs or
independently as they move throughout the stations. A
limit will be set for each station based on the amount of
space there is. While the class is moving throughout the
stations, one by one a child will be pulled to the corner
to film for the classroom video. The video will contain
one clip of each student verbally explaining what rules
are and why they are important.
Providing the Independent Practice
The students will have the option to move from station
to station, working independently.
Transition
The students will be told to return back to their assigned
table based on the table colors. (red, blue, and yellow)
Reading Respect and Take Care of Things book
Materials All the other books listed in my unit library document.
Technology The Good Manners for Kids app.
Equipment The Road Safety Web-quest
Supplies
iPads
The Stranger Danger song and others
CD player
Headphones
Drawing paper
Crayons
Colored pencils
Evaluation of Formal Evaluation
the The students will be formally evaluated based on their
Learning/Master performance during the video that is being created.
y of the While the students are completing their practice rounds,
Concept what they said will be documented for comprehension of
the importance of school rules.
Informal Evaluation
While the students are moving from station to station
either myself or my aide will be asking them simple
questions about the topics taught and learned
 throughout the unit.

Closure Summary & Review of the Learning

At the end of the lesson, the students will help collect
and put all of the materials away.
The class will then have a discussion about what their
favorite station was and why.
Homework/Assignments
No Homework

Teacher When the video is complete, I will know if total

Self-reflection comprehension was grasped based on what they chose
to say in their clip.
If they seem to be struggling with the topic of the
importance of school and community rules, other
activities can be developed.