Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Name: Shannon Maloney Central Focus/Big Idea of the Lesson:

Even though it may not seem like it, there
Grade Level/Subject: 1st Grade- Social Studies are many different ways to solve conflicts
in homes, schools, classrooms, and
communities.
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:
1.C&G.1.3 Summarize various ways in which conflicts could be resolved in homes, Date taught:
schools, classrooms and communities.
Daily Lesson Objective: Students will be able to identify three different ways to solve a conflict in either the home,
school, classroom, or community.
21st Century Skills: (Go to this link for more info about these skills: Academic Language Demand
http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework_Definitions.pdf)
Problem Solving Language Function: Identify
Communication
Vocabulary: conflict, solution

Discourse: group work and discussion

Syntax: Worksheet and exit ticket

Prior Knowledge: what a conflict is, different ways to solve conflicts, how to be respectful

Activity Description of Activities and Setting Time

1. Focus and Review
2. Statement of Objective
for Student
3. Teacher Input
4. Guided Practice
Engage students in an inquiry discussion by asking:
What is a conflict?
5 min
Where do conflicts happen?
What do you do when you are in a conflict?
Today you will be able to identify different ways to solve conflicts in
30 secs
your home, school, classroom, or community.
Give the students information and diagrams about different ways that
problems can be solved. These can be found in the PowerPoint along 3 min
with the definition of conflict and solution.
The students will be put into groups. Each group will be given a conflict
and they will have to work together to figure out a solution to the
conflict with their group members. They will then have to then share 5 min
with the class the conflict that they had and what solution they came
up with as a group.

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 The students will go back to their tables and be given a worksheet with
5. Independent Practice three different conflicts on it. They will have to independently come up 10 min
with a solution to at least one of the conflicts that they have to face.
6. Assessment Methods of Formative Assessment: The students will have to turn in their worksheet with the 1-3
all objectives/skills: solutions to the conflicts that they were given.
The students will have an exit ticket-
7. Closure They will have to write down a new way that they learned to solve a 5 min
conflict from the class today.
Ten of the students were able to respond to one of the questions. 3 of them were able
to respond to two of the questions. 2 of them were able to respond to three of the
8. Assessment Results of
questions and 3 students were not able to respond to any of the questions. 83 percent
all objectives/skills:
of the students were able to meet the requirement and some of those students went
above and beyond and answered more questions than they had to.
Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations: Student/Small Group
English Language Learners: Show the students pictures and Modifications/Accommodations:
model the actions of how to solve the solutions. Struggling Students: Make sure that they can see
the diagrams and examples while they are working
ADHD Students: Make sure to make it interactive and fun so they so they know what to reference.
want to learn and pair them with people who will keep them on
task. Early Finishers: Have them write down their own
conflict and a solution that they think would be
able to go along with.
Materials/Technology:
(Include any instructional materials (e.g., worksheets, assessments PowerPoint/SmartBoard slides, etc.) needed to implement the lesson at the end of the lesson plan.)

guided practice worksheet, independent practice worksheet, PowerPoint

Reflection on lesson:
A few strengths that I learned from this lesson were that making the examples from the lesson real life situations makes
the students more interested in the lesson. They were all able to relate to the examples that I had. It was good to have
my PowerPoint as a reference because it was much easier to go along with the lesson. I thought that the group work
was a good idea because the students were able to come together and collaborate. They were really able to work
together and to come up with ideas that were different. When it came to the worksheet it was much easier when I read
it out to them because they were able to understand what the problem was asking and since they were in first grade it
was a little harder for them.

A few weaknesses that I learned from this lesson were that it can be stressful to fit so much in what seems like so little
time. It felt like I had to rush to be done because I did not pace myself the best. I did not realize that the thirty-minute
social studies block went by so fast. Another weakness was that the students tried to get off topic when they were
working in small groups and ended up either talking about something else or just sitting there staring at each other.
They needed a push to be able to learn and really talk about what they were supposed to. There were two

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troublemakers that tried to cause problems for me because they were disrupting the class and I had to stop my lesson
many times to make sure that they stopped interrupting me.

I leaned that teaching and student learning is that it is really a science. Each student learns differently and it is important
to make sure that each student understands what is happening. In the earlier grades I found that they have a shorter
attention span so they have to learn things in smaller portions. It is much easier for the students to understand when
they have real life examples that they may be able to relate to. Conflict is something that happens every day so I think it
is important that students are able to get real world examples so they know how they may have to face certain things.
Teaching and student learning are interdependent on each other and when one of those components are not working
they are not very compatible.

I would teach this lesson differently in the future is to make sure to pace myself and make sure that I am able to have
enough time for all of the lesson that has to be taught. The other thing I would also change is the way that I disciplined
certain children. I would make sure that I was able to discipline them once and make sure that they did not cause a
problem for the rest of the lesson. I would also keep a vigilant eye on the students when they are doing group work or
even give them conversation starters to get the conversation started and on topic.

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Group Conflict Prompts

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Name: _____________________ Number: ________

How to Solve a Conflict

1. There is only one cookie left in the cookie jar. You and your friend both want to eat the

last cookie. What do you do?

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2. You accidentally break a plate in the kitchen. Your mom comes in and asks you what happened.

What do you do?

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3. You have been using the red crayon for a long time. You neighbor asks you to use the red

crayon. What do you do?

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