Lesson Content Objective: Students will describe and provide examples of fairness and develop a set of class rules using an affinity process. Day of the Week and Time Allotted: Thursday (first day of Kindergarten), 45 minute block
Do Now
AIM
HW
In your journal, draw a picture of a rule you had at your pre-school. If you haven’t been to pre-school, draw a picture of a rule you have at home.
Essential Question: How does being a member of a community affect the choices I make for myself? Enduring Understandings: A community is more than a group of people. A community takes care of the people who belong to it. Keeping a community going takes work. Agenda:
Do Now–5 minutes
Discussion/Share of Do Now with class –10 minutes
Discussion of Essential Question: what is a community?—5 minutes
Teacher Model: demonstration of affinity process for organizing ideas—5 minutes
Student Activity—15 minutes
Students will suggest rules for our class. Teacher, EA, or other adult will record the ideas on sticky notes, seek input from students on how to group them as general concepts become apparent, then make a list.
Students choose a rule from the list and tell about something that happened to them that make that rule important.
6. Wrap-up—5 minutes
Why are rules important?
Discussion of Essential Question with lessons of the day: Why is it important to have rules in a community?
Talk with your family about all the different communities you belong to.
This looks good to me. Your do now will get students to start thinking about the lesson and engage them by using a personal experience. The idea of them drawing a picture is great since they probably cannot write out their thoughts. The AIM looks good too. The various times seem right to me and the activity will be important to students. ~ Jasmine
Lesson Content Objective: Students will describe and provide examples of fairness and develop a set of class rules using an affinity process.
Day of the Week and Time Allotted: Thursday (first day of Kindergarten), 45 minute block
Enduring Understandings:
A community is more than a group of people.
A community takes care of the people who belong to it.
Keeping a community going takes work.
Agenda:
- Students will suggest rules for our class. Teacher, EA, or other adult will record the ideas on sticky notes, seek input from students on how to group them as general concepts become apparent, then make a list.
- Students choose a rule from the list and tell about something that happened to them that make that rule important.
6. Wrap-up—5 minutesThis looks good to me. Your do now will get students to start thinking about the lesson and engage them by using a personal experience. The idea of them drawing a picture is great since they probably cannot write out their thoughts. The AIM looks good too. The various times seem right to me and the activity will be important to students.
~ Jasmine