Lesson Plan #4

Name: Eleftheria Giannaris Date: November 4th, 2015

Subject: ELA/Social Studies Grade: 2/3

Content (Topic):Remembrance Day

Instructional Strategies (Specific):Structured Overview, Listening and Viewing, Learning Activity Package

Outcome:IN2.1: Determine characteristics of a community.

DR2.1: Investigate stories of significant events and persons in the local community’s history to describe the contribution of those who lived in the community in earlier times.

PA2.1: Analyze how decisions are made with the local community.

Indicators:a) Identify needs met by the local community that cannot be met independently or individually, and describe the concept of interdependence.b) Create an inventory of ways in which individuals and groups contribute to the well-being of the school and local community.

a) Describe events of the past in the local community that affect life today (e.g., Why was the current location chosen for the school? Other buildings? Why are streets or buildings named as they are?).

a) Give examples of leadership in the local community, and describe ways leadership is demonstrated (e.g., mayor, reeve, chief, Elders, community volunteers)

Cross Curricula Competencies:ELA – WritingSocial Studies – Looking at communities and cultures influenced by Remembrance day.

Adaptive Dimension:If students are struggling with the worksheets they can ask their neighbor for help or raise their hand for one of the teachers to come help.

If students finish early, there will be the option for them to think about writing a Remembrance Day poem/or story. They will be handed a lined piece of paper that will leave room for them to write and be creative.

Preparation: (Equipment/materials/set-up)Hand out worksheets.Get students to get their coloring boxes.

Set ( 10 min):This set will introduce Remembrance Day to the students. There will be a PowerPoint show that will have minimal, but enough detailed information about the events that passed and the symbols associated with Remembrance Day. It will have many photos and visuals to help aid in the attention retention of the students. I will present the info, and after a few slides there will be questions to make sure the students are following along. This PowerPoint will help introduce the activities to follow.

Development (35 min):The working activities for this lesson will be a combination of witting and creating visuals, such as a Remembrance Day quilt. The writing aspect will be two worksheets. The first one will be a worksheet about heroes. The students will be asked to construct a visual aid on the outline provided. This is a way for them to identify heroes in their everyday lives and to pick one they want to give special attention to. Underneath the drawing is an area where students will write a few sentences that will describe a hero they know. Beside the hero drawing is a word box with heroic adjectives. This will be used as prompt starters to create the sentences. The second worksheet is a short paragraph with fill in the blanks. It is basic information around Remembrance day. There again is a word box on the worksheet that has all the words they will need. This is prepared in the same format of some of their guided reading ‘word work’. The third activity will be the Remembrance Day quilt. This activity will be last in case time runs out. The idea behind each quilt square is to remember and honor the brave men and women who fought and died for our freedoms. Each student will decorate the square with a meaningful image about what Remembrance Day means to them. When they are all completed, they will put them together and make a class Remembrance Day Quilt. I will thoroughly explain the worksheets at the start to avoid any confusion they might have from reading directions.

Closure ( 5 min) :The closure will consist of student finishing up the

Student Engagement/Classroom Managements Strategies:

Using normal and natural voice- keeping the tone of the class fun and calm without causing tension by raising our voices.

I will tell the students that this lesson will follow the same rules as guided reading and it is meant to be a quite, yet productive independent learning.

Using hand signals and other non-verbal methods of communication with the students- holding one hand in the air, asking them to “Give me 5” and making eye contact with students to quiet the class and get their attention for directions.

If children are being disruptive and not following directions, I will use the same give me five technique and specifically call out their names.

Some noise is allowed during this art activity- however with the use of gentle reminders, the students will keep the excitement and noise to an appropriate classroom level.

activities and tidying up their desk area.Professional development Plan (attach):

Professional Development Plan

Topic: ELA/Social Studies Date: November 4th, 2015

Teacher: Tamara Chernenkoff Observer:

1. Professional Target

Classroom Management - Withitness

2. Steps to Achieve Target I will continually scan the room so that I am

aware of what students are engaged in. I will make eye contact with several students. I will make sure that I am looking at the

students when I speak. I will make sure I don’t have my back to the

students. I will give clear directions of what to do.

3. Instructions for Observer: (Be Specific) – Please comment on the following:

4. Data collection:

a) Scan Room (frequently, covering all directions)

b) Eye contact (quick and extended)

c) Face/back to students

d) Clarity of direction

Remembrance Day Quilt

Name_____________________________________________________________

Remembrance Day marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918. Design a quilt square to remember and honor the brave men and women who fought and died for our freedoms. When they are all completed, we will put them together and make a class Remembrance Day Quilt.