Name of Lesson: Moving Toward Acceptance Through Picture Books
Common Core State Standard for all 3 Lessons
RL.4.2 Key Ideas and Details
Determine a theme of a story and analyze its development by summarizing the key supporting details and ideas.
RL.4.3 – Key Ideas and Details
Describe in depth a character, setting or event in a story drawing on specific details in the text (EG, a character’s words thoughts or actions)
RL.4.9 – Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (EG, opposition of good and evil, social issues)
Rationale for Lesson:
Throughout the year our class and school has been working on being “bucket fillers”. The “bucket philosophy” represents a child’s mental and emotional health. A child’s bucket can be filled with love, respect, nurturing attention, kindness, safety and care. A bucket can also be slowly emptied by “bucket dippers”. This happens through negative words/actions such as ridicule, disrespect, and intolerance.
Through this 3-part lesson plan, students will realize that children who learn how to express kindness and love, lead happier lives. Sharing this book Westlandia demonstrates intolerance and eventual acceptance of children who differ from you.
Differentiating Instruction
In this particular classroom there is 4 below grade level students who struggle. They will be able to participate in the whole lesson from start to finish, but need to be given extra time or accommodations.
-For the beginning of the lesson when students are jotting responses to the question, have these 4 students come up with at least one response for each question.
Student Learning Objective
-SLO 1: Students will answer questions at their desk and then engage in a class discussion. They will be given the question on the smart board “What makes you different from everyone else in the world?” They will bullet responses in their writer’s notebook independently. After they jot a few answers they will “turn and talk’ to their neighbor and discuss what they wrote.
They will then submit their personal answer through Padlit via their ChromeBooks and go over as a class. They will then answer another question “What makes you similar to everyone else in the world?” and follow the same procedure. Students will finally be asked to link words from previous lessons on “Social Issues” (bullying, fitting in, community) to todays lesson, “Could these similarities or differences relate to any of the words we have defined before?”
Assessment
My assessment will be the students using the 3 Padlets. Each student will comment on Padlet with their response to the question.
Materials/resources needed for Lesson 1
- Students Writers Notebook
- Pencils
- Chromebooks for Padlit
- Smart Board
- Youtube
Lesson Development
Food for Thought Questions
- Students take out their Writers Notebook, pencil, and ChromeBooks
- Teacher asks students to respond to the question independently, “What makes you different from everyone else in the world?”, which the teacher read out loud to students and which is also on the Smart Board.
-Students work on answers while teacher walks around and makes sure everyone is on task and lower level students understand the question.
- After students have had time to write, have them “turn and talk” quickly to their neighbor. After “turn and talk” they will then submit their personal answer through Padlit via their ChromeBooks and go over as a class.
Padlit Link for Question 1 -
- After the first question, ask the next question “What makes you similar to everyone else in the world?” following the format as the first question.
Padlit Link for Question 2 –
Closure
- Lastly, ask the question “Could these similarities or differences relate to any of the words we have defined before?” and discuss as a group.
Padlit Link for Question 3 –
Transition into next Topic
After this is completed, have students watch a quick video to introduce them to the book Westlandia.
Intro to Topic and Lesson 1Teacher: Will Bergeron
Grade: 4th
Name of Lesson: Moving Toward Acceptance Through Picture Books
Common Core State Standard for all 3 Lessons
RL.4.2 Key Ideas and Details
Determine a theme of a story and analyze its development by summarizing the key supporting details and ideas.
RL.4.3 – Key Ideas and Details
Describe in depth a character, setting or event in a story drawing on specific details in the text (EG, a character’s words thoughts or actions)
RL.4.9 – Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (EG, opposition of good and evil, social issues)
Rationale for Lesson:
Throughout the year our class and school has been working on being “bucket fillers”. The “bucket philosophy” represents a child’s mental and emotional health. A child’s bucket can be filled with love, respect, nurturing attention, kindness, safety and care. A bucket can also be slowly emptied by “bucket dippers”. This happens through negative words/actions such as ridicule, disrespect, and intolerance.
Through this 3-part lesson plan, students will realize that children who learn how to express kindness and love, lead happier lives. Sharing this book Westlandia demonstrates intolerance and eventual acceptance of children who differ from you.
Differentiating Instruction
In this particular classroom there is 4 below grade level students who struggle. They will be able to participate in the whole lesson from start to finish, but need to be given extra time or accommodations.
-For the beginning of the lesson when students are jotting responses to the question, have these 4 students come up with at least one response for each question.
Student Learning Objective
-SLO 1: Students will answer questions at their desk and then engage in a class discussion. They will be given the question on the smart board “What makes you different from everyone else in the world?” They will bullet responses in their writer’s notebook independently. After they jot a few answers they will “turn and talk’ to their neighbor and discuss what they wrote.
They will then submit their personal answer through Padlit via their ChromeBooks and go over as a class. They will then answer another question “What makes you similar to everyone else in the world?” and follow the same procedure. Students will finally be asked to link words from previous lessons on “Social Issues” (bullying, fitting in, community) to todays lesson, “Could these similarities or differences relate to any of the words we have defined before?”
Assessment
My assessment will be the students using the 3 Padlets. Each student will comment on Padlet with their response to the question.
Materials/resources needed for Lesson 1
- Students Writers Notebook
- Pencils
- Chromebooks for Padlit
- Smart Board
- Youtube
Lesson Development
Food for Thought Questions
- Students take out their Writers Notebook, pencil, and ChromeBooks
- Teacher asks students to respond to the question independently, “What makes you different from everyone else in the world?”, which the teacher read out loud to students and which is also on the Smart Board.
-Students work on answers while teacher walks around and makes sure everyone is on task and lower level students understand the question.
- After students have had time to write, have them “turn and talk” quickly to their neighbor. After “turn and talk” they will then submit their personal answer through Padlit via their ChromeBooks and go over as a class.
Padlit Link for Question 1 -
- After the first question, ask the next question “What makes you similar to everyone else in the world?” following the format as the first question.
Padlit Link for Question 2 –
Closure
- Lastly, ask the question “Could these similarities or differences relate to any of the words we have defined before?” and discuss as a group.
Padlit Link for Question 3 –
Transition into next Topic
After this is completed, have students watch a quick video to introduce them to the book Westlandia.