Lesson Plan: Mabel Garza

Fruits and Vegetables

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lesson
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onale

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Technology
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1st
Language Arts
60 minutes
This lesson will teach children the importance of
eating healthy and will require them to pick a
favorite fruit and vegetable, explain why those
are their favorite and draw a picture of what
they picked as their favorite fruit and
vegetable. This will be done on flashcards, on
the front the name and drawing of their
fruit/vegetable and on the back with the
explanation with correct spelling of why they
chose that, they should make two separate
flash cards for each. This lesson will require
students to use their critical thinking skills and
their artistic skills also.
Michigan Core State Standers for Language
Arts: Grade 1
- W.1.1: State an opinion and supply a
reason
- W.1.2: Write informative/explanatory texts
- Students will pick a fruit and vegetable
- Students will explain why those are their
favorite
- Students will draw a picture based on what
they chose
Students will use computers to search for their
favorite fruit and vegetable.
- Flashcards
- Pencil
- Crayons
- Markers or
- Coloring pencils
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Procedure

Assessments

1. Teacher will ensure students understand

the importance of eating healthy with a
short lecture.
2. Teacher will guide students with examples
and discussions.
3. Teacher will help students with their
spelling.
4. Students will share/present their work with
their classmates.
Students will be assessed based on:
- A rubric evaluating their flashcards,
evaluating their spelling and how they
communicated with their classmates.

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Fruits and Vegetables Rubric

Needs
Improvem
ent
Spelling/Punct
uation

Fair

Good

Excellent

-Student uses correct

spelling
-Student uses
accurate punctuation

Handwriting
-Students writing is
clear and easy to
understand

Presentation
-Student spoke loud
and clear

Creativity/Idea
s
-Student uses their
imagination and their
own ideas/opinion