Detailed Lesson Plan Preparation

Elementary Education

Name: Christine Kim

Title: Classroom Community Thanksgiving Quilt
Grade: First Grade
Concept/Topic: Thanksgiving (Social Studies, Art, and Writing)
Time Needed: 60 Minutes (2:30-3:30 PM)

Backward Design Approach: Where are you going with your students?
Identify Desired Results/Learning Outcome/Essential Question:
I can explain how I celebrate Thanksgiving.
I can draw and paint to create an art piece about Thanksgiving.
I can understand how different cultures celebrate Thanksgiving.

NCSCOS/Common Core Standards:

Visual Arts:
1.V.2.3 Create art from imaginary sources of inspiration.
1.V.3.3 Use the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing, stitchery, collage, mixed
media, sculpture, and ceramics to create art.

Social Studies:
1.C.1.1 Compare the language, traditions, and holidays of various cultures.
1.C.1.2 Use literature to help people understand diverse cultures.

Writing:
1.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Assessment Plan:
Small group/whole group discussion: Students will explain how they celebrate
Thanksgiving. Students will participate in conversation of how different cultures celebrate
Thanksgiving.
Observation: Students will draw and paint.
Writing: Students will write to explain how they celebrate Thanksgiving.

Meeting the student where they are:

Prior Knowledge/Connections:
Students can contribute to the discussion with personal experiences of celebrating
Thanksgiving Day.
Students can make connections between their experiences of celebrating Thanksgiving
Day to experiences of their peers and/or the character in the book.
Lesson Introduction/Hook:
Begin with students on the carpet
Okay friends, today we are going to do an early activity about Thanksgiving, which is
coming up!
Go over I Can statements.
Ask students to tell you what Thanksgiving is, why it is a holiday, and what we are
celebrating.
First, we are going to read about Tuyet and how she celebrates Thanksgiving in this
book, Duck for Turkey Day.
Thumbs up (pg. 25-26): Get students to show a thumbs up if they talk about what
they are thankful for with their families on Thanksgiving.
Now, how Tuyet celebrates Thanksgiving might be a little different from how you
celebrate Thanksgiving. I want you to turn to your f irst set partner and tell them how you
usually celebrate Thanksgiving.
Select a couple of students to share their experiences with the whole group.
NOTE: Anticipate students who may not celebrate Thanksgiving.
I think it is pretty cool how we all celebrate Thanksgiving a little differently, but still have
some things the same. (Like, eating food, spending time with people we love, etc.)
Why do you think we celebrate in different ways?
Different cultures, different upbringings, etc.

Heart of the Lesson/Learning Plan:

Lesson Development:

ARTS ACTIVITY
Now we are going to do an art project! This is going to be super fun, but I need
everyone to show me full body listening to hear the directions.
I am going to give each person a shape. On this shape I want you to use CRAYONS
(and only crayons!) to draw a picture of how you usually celebrate Thanksgiving.
Give examples from their experiences of what they could draw.
Model along the way - draw an example using the document camera.
But here is the fun part. Do you remember when we made spider webs a couple of
weeks ago? We used a white crayon and then used watercolors to paint over it. We are
going to do the same thing. But, this time you can use whatever color crayons you want.
Model using document camera - draw using example of how you celebrate
Thanksgiving.
It is really important that we only use a little bit of water when painting. If I use a
lot of water then the color wont show as much and youll make a really big
mess.
The kind of art technique we are doing is called wax-resist. Can anyone tell me what the
word resist means?
The wax from the crayon resists the watercolor paint, making the crayon still pop
through.
 If we did this with marker the paint would cover it up.
Once you are done with drawing and painting then we will put it on this big poster.
The poster shows all the different and unique ways we celebrate Thanksgiving!

The heart is made out of 4 different shapes. Can you tell me which shapes you
see?
Hexagon
Triangle
Rhombus/Parallelogram/Diamond
Trapezoid
Now when I call your name, I will give you a shape. Please do not be sad about which
shape you get! Each shape is important! Without all of the shapes, we cannot complete
our heart!
Remember you can only use crayons to draw. When you are done drawing, raise your
hand to let me know and I or Mrs. Raj will let you know if you can go paint.
There is only going to be ONE table set for painting. The back white table. You may
only go back there to paint if there is an open seat! Mrs. Raj will be there to help you. If
there are no open seats, you can open your writing journal and start writing a small
moment story about your drawing.
Go over sentence stem on the board for students to reference.
I celebrate Thanksgiving by
When you are done with your art piece, you can open your writing journals to write your
small moment narrative story.

Transition Notes:
Students will raise hands to notify me that they are done with their drawing. If checked
off, I will instruct them to move on to painting (or writing if the painting table is full).
 Ask Mrs. Raj to monitor the painting. When students are done, ask students to bring it to
the front of the room to be put on the poster. (If the paper is still wet, we will leave it on a
table to dry.)
Once students are done with painting, they will write about their painting in their journals.

Concluding the Lesson/Closure/Debriefing:

After students are done with their art pieces and the heart is complete, gather students
to the carpet with their journals. Talk about the completed art piece and have students
share their writing piece.
Talk about similarities and differences that they notice.
Each piece is different, but we all come together to show how we uniquely
celebrate Thanksgiving!

Differentiation/Same-ation:
For students who are English language learners, I will translate the prompt to them in the
language that they are most comfortable.
For students who require more support in writing, I will provide sentence stems for them
to use during the writing activity.

New Vocabulary:
Thanksgiving
Triangle
Rhombus/Parallelogram
Hexagon
Trapezoid

Specific Questioning:
What do you usually do on Thanksgiving Day?
Can you identify these shapes?

Materials/Resources:
Crayons
Watercolor
Paintbrushes
Large Sheet of Brown Butcher Paper
Cut Out Letters for Title of Poster - OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATES
THANKSGIVING
Tan Construction Paper
Duck for Turkey Day by: Jacqueline Jules

Teaching Behavior Focus:

Building Classroom Climate
Follow-Up Activities/Parent Involvement:
Students may go home to talk with family members about their traditions and
celebrations regarding Thanksgiving and other holidays.