RUNNING HEAD: Unit 6 Project 2 Lesson Plan: Promote Inquiry, Teamwork, and Critical Thinking

Lesson Plan: Promote Inquiry, Teamwork and Critical Thinking

Bridget Sandoval

EDU 510

Dr. Mary Mills

Post University

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Lesson Plan or
Training Module
Title Write Me Story
Audience First Grade Whole Class

Subject Writing

Grade level 1
Time duration 30 minutes

Overview Students will work on memory and transition words and strong endings.

Objective Students will be able to recognize and use transition words.

Students will be able to write strong endings to their narratives.

Materials Class set of the After School Story worksheet.

Class set of the Trace the Transitions worksheet.
Class set of the Strong Endings worksheet.
Pencils.
Paper.

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Vocabulary: Transition words Conclusion

Activities and Initiation Ask students to tell you about what has happened since they
procedures entered the classroom (depending on the time of the lesson, this could
be since they entered the classroom in the morning, after recess, or after
lunch). As they tell you each step, write their responses on the board.
Prompt them to use transition words like, first, next, then, after, and
finally.
Lesson Tell students that transition words help stories make sense by
telling you the order in which events happen. Explain that you are going
to write a story about what happened to you after school yesterday. In
addition to using transition words, share that you are going to try to
make your story have a strong ending. Tell students that sometimes
stories end with “The End,” but that isn’t a very interesting ending.
Share that you are going to try and make the ending of your story as
interesting as possible. Give an example of an interesting ending to the
story that was written in the introduction. Review transition words and
write them on the board or chart paper for reference.
Closure Write a quick story on the board, detailing what happened to
you after school yesterday. Use at least two transition words and end
with a statement like, “I can’t wait to see what happens to me
tomorrow!”

Assessment assess students’ understanding by noticing how they are using transition
words and writing strong endings to their stories.

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Additional Information you may wish to include:

Modifications: LESSON PLAN (CHS 298 & above) Some of the main characteristics include but are not
limited to: The students that have a hard time writing a story I will work one on one with them to help
them come up with a story Modifications will include: Quite table Student and Teacher.
Lesson Plan idea comes from Education com

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Lesson Details & Focus:

Working from the details presented on the first page of your Unit 3
lesson plan submission you will now utilize the template below as a
guide to explore and detail how you envision your lesson plan utilizing
Perkins’ Principles of Teaching and other resources from our study of
Cognitive Science to promote learning in relation to teamwork, problem
solving, critical thinking, deepening learning and other factors. Page 2
and 3 should expand on your lesson from project 1, but not be copied. *
Directions: List in the designated boxes on the template up to three objectives for your lesson and
complete the remaining three areas for each row.

Lesson Objective: Cognitive Structure of the Assessment for

What students Principle(s) in Learning Activity desired Student
need to know and your own words. outcomes
be able to do.
Lesson Objective 1 Making the The teacher will The teacher will
game worth model a few be going around
Students will playing is transition words the class to see
learn to important. with examples who needs help.
recognize and Students will be from the day for Then the
use transition talking about the students to example on the
words. what interests understand what board and the
them. Learning is meant. Then translon word
to communicate students will worksheet will

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is very worth start writing on help students.

learning early on their own about
(Perkins, 2009). what happened
A meaningful last night to
change of them.
information
cannot happen
without rapport.
Lesson Objective 2 Endings tend to The end or that’s There will be a
be difficult. At all, are endings strong ending
Students will be times children but not a very worksheet to
able to use know what to strong one. This give children
strong endings in say and what is where some ideas about what
their stories. happened but students struggle to use and what
how to end it in to keep their not to use.
a strong way attention and just Teachers will be
while keeping want to end it walking around
motivated. The and be done. helping students
hard part is not Here the teacher keeping focused
how it ends but will walk around and helping any
having the seeing who is with strong
motivation to need of help endings.
end it strongly with their
(Perkins, 2009) endings.
Lesson Picking ones Learning about Most 1st graders
Objective 3 own story is an students is will talk about
early step to important to help interesting
learning to take creating rapport. things that
Students get to
control of ones Allowing them interest them or
pick their topic learning. The to have control give them the
and tell the more control their education is strongest

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points that students feel in very important. memory. Some

matter to them. their education Teachers will might struggle
the more approve final with how to start
envolved they story idea but and occasionally
will be. Being in the story belongs one might pick a
the driver seat is to the child and topic that is not
about making other than a few appropriate.
choices (Perkins, rough topics,
2009). children at this
stage should be
able to share
something
intresting to
them.

* Support your work with at least one scholarly resource.

Summary:
In the space that follows respond to the following Questions:
1) Provide any additional details required to define the information of the of your lesson plan.

The education system in the United States, is what it is, mostly passive learning and
memorization for testing purposes. Giving any many chances for them to take the driver seat is
important.
2) Summary of your understanding of the application of ideas in teaching and learning.

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It is important to teach students to want to learn and how to control their own learning. Students must
have an interest in learning, for learning to happen. A child's first story to share with others can be
motivational. They will have most of the control over the process, the teacher will just help with the
polish.

3) Appropriate connections are made between your work, unit content, and class discussions.

Freedom of choice and feeling like being in control of ones education is important. Taking
someone for a ride, one does not know what they learn as the driver is driver while pointing
things out to the passenger. The passenger might or might not be interested in the trip. Being in
control of the trip is a different experience. Doing this as often as possible can help students with
wanting to learn.
4) How do your lesson objectives utilize the Cognitive Science principles?
It focuses on putting the student in the drivers seat.
5) In what ways does your lesson help students to learn to solve problems, think critically, and/or
learn from teamwork?
Writing a story helps them think about what's important for them to tell. The hidden game will happen
when the teachers ask them, is there a way we can tell this story clearer or better with what we have
learned today. The goal is to have them open up and talk about what interests them. This first puts the
student in control and second it gives the teacher some of the student's interests so they can start building
a relationship of rapport based on the student's owns likes or dislikes.

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References
Education.com (n.d.) Write me a Story. https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/write-me-a-story/

Perkins, D. N. (2009). Making learning whole: How seven principles of teaching can transform education.

Jossey-Bass.

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