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Social Studies Unit: All About Me Grade Level: Kindergarten Lesson Plan Title: My School Family & Friends Day 10

Content Area: Community/Civics & Government

Learning Objectives:

The student will:

· Explain why he/she thinks that we need rules and laws at home, school and in the community. · Demonstrate characteristics of being a good citizen. · Demonstrate conflict resolution among friends consistent with being a good citizen. · Use new vocabulary in constructing sentences.

Sunshine State Standards: SS.K.C.1.2 Explain the purpose and necessity of rules and laws at home, school, and community.

SS.K.C.2.1 Demonstrate the characteristics of being a good citizen.

SS.K.C.2.2 Demonstrate that conflicts among friends can be resolved in ways that are consistent with being a good citizen.

LA.K.1.6.1 The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly

Student Activities & Procedures:


 * 1) The teacher will begin the lesson by reading the book “David Goes to School”.


 * 1) After the reading the teacher will ask the students to tell me why they think that we need rules in school.


 * 1) Then the teacher will expand the discussion to include rules and home and laws in the community. The teacher will introduce a poem about the rules of the classroom and then have the students say it with her.

“We raise our hands to speak. We work quietly at our seats. We use voices soft and sweet. We keep our places tidy and neat. We are helpful, friendly, and fair. We take turns and willingly share”


 * 1) Then the teacher will write the new vocabulary words on the board. The teacher will tell them to listen for the words and how they are used because the teacher wants them to be able to use them in a sentence at the end of the lesson.


 * 1) The teacher will define the vocabulary words to the students before integrating them into the lesson. There will only be six words. They are: responsibility, characteristics, citizen, and respect. The teacher will ask for the students’ help in associating a picture with the word that will help them to remember the meaning of the word by asking, “What do you think of when you hear the word __?” The teacher will discuss the meaning with the students and then when they agree she will draw that picture next to the word on the board.


 * 1) Then the teacher will discuss with the students what the characteristics of a good citizen are. The teacher will explain that as they follow the rules at school and at home, and they obey the laws of the community they are making a good impact on the community that we live and therefore, being good citizens.


 * 1) The teacher and the students will discuss more specifically the characteristics of a good citizen; such as sharing, understanding responsibility, and working with the community, taking care of the world around you, being a good friend or neighbor, and treating people with respect.


 * 1) The teacher will pair the students in groups of two. She will give them one characteristic for each group to act out. Then the teacher will ask them the questions related to the lesson that will check for comprehension of the new vocabulary words.

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 * 1) The teacher will play a brief video.


 * 1) Then the teacher will ask the students if they have ever gotten angry with a friend and how they tried to make it better? The teacher will give time for student responses. The teacher will also ask them how one of the characteristics of being a good citizen “treating each other with respect”, might help them to resolve a problem with a friend.


 * 1) The teacher will help them to understand what it means to treat someone with respect, such as staying calm, trying to see things from the other person’s perspective, and thinking through possible solutions that will be agreeable to both of them. The teacher will choose two students to act out a situation for the rest of the class. The teacher will put a toy between the two students and have them put their hands on the toy and the teacher will ask the class what the problem is. They will say that the problem is because both of them want the toy.


 * 1) The teacher will reinforce the concept of using words rather than your hands.


 * 1) The students will be encouraged to participate in a group discussion by giving personal examples of a time when they “made a good choice with friends.” The teacher will ask the students, “What is a friend?” She will assess their comprehension of this by listening to the answers the students give her.


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Before the students leave group time, the teacher will play the song, “That’s What Friends Are For.” She will allow them to pick a friend to be their dancing partner while the song is playing. []

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Resources/Materials:

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">David Goes to School <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Poem about Rules <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Whiteboard/Chalkboard <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Dry erase markers/Chalk <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">CD player <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fox & the Hound Soundtrack, Song- “That’s What Friends Are For” <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Assessment:

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The teacher will assess the students by observation during discussions, role playing, and class participation.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Exceptionalities:

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The teacher will use role-playing to assist learners with exceptionalities. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The teacher will use visuals to assist learners with exceptionalities. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The teacher will use repetition of words and content to assist learners with exceptionalities.