Name: Shawntel Davis Lesson Plan Title: Veterans Day True or False Showdown Grade Level: 1st School

Site: Petersen Elementary School 1. State Standards: CCSS: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. Nevada Social Studies Standards: H3.2.3 Explain why people and events are honored in commemorative holidays. 2. Teaching Model: One Teach One Observe 3. Objective: First graders will know two at least three true facts about Veterans Day provided they have had a discussion with the teacher and participated in lesson activity. 4. Materials & Resources: Pocket chart (teacher use only) Veterans day fact cards (7 true & 4 false) Whiteboard easel (teacher use only) Student whiteboards (one per student) Dry erase marker (one per student) Paper for exit ticket (one per student) Paper for extension (one per student)

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Distribution/Collection Strategy: Students keep white boards and markers in their orange bags. They are responsible for getting them and bringing them to the floor. Teacher will distribute paper for exit ticket to each student. Teacher will collect exit ticket as students finish. 5. Instructional Procedures: a. Motivation/Engagement: I will first explain to the class that I am teaching them about a very special holiday. I will ask them if they know why they didnt have school on Monday? Did you know that it was a holiday? (Blooms: Knowledge) What holiday? Did you do anything special in honor of the holiday? Does anyone know someone who is in the military? (Blooms: Application) Quiet Signal: Teacher says, Chicka Chicka. Students respond, Boom Boom. They must stop what they are doing and put their hands on their shoulders.

Lesson Modeling/Guided practice: b. Activities or Student Learning Experiences: Step 1: Students will come to the reading carpet and I will clip a pocket chart to the whiteboard easel. I will ask them several questions about what they know about Veterans Day. What is a veteran? (Blooms: Knowledge) A veteran is a person who has served in the military. ( U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard) Step 2: I want the students to go to their seats and get out their whiteboards and a marker then come back to the carpet. I will explain to them that we will be playing a game called Showdown. (Kagen Strategy: Showdown) I will read them a sentence about Veterans Day and I want them to write down whether they think it is true or false. Teacher Note: I will write True or False on the whiteboard easel so they know how to spell them. For this game there are two categories True and False. These two categories will be placed at the top of a pocket chart. I have 7 true statements and 4 false statements. Each of these statements are on a card that I will place in the pocket chart under the appropriate category. First, I will read the statement aloud and ask the student to write on their white boards their answer. Remind students to hide it until I say showdown! When students hold up their white boards with the correct answer I will call on that student and ask ex. How did you know that Veterans are not all men? After each question I will have a discussion about why it is true or false. Veterans Day True or False Statements: - Veterans are people who have served in the military - Veterans can be men or women - Some veterans are teachers doctors, fire fighters and postal workers. -Some towns have parades and celebrations to celebrate Veterans day - Some veterans were hurt while serving our country. - Veterans day is November 11th. - Banks, post offices, and some businesses and schools are closed on Veterans Day. - Veterans do not have families. -Veterans are all men. - All veterans were in the Army. -Veterans had an easy job. Check for Understanding: Exit Ticket- After I get done with the game I will give them each a sheet of paper that asks them to write down at least one fact about Veterans or about Veterans day. (Blooms: Comprehension)

c. Closure: At the end of the lesson I will read a poem about Veterans day. Veterans Day by Cheryl Dyson
On Veterans Day we honor all, Who answered to a service call. Soldiers young, and soldiers old, Fought for freedom, brave and bold. Some have lived, while others died, And all of them deserve our pride. Were proud of all the soldiers who, Kept thinking of red, white and blue. They fought for us and all our rights, They fought through many days and nights. And though we may not know each name, We thank ALL veterans just the same.

d. Extension and Contingency Plans: Extension: The extension for this lesson would be to have the students write a letter to a veteran thanking them for their service. I will have the letter paper ready just in case a few superstar students finish their exit ticket early. Contingency plans: If it is too hard for the students or it takes to long for them to write down true or false on their white boards, then I will have them give me a thumbs up for true and a thumbs down for false. 6. Modifications and Accommodations: Repeat vocabulary throughout lesson and if student is struggling I will pair them with a high student for added support during the game. 7. Student Assessment: Formative Assessment: I will be observing the students while they participate in Veterans Day showdown. I will keep a checklist with the students names to keep track of students who are consistently getting the answers incorrect. If I see this happen I may choose to go back to a question that was answered incorrectly then call on that student again to check for understanding. 8. Homework: No homework necessary because lesson objectives were met during class time. 9. Reflection: if the lesson is taught in the field, then this reflection should be completed after the lesson was taught. Consider how your expectations were or were not met and consider reasons why. Include: strengths, concerns and insights. Strengths: This lesson was so fun to teach. I loved doing the showdown Kagen strategy, it really makes this lesson super engaging. Most of the Kids had no Idea what Veterans Day was so it was really cool to be able to teach fresh untainted minds why it is so important. My mentor discussed with me my strengths and concerns with my lesson. I did a good job building students background knowledge of Veterans day by asking if any of the students know someone who is or has been in the Military. One of the students then shared that his older brother is in the Air Force at Nellis. It also came naturally to ask a student to hold his thought when raising his hand. Transitions within lessons also went well as could be students

knew what they had to get when going back to their seats to get pencil and whiteboard. I also had the students practice writing true or false on their white boards, this wasnt in my lesson plan but I felt that it was necessary. Concerns: I should have reviewed what true/false meant for my ELL students. I could have had them write on their boards and practice with thumbs up thumbs down with an example like The grass is blue. Insights: After establishing that a sentence was true, it would have been better to have the students repeat after me Veterans are people who have served in the Military. There were also a few students in the back that were drawing on their whiteboards that I didnt see but my mentor pointed it out. She also said that it was great that I connected Veterans Day with saying the Pledge of Allegiance. (I explained to them that the 30 seconds of silence at the end is a time to honor our veterans.) My mentor also pointed out that it would have been helpful to talk about the concepts in the closing poem.