Social Studies Lesson Plan Dessie Greene

Subject: Social Studies

Central Focus: Rules and Citizenship

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: 1.C &

G.1.1: Explain why rules are needed in the home,
school, & community.

Date submitted: 9/23/16

Date taught: 9/8/16

Daily Lesson Objective: Students will learn about classroom rules, have a class discussion, and write and draw a picture
of a classroom rule they practice each day. Students will be expected to receive at least 1 out of 2 points.
21st Century Skills: Citizenship, sense of community
and rule following

Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Vocabulary): Rules, community and respect

Prior Knowledge: What rules are, where we use them, and why we have them.

Activity

1. Focus and Review

2. Statement of Objective
for Student

3. Teacher Input

4. Guided Practice
5. Independent Practice
6. Assessment Methods of
all objectives/skills:
7. Closure
8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:

Description of Activities and Setting

Friends, good morning! I know that your teacher has been talking with you
about how to build a classroom community over the past couple of weeks and
today we are going to build on that. Recently, your teacher talked with you
about what you needed to do on the bus. What is one of the most important
things you need to make sure you do on the bus? Follow the rules! Thats
absolutely right, you need to make sure you follow the rules. Today we are
going to talk more about rules and why they are important.
Today we are going to learn about classroom rules. We are going to discuss
why they are important, why we should follow them, and why teachers create
them for us.
Can anyone share with me some rules they know they must follow in
school? Students respond with answers such as, Raise your hand before you
speak! Dont talk when the teacher is talking!! etc. Those are all correct!
Great job. Why do we think these rules are important? Students will respond
with answers such as, So we can stay safe. So that we can learn. Etc.
Awesome! Those are all great reasons. Now that youve told me all the rules
you know, I want you to help me make a list.
Students will help the teacher make a list of classroom and school rules they
know and teacher will copy each statement onto the Smart Board. They will
pick one rule and teacher draws a picture of herself performing the rule.
Students will write one classroom rule on a sticky note and draw a picture of
themselves following this rule. The rule can be stated as it is on the wall chart
of rules or on their own words.

Time
5 min

2 min
10 min

8min
10 min

Students will receive 0/2 points for no picture and no rule. Students will receive 0.5/2 for
no rule but a picture. Students will receive 1/2 points for a rule and no picture. Students will
receive 2/2 points for a statement and a picture.
Friends, I am so glad that you now know all about rules! I am glad you are
all becoming wonderful citizens and I cant wait to watch you continue to
follow the rules here in class and all over school.
Students with 2/2: 14
Students with : 2
Students with 0.5/2: 0
Students with 0/0: 0

2 min

Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations:

N/A

Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations: N/A

Materials/Technology: Smart Board and sticky notes

Reflection on lesson: The students did very well with this lesson. During these first few weeks of school, they had been
learning about building a classroom community and how to follow the rules. They were already fairly used to this type of
lesson, so they responded well to it! I was sort of nervous to begin with, but once I started teaching everything was fine! I
felt great at the end when the discussion went well and the students all worked very hard on their sticky notes.

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