Sophie Bowie

LessonPlanInformation

Subject/Course:Friendship,ERC

GradeLevel:3

Date:April4,2017

Topic:Friendship

LengthofPeriod:1hour

Expectation(s)

Students will participate in the class discussion.

Students will raise their hands if they have questions.

Students will complete the worksheets individually.

Students will respect their peers.

Studentswillsitintheirassignedgroups.

Objectives

Todaylearnerswill:

Beabletoreflectonethicalquestionsconcerningfriendship.
Beabletoidentifythecharacteristicsofagoodfriend.
Beabletoempathizewiththeirpeers.

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QEPCompetencies

SubjectSpecificCompetencies:

EthicsandReligiousCulture:

Competency1:Reflectsonethicalquestions.Studentswillhavetoreflecton

ethicalquestionsconcerningfriendshipandwhatitmeanstobeagoodfriend.

CrossCurricularCompetencies:

Competency1:Exercisescriticaljudgment.Studentswillhavetoexercisecritical

judgmentastheyexaminetheethicsinvolvedinsituationsconcerningfriendship.
Competency2:Organizeshis/herwork.Studentsareexpectedtoorganizetheir

workatalltimes.
Competency3:Communicateseffectively.Studentsarerequiredtocommunicate

effectivelythroughoutthelessonwhetheritbeduringtheclassdiscussion,when

theyhavequestions,orintheirwrittenwork.

ProfessionalCompetencies:

Competency3:Todevelopteaching/learningsituationsthatareappropriatetothe

studentsconcernedandthesubjectcontentwithaviewtodevelopingthe

competenciestargetedintheprogramsofstudy.
Competency6:Toplan,organizeandsuperviseaclassinsuchawayasto

promotestudentslearningandsocialdevelopment.
Competency8:Tointegrateinformationandcommunicationstechnologies(ICT)

inthepreparationanddeliveryofteaching/learningactivitiesandforinstructional

managementandprofessionaldevelopmentpurposes.

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Competency12:Todemonstrateethicalandresponsibleprofessionalbehaviourin

theperformanceofhisorherduties.

TeachingSkills:

Transitions
Storytelling
Multitasking
Timemanagement
Questioningtechniques

Materials

Friendshipworksheets(oneperstudent)
Featherstencils(oneperstudent)
Constructionpaper(oneperstudent)
Friendshipbookmarks(oneperstudent)
Smartboard
Pencils(oneperstudent)
Erasers(oneperstudent)
Scissors(oneperstudent)
Markers(onesetperstudent)
Colouredpencils(onesetperstudent)

Lesson

Introduction:

1. Hook:AskstudentswhatmakesHarryPotteragoodfriendtoRonandHermione

(wehavebeenreadingHarryPottertogetherasaclass).Haveadiscussionabout

thefriendshipbetweenthetrio,andifanyoneintheclasshasanysimilarstories

toshare.Remindstudentsnottouserealnames.

Middle:

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2. Passoutthefriendshipworksheetsandgothroughthequestionswiththestudents

tomakesuretheyunderstandthem.Asstudentsworkontheworksheets

(individually,yettheycandiscussthequestionswiththeirpeers),circulatearound

theclassroomtoscaffoldasneeded.
3. Oncestudentshavefinishedtheworksheets,collectthemandthenpassoutthe

featherstencils.Explaintothestudentsthattheclassisgoingtobecreatinga

friendshippostertodisplayinthehallway,andthateveryonewillhaveachance

tocontributebywritingafriendshiporkindnesswordonafeather.Thesefeathers

willbemadebytracingthestencilonconstructionpaper(thatisthesamecolour

astheirHogwartshouse)andcuttingitout,thenusingmarkerstowritetheword

oftheirchoice.TheGirlsClubwillbeinchargeofputtingeverythingtogetherat

alatertime.Makesuretocirculatearoundtheclassandscaffoldasneeded,as

wellastoremindstudentstobecarefulwhenwalkingwithscissors.
4. Collectallofthefeathersbeforepassingoutthefriendshipbookmarks.Explainto

thestudentsthat,withthefourbookmarksperpage,theywillcolourtheminand

addanyextradetailthattheydesire,thengluetwoofthemtogethersothatthey

endupwithtwodoublesidedbookmarks.Theycanthenchoosewhichonethey

willkeep,andwhichonetheywanttogivetoafriend.Thebookmarksthatthey

choosetogiveawaywillbeplacedinaboxandmixedup,andstudentswill

chooseabookmarkfromitatrandom.Thisensuresthateverystudentgetsa

bookmarkfromtheirpeers.

Conclusion:

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5. Onceeveryonehaschosenabookmark,pulltheclassbacktogetherandreview

whatwasontheworksheet,aswellasanyadditionaltopicsthatmayhavecome

upwhilestudentswereworkingontheirfeathersand/orbookmarks.Havea

discussionabouttheimportanceoffriendship,howonecouldbeabetterfriend,

andwhatmakesagoodfriend.

Assessment/Evaluation

Formativeevaluation

Formativeevaluationwillbebasedonstudentsparticipationinthediscussion,as

wellastheircompletionoftheworksheets,feathers,andbookmarks.Studentswill

alsobeformativelyevaluatedontheirabilitytoempathizewithothers.

DifferentiationandInclusion

Students who end up finishing their worksheets/feathers/bookmarks early can

finish any incomplete class work that they have yet to finish.

Students whose IEPs call for more time shall receive it.

Any and all other accommodations and/or modifications will be made according

to students IEPs.

Students who are really having trouble with the questions will be walked through

them and helped more closely.

MyReflectionsontheLesson

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Were students engaged and participating throughout the lesson?

Was the time frame sufficient?

Were the students able to complete the worksheets?

Did the students have any comments on how the lesson went?

References

Quebec Education Program. (2001). Gouvernement du Qubec Ministre de lducation.