Madeline Smith Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Bear Tavern Elementary School Time: approx. 2:30

First Grade
Mrs. Weidman
Three Kings Day
Lesson Topic: The teacher will introduce the holiday of Three Kings Day, or Dia de
los Reyes, to the students.

Essential Question: What is Three Kings Day? Where is it celebrated? Who celebrates
it? Why is it important?

Standards:
6.1.P.D.2 Demonstrate an understanding of family roles and traditions.
6.2.E.2. Identify traditions and celebrations of various cultures.
CCSS.RI.1.1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Learning Objectives and Assessments:

Learning Objectives Assessments

The students will be able to locate where Orange sticky-notes will be used to represent
Three Kings Day is celebrated around the where the holiday is celebrated, and will be
world. placed on the map.

The students will be able to discuss the The students will write in their journals about
importance of the Three Kings and why the what they learned.
holiday is celebrated.

Materials:
Three Kings Day: A Celebration at Christmastime by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Orange sticky-notes
Toilet rolls (3 per student)
Craft/construction paper
Glitter glue
Cotton balls
Cupcake liners
Gluesticks
Scissors
Permanent marker

Prior Knowledge: Students will be familiar with the concept of Three Kings Day from
the opening lesson, as well as possibly from prior Spanish class lessons.

Lesson Beginning: Students will read their daily letter from Titus. Students will share
any prior knowledge they may have on Three Kings Day. The teacher will ask the
essential questions to informally assess the students prior knowledge.
Instruction Plan:
1. The teacher will call the students to the reading rug to read Three Kings Day: A
Celebration at Christmastime. The teacher will have the students think about
important pieces of new information as the teacher reads.
2. The teacher and the students will review what new information they learned in the
reading.
3. The students will place orange sticky notes on the map to show where Three
Kings Day is celebrated.
4. The students will return to their desks.
5. The students will make the Three Kings using toilet paper rolls and extra
decorations and label each king with their names- Balthasar, Melchior, and
Gaspar.
a. The students will each receive three toilet paper rolls.
b. Students may use different colored construction paper, markers/crayons, and
glitter glue to decorate their Three Kings.
c. The students will use cupcake liners to make crowns for the Kings.
d. The students will use cotton balls for beards and hair.
e. The students will use permanent marker to draw faces on their Kings.
6. Once finished, the students will take out their journals to write their journal entry.
Today, the students will come up with their own questions to answer in their
journal entry to expand their knowledge of comprehending informational text.
7. The teacher will give the students Three Kings Day stickers to place in their
passport.

Differentiation: The teacher will put the names of the Three Kings on the whiteboard for
the students to see to help with spelling. The teacher will assist students struggling with
coming up with their own questions and responses for their journal entries.
Questions: What is Three Kings Day? Where is it celebrated? Who celebrates it? Why
is it celebrated? Who were the Three Kings? When is the holiday celebrated?

Classroom Management: The teacher will remind the students of their classroom
expectations prior to the lesson beginning. Students who are not on task will be reminded
of these expectations during the lesson. The teacher will have the materials needed for the
craft organized neatly on the back table for the students to choose from. Students will be
called individually to retrieve materials. The teachers will monitor work by walking
around the classroom to assist the students.

Transitions: The teacher will call students to the rug and back to their desks by table
group. Students will be called individually to retrieve materials. All materials needed for
the lesson will be readily available and accessible to the teacher to ease transitions.

Closure: Students will share their Three Kings and their journal entries with their table
group on what they learned from the days lesson.