Lesson+Plan

= Lesson Plan = = Ms. Danielle DuBois = = Caterpillars and Butterflies Unit = = Week of December 6th-10th =

This lesson plan is designed for a 1st grade classroom, for the subject of Language Arts.

This unit covers the SSS of:

LA.1.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly. LA.1.1.6.2: The student will listen to, read, and discuss both familiar and conceptually challenging text. LA.1.5.2.3: The student will listen attentively to fiction and nonfiction read-alouds and demonstrate understanding. LA.1.2.1.2: The student will retell the main events (e.g., beginning, middle, end) in a story. LA.1.4.1.2: The student will participate in writing simple stories.

Objectives:
 * Using an online version of the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and a still image of the book cover, 1st grade students will predict the book's plot with 50% accuracy, and review their predictions with 100% accuracy. (Synthesis level of Bloom's taxonomy)
 * 1st grade students will use Kidspiration software to recall the title, author, main idea, and three details (beginning, middle, and end) of the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar with 90% accuracy. (Knowledge level of Bloom's taxonomy)
 * 1st grade students will use the book Clara Caterpillar to identify words in which they are unfamiliar, and define those words by context clues and/or a dictionary with 100% accuracy. (Knowledge level of Bloom's taxonomy)
 * 1st grade students will construct a story about the topic of their choice using four unfamiliar words from the book Clara Caterpillar, and will use the words correctly with 60% accuracy. (Synthesis level of Bloom's taxonomy)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1st grade students will recall information from the past week to choose the best answer out of three possible answers on a test regarding the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and basic information on butterflies and caterpillars discussed in class with 100% accuracy. (Knowledge and Evaluation levels of Blooms taxonomy)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To complete the activities in this lesson the teacher and students will need:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Access to individual computers: The activities in this unit all require students to complete the lessons on their own (or with a partner) by reading instructions off a computer of their own, and completing several of the activities on the computer itself.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2 notebooks: Students will use a writing notebook to make and check their predictions about The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and to complete their free writing on the subject of their choice. Additionally, a vocabulary notebook is needed for the students to record the four new vocabulary words they pick out from the book Clara Caterpillar.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Pencils: A writing utensil is used for students to write information in both their writing an vocabulary journals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kidspiration computer software: This software will be used for the students to create a project on The Very Hungry Caterpillar that is unique, yet includes all of the elements required.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Microsoft Office Computer Software: This software is used to download the final test on the unit.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Dictionary: A dictionary is used as a tool for students to learn the definitions of four new vocabulary words they find in the book Clara Caterpillar.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Access to an individual iPod Touch's: The iPod Touch is used for students to play an educational application after they have finished free writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Several copies of Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards: A main copy is needed for the teacher to read the story aloud to the students before they complete the vocabulary activity with a partner. Each pair will use one copy of the book to pick out vocabulary words that are unfamiliar to them.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Smart Board: A smart board is put at the front of the classroom and is used as a tool for the students to collaborate the new words they have found in Clara Caterpillar.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The activities the student's will complete in this unit include:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Monday: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students will look at the over of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and predict what will happen in the story. After viewing the online read aloud version of the book, students will review their predictions and see how correct they were.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students will create a project in Kidspiration to measure their comprehension of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They must include the title, author, main idea, and three details about the book in their creation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">With a partner, students will reread the book, Clara Caterpillar, after it is read to them in class. They will each choose four words from the story that they did not know before, and define them using context clues and/or a dictionary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students will free write on a subject of their choice, but they must include at least three of the four new words they found in Clara Caterpillar on Wednesday. They will illustrate their story also. When they are finished, the may play an educational application on an iPod Touch.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> (all links to external online resources and more detailed instructions for the students can be found on the Student Activities page)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> The Teacher will evaluate the learning of the students at the end of the week by having them complete a test including questions about The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and basic knowledge of caterpillars and butterflies gained from the two books focused on during the week. The test may be found HERE.