LESSON PLAN OUTLINE

JMU Elementary Education Program

***NOTE: Students will finish this lesson sometime this week***

Kelsey Mercadante
Mrs. Lowery, Paul Munro Elementary School, 1st Grade
Date: Mon. September 18th, 2015. Time: 2:05-2:30

A. TITLE OF LESSON: Communities Community Helpers

B. CONTEXT OF LESSON
During this lesson, students will learn and apply their knowledge of what they know about
community helpers. As a whole group, we will review community helpers and identify how
they contribute to our community. Then, the students will pick one community helper they
would like to be when they grow up. Students will complete a writing activity where they say
which community helper they would want to be and why.
C. UNWRAPPING THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING
1. Grade Level and Content Area:
First Grade: Social Studies
2. Standard and Indicators:
S.S: SOL 1.12 - The student will recognize that communities in
Virginia
c) include people who have diverse ethnic origins,
customs, and traditions, who make contributions to
their communities, and who are united as
Americans by common principles.

English:SOL1.12The student will print legibly.

a) Form letters accurately.
b) Space words within sentences.
c) Use the alphabetic code to write unknown words
phonetically.

Blooms Taxonomy
Levels:
Understand
Apply
D. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand

Know

Do

U1: People make valuable

contributions to their
communities and are united by
common principles.

K1: There are a number and

variety of community helpers
that make contributions to our
community.
K2: Community helpers help
the community and make it a
better place.

D1: Identify a community

helper.
D2: Explain why he/she
would want to be a particular
community helper through a
writing activity.

E. ASSESSING LEARNING
I will assess students through observation and their participation in the activity. Each student
will complete a writing activity where they will choose one community helper they would
want to be when they grow up. The students will explain why they want to be that particular
community helper as they complete their writing activity. Students will also draw a picture of
their community helper and an appropriate tool that their community helper uses.
F. MATERIALS NEEDED
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Smart Board
Community Helpers Book
Community Helper Pictures to show on Smart Board
Community Helpers Matching Game
Writing activity paper and space for drawing (story paper) -17

G. PROCEDURE
Prep:

Get all materials

Write out guided writing activity and make copies.

Engage:
Review community helpers with students by engaging in the matching game again.
Switch up student roles.
Implementation:
Tell the class they are going to write about a community helper that they would like to be.
Hand out the guided writing paper to each student.
Tell students they are going to write what community helper they want to be on the
writing paper. Then, students will explain why, after the word because in the guided
writing story paper.
Have students also draw a picture of their community helper along with an appropriate
tool that the community helper uses during their job.
Ask students to raise their hand if they have a question.
Circulate classroom and assist students as needed.

Closure:
If time, have students share their work with the class, or with a partner.
H. WHAT COULD GO WRONG WITH THIS LESSON AND WHAT WILL YOU DO
ABOUT IT?

Students may not seem to be engaged

o I will quickly engage students by asking them a question about their work or
reminding them of their task. Remind students to draw a picture.
Students may not know how to spell a word while writing.
o Have students raise their hand if they need help writing a word. Have them get
their word folders so Mrs. Lowery and I can come around and write any
unknown words they need to spell in their folder.
Students may not know why they want to be a certain community helper.
o Ask students what the community helper they picker, does. Remind the
student things they do for our community. Suggest the ways the community
helpers help. This reason(s) can be a reason for why you want to be like that
certain community helper.