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Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC DETAILS CK
Name Emily Ritchey
Subject Social Studies
Grade Level Kindergarten
Date/Duration 40 Minute class period
Big Ideas A stranger is someone we dont know.


Essential Are there good strangers?
Questions Are there bad strangers?
How can you tell if a stranger is good or bad?
What should you do if a stranger tries to talk to you?

PA/Common Standard- 5.1.K.B Explain the need for rules.

Core/Standards Standard- 5.1.1.D Explain the importance of written
rules and laws.
Standard- 5.1.1.E Describe students responsibilities in
the school and community.

Objective The kindergarten students, individually will

demonstrate the proper steps that should be done if a
Bloom's stranger tries to talk to them 1 out of 1 time.
Taxonomy

Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative & Formative- The students will be assessed by their
Summative answers when asked what to do when a stranger
Assessment approaches them. Their answers will be documented
Evidence for accuracy. While their answers may vary slightly from
each other, they should be getting the similar points
across.
Summative- At the end of the unit the students will be a
part of a classroom video that explains why classroom
and community rules are important.

ISTE Standards The students will be around technology by witnessing a

for Students CD player being used. The students can take turns
pressing play and other commands. While this may
Framework for seem like a silly thing to do, they may not be familiar
21st Century with CD players because of computers and cell phones
Learning playing music.
Empowered Learner- Students leverage technology to
take an active role in choosing, achieving, and
demonstrating competency in their learning goals,
informed by the learning sciences.
Accommodation Hyde is a 4 year old who was diagnosed with obsessive
s, Modifications compulsive disorder. During group activities, Hyde is
permitted to take breaks when needed. If he grows too
overwhelmed to complete the activity, he will be able
to take a brain break and draw a picture of what he
would do if a stranger came near instead of having to
express his thoughts through words.
Hyde has a visual schedule of the daily events that
allows him to know and prepare for what is coming
next. This seems to reduce some of his anxiety.

SUPERVISING N/A
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-Step

Procedures
RATIONALE for Students need to be prepared in case a bad stranger would CK
the Learning approach them. This is a skill and mind set that is vital for all
Plan children to know and be able to use.
Introduction Activating Prior Knowledge
At the beginning of circle time, I would ask the students
if they have ever heard the saying, Stranger Danger?
If so, what do they think it means?
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Read the story, The Berenstain Bears Learn about
Strangers. This story addresses why its not okay to talk
to strangers.
Explicit Big Idea Statement
Instructions A stranger is someone you dont know.
Essential Questions Statement
Are there good strangers?
Are there bad strangers?
How can you tell if a stranger is good or bad?
What should you do if a stranger tries to talk to you?
Objective Statement
You will explain to me what you would do if a stranger
tries to talk to you.
Transition
The students will be excused to the carpet based on
their table group color.
Key Vocabulary
Stranger, Good, Bad, Safe, Not safe, Quiet, Run, Scared
Lesson PreAssessment of Students
Procedure The students are asked if they know what stranger
danger is, I will pay attention to their answers to
determine how in depth the lesson needs to go. If the
students seem to be familiar with how to handle
strangers the activity will be a review.
 Modeling of the Concept
After the book is read, we will have a class discussion
about if there are good strangers and bad strangers.
However, even if a stranger is a good stranger you still
shouldnt talk to them and should find the person you
live with. I and my aide will act out and model an
encounter with a stranger and what should be done.
After the demonstration is over, the students will pick a
partner and develop a two step action plan explaining
what to do if a stranger comes near. After they create
them, they will share them with the class.
Guiding the Practice
After the students are done sharing their action plans,
we will sing the Stranger Danger song as a class three
times through. They will then go back to their tables and
draw a picture of the people in their life that arent
strangers.
Providing the Independent Practice
While the students are drawing their pictures of the
safe people in their lives, one by one a student will
come and share with me what they would do if a
stranger would try to talk to them.
Transition
The students will be dismissed from the carpet back to
their tables by sharing with the person beside them
where one place is that they go with their parents for
fun.
Reading The Berenstain Bears Learn about Strangers book.
Materials The Stranger Danger song
Technology CD player
Equipment Paper
Supplies
Crayons
Colored Pencils
Evaluation of Formal Evaluation
the The students will be assessed by their answers when
Learning/Master asked what to do when a stranger approaches them.
y of the Their answers will be documented for accuracy. While
Concept their answers may vary slightly from each other, they
should be getting similar points across.
Informal Evaluation
While the class is learning and singing the Stranger
Danger song, it will be paused at random and I will say
what do you do if a stranger comes near? And the
students will yell run away!
Closure Summary & Review of the Learning
After every student tells me what they would do if a
stranger came near, we will wrap up the lesson by
collecting their drawings and asking the question, What
did you learn today that was important?
 Homework/Assignments
No Homework

Teacher I will know that the students grasped the concept of
Self-reflection stranger danger by their two step action plans, their
drawings, and their verbal explanations of what they
would do if a stranger came near.
Videos and more books about the subject could be
implemented if there was a lack of understanding.