Michelle Kearsley

Date of Lesson: 9/20/18

Mrs. Hedden (Clinton Public School)

TCNJ - School of Education - Lesson Plan

1​.​Title: ​Bucket Filler
2.Lesson Essential Question: ​How can you help other members of your community?
3.Standards:
NJ Social Studies Standards- 6.1.4.A.11
NJ Language Arts Standards- SL.2.3.
4.
A. Learning Objective
B. Assessment
Learning Objective Assessment

Students will be able to explain The students will each tell the teacher one way that
how they can be nice to people in they can be nice to people. The teacher will record
their community. each of their responses on the SMARTboard.

5.Materials:
-Teacher:
● Have You Filled a Bucket Today?​ By Carol McCloud
● Filler and dipper cards
● Card with game situations
● SMARTboard
● Laptop
-Students:
● None
6. Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge: ​The students have been
learning about communities and how to be a citizen in their community.
7.​ ​Lesson Beginning: ​The teacher will review what a community is from the previous lesson.
The teacher will then ask the students why we should be nice to people. The teacher will then
explain to the students that they will learn about why they should be nice to others today.
​8.Instructional Plan​:​Time needed approximately 30-35 minutes
What the teacher will be What the students Materials the teacher Approx.
doing: will be doing: needs to have ready: Time:

The teacher will review The students will None 2 min

what a community is from answer the question
the previous lesson. The and listen to the
teacher will then ask the teacher.
students why we should
be nice to people. The
teacher will then explain
to the students that they
will learn about why they
should be nice to others
today.

Read ​Have You Filled a The students will Have You Filled a Bucket 6 min
Bucket Today?​ By Carol listen to the story Today?​ By Carol
McCloud McCloud

Ask students questions The students will None 2 min

about the story raise their hands to
answer the questions

The teacher will show the
video to the students one
time. The teacher will
show the video a second
time and ask the students
to join in.
The students will Video: 5 min
watch the video the https://www.youtube.com/
first time and watch?v=5K-3GLKQIVQ
participate the
second time.

The teacher will explain The students will Filler and dipper cards 2 min
the directions for the listen to the teacher
bucket filler/ dipper game
(one side of rug bucket
filler, other side bucket
dipper. Teacher reads
aloud a situation and the
students move to the
corresponding side of the
rug)

The teacher will facilitate The students will Card with game 10 min
the bucket filler/ dipper participate in the situations
game game

The teacher will ask each The students will Notebook open on the 5 min
student to say one thing a each say one thing SMARTboard
bucket filler does. The that a bucket filler
 teacher will write the does
response on the board.
​a.​ ​Differentiation: ​ he teacher will read aloud the situations for the game to help students
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who struggle with reading. The teacher will make sure that each student is able to give a
response to the closure question.
b.​ ​Questions:

● Why should we be nice to people?

● Why is it important to fill people’s buckets?
● What happens when you fill a person’s bucket?
● How can you fill someone’s bucket?
c.​ ​Classroom Management: ​The teacher will remind students that they are trying to earn

popcorns. The teacher will use various phrases to command the students’ attention, when
needed.
d.​ ​Transitions: ​The teacher will ask the table caller to call students from the rug back to

their desks.
9. Closure: ​ The teacher will ask each student to say one thing a bucket filler does. The
teacher will write the response on the board.

Resources:
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