CCSS

Code

e.g.

RL.K.5

OUTCOMES

(Lesson Focus)

What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?

ASSESSMENT

How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome? Please state the question that will be asked during your formative assessment.

STRATEGIES

In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome? Please list in the order that you will implement.

3 HOTS QUESTIONS

e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation.

Mon

RL.PK.1

RL.PK.4

RI.PK.7

W.PK.5

SL.PK.2

Children will learn about the life of St. Patrick.

Children will recognize different traditions of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.

Why was St. Patrick such a special person?

- Read Aloud: The Story of St. Patrick

- Whole Group: Discuss the history of the clover plant and other St. Patrick Day traditions.

- Read Aloud: The Luckiest St. Patrick Day Ever

- Independent Practice: Draw a picture of four things that make you lucky.

- Which are some St. Patrick Day traditions?

- How would you like to celebrate St. Patrick’s day?

- After learning about all of God’s gifts to us, what are some gifts we have that make us lucky?

Tues

RI.PK.9

W.PK.8

G.PK.2

MD.PK.2

Children will design a new invention. Children will describe their new inventions as a want or a need.

Can your invention help your community? Why or why not?

- Whole Group: Complete smart board activity to review needs and wants.

- Independent Practice: Design a new invention.

- Whole Group: Create a real graph to show which inventions are a want or a need.

- Small Group: Children will match up and glue pictures into proper columns of want or need.

- What can be a new invention?

- Compare wants and needs.

- How can you tell if your new invention is a want or a need?

Wed

RL.PK.1

RL.PK.4

G.PK.2

Children will discriminate between

wants and needs.

Children will evaluate their own

motives for buying things.

Children will think about the long-term consequences of their

consumption habits and draw conclusions about how their actions impact the environment.

Would your list of basic needs be different if you were a plant or

an animal? 

- Read Aloud “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss

- Whole Group: Discuss “The Lorax” and how their actions affected the environment.

- Small Group: Draw pictures of things their families have bought them and write a N or W next to each picture.

- Independent Practice:  Sort the pictures of needs and wants.  

- Why was the Super Axe Hacker invented?

- Why did the Once-ler ignore the Lorax’s warnings?

- What effect did the Once-ler’s business have on the Lorax?

Thurs

Science

Fri

Science 

Bloom’s Taxonomy

 (HOTS Questions)

-Knowledge

-Comprehension

-Application

-Analysis

-Synthesis

-Evaluation

School Grade Weighting Scale:

Tests (40%):

Quizzes (20%):

Classwork/ Participation (15%):

Homework (5%):

Projects/ Portfolios (20%):

Vocabulary words for week:

1. needs
2. wants
3. job
4. invention
5. environment
6. St. Patrick
7. tradition
8. lucky
9. leprechaun
10. clover
11. shamrock

Use of Technology:

   __*__ Smartboard

   ____ Student Response System