Lesson+Plan

Backwards Lesson Plan Design:
Thanksgiving || **Materials:** "This First Thanksgiving Day" book food for feast || SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose of national holidays and describe the people or events celebrated. **Element(s):** d. Thanksgiving Day || Bring in typical Thanksgiving food for students to sample before reading the book Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in America Ask students what they normally eat throughout the day so they can later compare that to what the Pilgrims and Indians ate. || I choose cooperative learning because most students in kindergarten work best in groups and this gives them practice working on social skills. || **__During Reading Activity__** Students will take part in counting activities having to do with the book (counting sticks- for a "fire", weave a simple basket, searching for objects in a sand box) Learning style- visual, kinesthetic, and auditory || **__After Reading__** Compare how students eat now to how they would have if they lived when the Pilgrims first came to America. ||
 * **Name of Lesson:**
 * **Standard(s):**
 * **Identify Desired Results** ||
 * **Enduring Understanding(s):** |||| **Essential Question(s):** ||
 * Students will understand that Thanksgiving is one of the commonly celebrated holidays in America and understand why Americans celebrate it. |||| What kind of food did Pilgrims and Indians eat on Thanksgiving? Why did they eat this particular food? ||
 * **What will students understand as a result of this plan?** |||| **What questions will focus this plan?** ||
 * Students will understand the basic background of Thanksgiving. |||| How has Thanksgiving changed since the first year it was celebrated? ||
 * **Determine Acceptable Evidence (Assessment)** ||
 * **What evidence will show that students understand . . .** ||
 * **Performance Task(s):**
 * Read the book: "This First Thanksgiving Day"
 * Discuss with students facts from the story that they learned.
 * Counting activities ||
 * **Other Evidence:** Students will be assessed through teacher observation during activities ||
 * **Plan Learning Experience and Instruction** ||
 * **Given the targeted understandings, other lesson/unit goals, and the assessment evidence identified, what knowledge and skills are needed?** ||
 * **Students will need to know . . .** |||| **Students will need to be able to . . .** ||
 * that Thanksgiving is celebrated in most American families. |||| count through the number 12. ||
 * **What teachings and learning experiences will equip students to demonstrate the targeted understandings?** ||
 * **Hook:**
 * nuts - make sure students don't have allergies
 * turnips
 * parsnips
 * fish
 * water
 * corn
 * bread || **Prior Knowledge:**
 * __Pre-Reading Activity__:**
 * **Rationale for type instruction(D), (CL), (PB)**
 * Direct Instruction:** Reading the book to whole group
 * Cooperative Learning:**
 * Problem Based Learning:** N/A ||
 * **Differentiation: (needs, interests, abilities of learners)**
 * Conclude: (Provide Opportunity to Rethink/Revise)**
 * Reflect:**
 * **What went well?**


 * **What would I modify?**


 * **What learners increased their knowledge of subject matter?**


 * Did my assessment meet my goals to guide future instruction in this area?**