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Students will recognize that they have unique
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Primary Learning Outcomes
What does it mean to be unique? How am I like other people and
how am I different in what I expect from kindergarten?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: K
Guidance
A. Self Knowledge
2
Topic: Skills to
interact with others.
Standard: Identify how people are unique. Demonstrate effective skills for
interacting with others. Demonstrate skills in managing conflicts with peers and
adults. Demonstrate group membership skills. Identify sources and effect of peer
pressure. Demonstrate appropriate behavior when peer pressures are contrary to
one’s belief. Demonstrate awareness of different cultures, lifestyles,
attitudes, and abilities.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 5 min.
Have volunteers share experiences (positive and negative) that
they have had in nursery school or day care. List these on the board and discuss
similarities and differences among the students.
Step: 2 Duration: 5 min.
Have volunteers share an important decision that they have had
to make that year. List and discuss.
Step:
3 Duration: 5 min.
Solicit experiences and activities that children are looking
forward to in kindergarten.
Step:
4 Duration: 5 min.
Have volunteers share any preconceived
apprehensions/misconceptions about kindergarten. List, discuss, and try to clear
up as many as possible.
Step:
5 Duration: 5 min.
Talk to students about how we all have different experiences
in life. It is these experiences that make us grow and enhance our abilities to
make decisions. Use several balloons inflated with different amounts of air
(blow them up, let them go to fall where they will) to show students that we are
all unique, have different experiences, and will grow and advance at different
paces in our school years. Also emphasize that decisions are not always easy,
but they too challenge us to new heights and added responsibilities.
Step: 6 Duration: 5 min.
Draw on index cards a face to indicate how students are
feeling about kindergarten (smiley, frowny, neutral). As you hold up each card,
ask for a show of hands to indicate who feels which way.
Step: 7 Duration: 10 min.
Read Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Step: 8 Duration: 5 min.
Solicit feelings regarding the book, validate them, and wish
them all good luck.
Materials and Equipment
Dr. Seuss book Oh, the Places You'll Go!, balloons, index
cards with faces
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
45 min.
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students will be assessed on their participation in the
discussion.
Extension
Remediation
Accommodation
Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can
be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in
classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC
standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of
this lesson plan.
