Thematic Unit Lesson Plan 1

Candidate’s Name: Earl Holder

Grade Level: 1st Grade

Title of the lesson: Christmas Quiz

Length of the lesson: 30 minutes

Central focus of the lesson (The central focus should align with the CCSS/content standards and support students to develop an essential literacy strategy and requisite skills for comprehending or composing texts in meaningful contexts) Key questions:  -what do you want your students to learn? To understand the true meaning of Christmas and use student’s learning abilities to do so by learning new words the student may not have been familiar with before -what are the important understandings and core concepts you want students to develop --- -within the learning segment? Learn how to memorize and recant what they've read as a way to strengthen their cognitive abilities. Extend their vocabulary and integrate it in their everyday language

Key questions: What do students know? The meaning of Christmas along with terms associated with it What can they do? Provide to me as the instructor proof of their understanding on the meaning of Christmas through vocabulary terms What are they learning to do? Become better acquainted with Christmas while learning at the same time What do you know about your students’ everyday experiences, cultural backgrounds and practices, and interests? Enough to determine whether or not if they truly understand the meaning of Christmas. Some kids may not celebrate Christmas in their households and it would give them an opportunity to not only understand what it is but with the Culminating factor, it would also give them a chance to take part in the celebration in a roundabout way.

Common Core State Standards (List the number and text of the standard. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the relevant part[s].) Common Core Learning Standards for ELA and Literacy) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Support literacy development through language (academic language) Identify one language function (i.e. analyze, argue, categorize, compare/contrast, describe, explain, interpret, predict, question, retell, summarize or another one appropriate for your learning segment) Identify a key learning task from your plans that provide students opportunities to practice using the language function. Describe language demands (written or oral) students need to understand and/or use The students reading and pronunciation level is average Their cognitive abilities in remember the terms is good. A key learning task would be for the student to comprehend what he or she is reading and able to define the terms To properly sound out what you can not understand when it comes to reading out the words

Learning objectives 1. Making sure student understands how to read the terms 2. Making sure the student comprehends the terms 3. Making sure student can overcome any difficulties pronouncing certain words

Instructional procedure: Instructional strategies and learning tasks (including what you and the students will be doing) that support diverse student needs. Your design should be based on the following: Having student read and understand the Christmas vocabulary terms Have student carefully sound out the words they are having difficulty with Help the student sound out their mistakes Test the students memory in what the terms mean

Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning. http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/uk_christmas_traditions_quiz/christmas-christmas-traditions/40741

Reflection Did your instruction support learning for the whole class and the students who need great support or challenge? yes What changes would you make to support better student learning of the central focus? Try to make it more of enjoyable exercise and less of an exam feel even though it’s a quiz. Why do you think these changes would improve student learning? Support your explanation from evidence of research and/or theory. It can improve learning for the student once they begin to feel more apart the exercise besides being asked to read and recant. Culmination: A Christmas gathering with students and their parents to further help students understand the meaning of Christmas