SETON HILL UNIVERSITY
Lesson Plan Template
TOPIC DETAILS CK
Name Emily Ritchey
Subject Social Studies
Grade Level Kindergarten
Date/Duration One, 40 minute class period
Big Ideas School and community rules serve a purpose for
everyone.
Essential Why do we have rules?
Questions What do rules matter?
Why do we need rules?
What are community rules?
PA/Common Standard- 5.1.K.A Explain the purpose of rules.
Core/Standards Standard- 5.1.K.B Explain the need for rules.
Standard- 5.1.1.D Explain the importance of written
rules and laws.
Standard- 5.1.1.E Describe students responsibilities in
the school and community.
Objective The students, in pairs, will demonstrate crossing the
street with 100% accuracy.
Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative & Formative- The students will practice and demonstrate
Summative properly crossing the street in groups of two. They will
Assessment be evaluated for looking both ways, staying in the cross
Evidence walk, etc.
Summative- At the end of the unit, the students will be
a part of creating a classroom video that explains
classroom and community rules and why they are
important.
ISTE Standards The Road Safety Web-quest by Donna Debrell will be
for Students integrated into the modeling of the concept section of
this lesson.
Framework for The app Playing It Safe: Road Safety will be available on
21st Century the classroom iPads for the students to use and
Learning practice their new safety skills.
Empowered Learner- Students leverage technology to
take an active role in choosing, achieving, and
demonstrating competency in their learning goals,
informed by the learning sciences.
Accommodation Hyde is a 4 year old who was diagnosed with obsessive
s, Modifications compulsive disorder. Hyde will be permitted to
complete his crossing the road practice either with a
buddy of his choosing or alone if he is more
comfortable. If being outside as a large group is too
overwhelming for him altogether. He can be evaluated
at another time individually.
Hyde has a visual schedule of the daily events that
allows him to know and prepare for what is coming
next. This seems to reduce some of his anxiety.
SUPERVISING N/A
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE
Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-Step
Procedures
RATIONALE for The students should have some prior knowledge about road CK
the Learning safety.
Plan
Introduction Activating Prior Knowledge
A simple discussion will lead the lesson. The students
will be sitting at the rug and will be asked if they have
ever crossed a street before. If they have how did they
get across safely?
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
The story On the Road (Watch out!) will be read to the
class. This story addresses community safety rules
focusing on road safety and crossing the street.
Explicit Big Idea Statement
Instructions Community rules serve a purpose for everyone.
Essential Questions Statement
Why do we have rules?
What do rules matter?
Why do we need rules?
What are community rules?
Objective Statement
The students, in pairs, will demonstrate crossing the
street with 100% accuracy.
Transition
The students will come to the rug for circle time one by
one by sharing what color of car their parents drive.
Key Vocabulary
Stop, go, slow down, rules, road safety, look both ways,
left, right
Lesson PreAssessment of Students
Procedure The students will be asked whether or not they have
ever crossed a busy street by foot before. If they have,
what safety precautions did they use? Did they cross
safely?
Modeling of the Concept
The lesson will be beginning with circle time. The story
will be read and then the web quest will be gone
through, open discussion happening whenever
necessary. Next, the class as a whole will go outside
near a sidewalk. We will be practicing the safety
techniques needed to cross a street. (A cross walk will
be drawn on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk.) I will be
modeling looking both ways and cautiously crossing the
street before the students practice themselves.
Guiding the Practice
While the web quest is being completed the road
crossing practice activity will be introduced and
demonstrated. While we are outside practicing crossing
the street safely, I will be asking them questions like If
your basketball rolled onto the busy street what would
you do? This will guide them to start thinking critically
about road safety.
Providing the Independent Practice
After the practice activity outside, the students will have
the opportunity to use the iPad app, Playing it Safe:
Road Safety independently to further work on road
safety rules.
Transition
The students will be called the line up to go outside
based on their table colors. (red, blue, and yellow)
Reading Road Safety web quest
Materials Playing it Safe: Road Safety app
Technology On the Road (Watch out!) book
Equipment Sidewalk chalk
Supplies
Stop and Go signs
Evaluation of Formal Evaluation
the The students will practice and demonstrate properly
Learning/Master crossing the street in groups of two. They will be
y of the evaluated for looking both ways, staying in the cross
Concept walk, etc.
Informal Evaluation
The students will be informally evaluated during the web
quest. Simple questions will be asked and documented
for a basis of comprehension.
Closure Summary & Review of the Learning
At the end of the lesson, the students will return to the
classroom and the road safety rules will be reviewed one
final time. I feel that road safety rules should be endless
reviewed because they should be completed with 100%
accuracy.
Homework/Assignments
No homework
Teacher By the end of the lesson, the class should comprehend
Self-reflection what road safety rules are, why they are important, and
how they keep us safe.
