Newton Elementary School First Grade Lesson Plan ​ ​ Date: Mar. 18-22, 2019 ​ Subject: Social Studies ​ Teacher: Lakeesha Kenebrew Unit #5 : Remembering Traditions ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ TEKS: 1.15B 1.18A & B ​

Objective: TLW explain the way folktales and legends such as Aesop’s fables ​ reflect beliefs, customs, language, and traditions of communities.

Bell work /technology /resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNVspz6tmU (meaning of the ​ Pledge) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripQ9jJnw1c&index=9&list=PLe9CrVht-JRzz VIIFnaZ9UJv04aZVTo-2 (The Grasshopper and the Ants - an Aesop’s fable) ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qatGJMep78o&list=PLe9CrVht-JRzzVIIFna Z9UJv04aZVTo-2&index=34 (The Honest Woodcutter –an Aesop’s fable) ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPybpc-xuG0&index=4&list=PLe9CrVht-JRz zVIIFnaZ9UJv04aZVTo-2 (The Lion and the Mouse –an Aesop’s fable) ​

Learning Activities/Guided_Independent Practices: Interactive journals, coloring sheets, books

Key Vocabulary: fable ​

Exit ticket/Closure: What is the purpose of a fable? ​

Assessment: THe Moral of the Lesson

Key Questions: 1. What is the purpose of a fable? ​ ​ 2. What does reciting the Pledge of Allegiance reflect? 3. What is the importance of traditions? Week at a Glance Social Studies Mar. 18-22, 2019

Monday – Review the lesson from last week’s lesson plan. ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNVspz6tmU (meaning of the Pledge) ​ ****What does reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and celebrating our nation’s independence on the 4th of July reflect? American freedom!!**** ​ ​

***The colors on the flag symbolize courage (red), purity (white), and loyalty (blue). ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Tuesday – Define fable - a short story that teaches a moral lesson, often with animals or ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ inanimate objects as characters.

***What is the purpose of a fable? To teach a moral lesson*** ​ ​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qatGJMep78o&list=PLe9CrVht-JRzzVIIFnaZ9 UJv04aZVTo-2&index=34 (The Honest Woodcutter –an Aesop’s fable) ​ The moral of the lesson is “honesty” pays off. ​ ​ Wednesday - The moral of the lesson is “preparation” today, helps your success in the ​ ​ ​ ​ future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripQ9jJnw1c&index=9&list=PLe9CrVht-JRzzVIIFn 9UJv04aZVTo-2 (The Grasshopper and the Ants - an Aesop’s fable) ​

DG – The Ant and the Grasshopper

Thursday - The moral of the lesson is “kindness” brings its reward and that there is no ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ being so small that it cannot help a greater being. ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPybpc-xuG0&index=4&list=PLe9CrVht-JRzzVIIFn Z9UJv04aZVTo-2 (The Lion and the Mouse –an Aesop’s fable) ​ Friday- The Moral of the Lesson ​