Zachary Powers Subject: Social Studies (Lesson One) Lesson On: Where Food Comes From Date !

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Goals/Objective(s): SW$%! De,ine ,airness in terms o, inter#ersonal e-chan)e .se their understandin) o, ,airness to e-amine a ,air un,air e-chan)e National Standards for Social Studies: Kindergarten !eachers o, the early )rades can assist learners in e-#lorin) their natural and de'elo#in) sense o, ,airness and order as they e-#erience relationshi#s with others/ Learners should de'elo# an increasin)ly com#rehensi'e awareness o, ri)hts and res#onsibilities/

Materials and Preparation: !o#s and $ottoms by 0anet Ste'ens Crayons Scissors White stoc1 #a#er Pictures o, di,,erent cro#s on their #lant/ Chart #a#er 2ar1ers (,or writin) on chart #a#er) $aby rabbit chart

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Students will be seated on the ru) ,or the readin) and chartin) #ortions o, the acti'ity/ Students will be seated in semi circle ,acin) my chair and the chart easel/ !hey will be seated at a round table ,or the deal3ma1in) acti'ity/ $e,ore students use scissors to cut out their #lants4 " will re'iew sa,ety #rocedures ,or usin) scissors/ Plan Read Aloud: 15 minutes. !he lesson be)ins with a read aloud o, !o#s and $ottoms by 0anet Ste'ens/ Chart: 5 minutes. %,ter the boo14 the class ma1es a t3chart about ,airness4 )uided by the teacher/ !he teach chart will ha'e two columns: 5,air6 and 5no ,air6 Children will re,lect on what ,airness means in !o#s and $ottoms4 and then e-tend that con'ersation to ,airness at home and in the classroom/ !eacher will record words that children brin) u# in both columns4 as1in) 7uestions to clari,y ideas and to #rom#t thin1in) about the connections between what children see as ,air or un,air/ Intro: 5 minutes. !eacher then introduces children to the Fairness &ame or 58o Fair96 !he initial #hase o, 8o Fair9 s#lits children into #airs #redetermined by the teacher to su##ort di,,erentiation/ !he acti'ity is loosely modeled on the boo1 we read (!o#s and $ottoms)/ !he teacher is the bear and the children are the rabbits/ Activity: 10 minutes. !he teacher has the materials ,or children to ma1e cra,t 'ersions o, the cro# o, their choice: corn4 carrots4 #otatoes4 etc/ !he children will construct the #lant in its entirety (i/e/ includin)4 lea'es4 roots4 stem4 etc/) based on #hoto)ra#h o, the cro#/When students are ,inished each table will ma1e se'eral cro#s and then the teacher )ets to ta1e a certain amount/ :ach table )ets to ne)otiate with the teacher how much they will )i'e/ (Will they )i'e hal, o, what they ha'e4 ; <s4 one///) !he idea is that the children owe the teacher ,or lettin) them use his or her materials4 but that4 li1e rabbit4 they also )et to choose what they )i'e the teacher4 to some de)ree/ !he teacher could )et a ,ew tiny beans the 1id made and the 1ids mi)ht )et the really nice carrots= alternately4 the 1ids mi)ht ,ind a more e'en distribution4 or ,ind themsel'es hoodwin1ed by the teacher/ !he teacher

)uides the a)reements to balance student thin1in) and re#resentation o, di,,erent de)rees o, ,airness across the simulation/ Discussion: 5 minutes. When the teacher recei'es the ,ruits o, each a)reement4 they will #ut their earnin)s away in a bo- as the children tal1 about what to do with what they ha'e le,t>and how they are a,,ected the a)reement they made with the teacher/ !o 'isuali?e the 'alue o, what they ha'e le,t4 the children will #lace the edible #ortion o, the #lant on a chart o, baby rabbits >re#resentin) mouths to ,eed/ %,ter the children ha'e tal1ed4 they will come bac1 to the circle and tal1 about how their di,,erent arran)ements with the teacher wor1ed/ What did they a)ree on@ Were they ha##y with what they )ot@ Were they mad@ What did they do with what they )ot@ !he teacher will chart similar a)reements and then associated words/ !he acti'ity ends with a re,erence bac1 to the ,airness chart/ Aow were our a)reements ,air or not ,air@

%ssessment o, the )oals objecti'es listed abo'e: Shared writin) on the discussion chart will assess studentsB thin1in) about and understandin) o, ,airness throu)hout the acti'ity/ Formal discussion about the 5deal3ma1in) #rocess6 assess student thin1in) about ,airness/ Discussion ,ollowin) the acti'ity will assess their re,lection on the acti'ity and the outcomes o, the 5deal3ma1in)/B

%ntici#atin) studentsB res#onses and your #ossible res#onses Students may ha'e a di,,icult time thin1in) about ,airness in terms o, the acti'ity (as o##osed to ,airness in their #ersonal li,e/) " will )uide them to ma1e #ersonal connections to the acti'ity/