Generic Lesson Plan Form- Mackenzie Elliott

Subject: Social Studies/Writing

Statement of Objective:
*Observable/Measurable (A,B,C,D)
*GLCE/IEP

Activity: A Bug and A Wish

Setting: Whole Group

# of Students: 25

Given the phrase, It bugs me when you I wish you would Stop!, students will be able to
express verbal and written thoughts, feelings, and ideas to promote conflict resolution within
the classroom.

Accommodations

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
K P3.1.1
Identify classroom issues.
K P3.3.1
Express a position on a classroom issue.
K P3.1.3
Compare their viewpoint about a classroom issue with the viewpoint of another person.

Materials:
*Prepared and organized
*Available for all

A Bug and a Wish By Karen Scheuer

Smart Board
Bug Puppet
Wish Puppet
A Bug and A Wish patterned class book sheets
Pencils
Crayons

Display book on
Smart Board to
ensure it is visible
to all students

Provide bug and

wish puppets for
visual learners
Learning targets
will be written on
the white board for
visual reminders
connecting activity
to the world
beyond

Opening:
*Gain attention/motivate
*Activate prior knowledge
~link/relate; assess; prepare for new
learning (e.g. vocabulary)
*State goals/set purpose
~explain task: why, what, how, and
when
for strategies
*Clear directions

Begin by reading A Bug and a Wish By Karen Scheuer displayed on the Smart Board.
Prompt the students throughout the story by asking questions and by pointing out important
details.
Today I am going to show you how you can use a bug and a wish to solve your own problems
with your friends instead of using mean words, tattling, etc.
Begin to introduce the phrase, It bugs me when you I wish you would Stop!

Provide the
students with the
choice of oral
response or thumb
response to the
questions
throughout the
read aloud
Activate student
thinking by
prompting with
questions and
important details
Refer to the bug
and the wish
puppets for visual
learners

Presentation:
Teacher:
*Variety of learning (T/S, S/S, S/T)
*Organizational framework
~construct, clarify, and link concepts in
a
meaningful context
*Present visually, verbally,

MODEL for the students how to properly use the phrase It bugs me when you I wish you
would Stop!
MODEL for the students how to express verbally various thoughts, feelings, and ideas while
using the phrase.

Provide A Bug
and a Wish class
book sheet for
visuals while
modeling

Encourage students to participate and to practice using the phrase.

Point to/use the
bug and the wish

kinesthetically,
real world (e.g. LESH)
*Model and think aloud to make visible
~language practices/processes
~learning strategies and adaptations
(how,
when and why)
~organization, relationships, and clues
*Transfer of control
~students explain, justify, clarify, etc.
*Clear directions
*Check for understanding
~appropriate feedback: praise, prompt
probe/question (in ZPD)
~assess/error drill
~monitor and adjust instruction
Students:
*Participation
~overt and active
~instructional dialogue, think aloud,
explain, justify, evaluate, etc.
Guided Practice:
*Activity related to
presentation/objectives
*Active student participation
~provide rationale for assignment
~multi-sensory and real world
~instructional dialogue
*Transfer of control
~students explain, justify, clarify, think
aloud
*Check for understanding
~ensure high success rate
~appropriate feedback: praise, prompt,
probe/question (in ZPD)
Individual Practice:
~assess/error drill
~monitor and adjust instruction
*Management/monitoring
~scan, circulate, assess, support, praise

Directions WHILE MODELING how to complete A Bug and a Wish class book sheet. Model
how to draw a detailed picture, write words to match the picture, and make the page ready to
be published in the patterned class book.

Students will be encouraged to help throughout the modeling process of A Bug and a Wish
class book sheet.

Use the Check for Understanding; assess students thumbs and allow for additional questions.

Provide each student with A Bug and a Wish class book sheet.
Probe them through the directions again as they begin and as needed at table seats in whole
group.

Ask students questions and offer assistance probing them through thinking of thoughts,
feelings, and ideas to draw and to write while using A bug and a Wish phrase.

Encourage the students to think about the importance of using A Bug and a Wish phrase to
express thoughts, feelings, and ideas to promote conflict resolution within the classroom and to
connect to the world beyond.

puppets for visual

learners
Provide the
students the choice
of oral or thumb
response to the
questions; refer to
Check for
Understanding

Students who
finish early can
continue adding
details to picture
and to words to
ensure the page is
ready to be
published in the
class book

Students who
dont have the
chance to finish
can complete A
Bug and a Wish
class book sheet
during playtime
Point to the A Bug
and a Wish class
book sheet used
during modeling
and the bug and
wish puppets for
visual learners
Provide verbal
encouragement,
praise, or
recognition to
continue a task

Closing:
*Adequate time
*Students summarize content and
accomplishments
*Assess/identify new goals
*Link to future learning

Remind the students they can continue to work on their class book pages during playtime if
they did not finish; remind the students who did finish to make a pile at their table to be
collected to be published in the patterned class book.

We will be working on using a bug and a wish to help us solve our own problems in the
classroom. I am going to be listening today during playtime for boys and girls practicing a bug
and a wish instead of saying mean words, tattling, etc.