Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Olivia Shedd Date: 9-12-19

Title of Lesson: “Officer Buckle and Gloria” Cooperating Teacher: Mrs. Fernandez
The Importance of Rules and Laws

Core Components
Subject, Content Area, or Topic
Reading; Language Arts
Social Studies
Student Population
3rd Grade; 18 students (10 boys, 8 girls)

Learning Objectives
1. I can make a connection to a fictional text by relating to a character.
2. I can explain the responsibilities of a citizen and practice citizenship skills.
Virginia Essential Knowledge and Skills (SOL)
History and Social Science SOL 3.1i – practicing good citizenship skills and respect for rules and
laws while collaborating, compromising, and participating in classroom activities

English SOL 3.5e – Summarize plot events

English SOL 3.5d – Compare and contrast settings, characters, and plot events

Virginia Beach Standards

LA. 3.5e - Summarize plot events
LA. 3.5b – Making connections between reading sections
SS, 3.11a – Describing the individual rights to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and equality
under the law.

VDOE Technology Standards

English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)

Materials/Resources
Book: “Officer Buckle and Gloria”
Anchor chart and markers
High Yield Instructional Strategies Used (Marzano, 2001)

Check if Used Strategy Return

Identifying Similarities & Differences 45%
Summarizing & Note Taking 34%
Reinforcing Efforts & Providing Recognition 29%
Homework & Practice 28%
Nonlinguistic Representations 27%
Cooperative Learning 23%
Setting Goals & Providing Feedback 23%
Generating & Testing Hypothesis 23%
Questions, Cues, & Advanced Organizers 22%
McDonald’s Draft (2010). Modified by Kreassig and Gould (2014) for use with student teachers.
Revised August 2015
DOES YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL INPUT & MODELING YIELD THE POSITIVE
RETURNS YOU WANT FOR YOUR STUDENTS?
Check if Used Strategy Return
Teach Others/Immediate Use of Learning 95%
Practice by Doing 75%
Discussion 50%
Demonstration 30%
Audio Visual 20%
Reading 10%
Lecture 05%
Safety (if applicable)
N/A

Time
(min.) Process Components
*Anticipatory Set
6-7 TTW open review power point on the responsibility of citizens introducing the concept of
min. “rules and laws”. The students will “turn and talk” to discuss why they think we have rules
and laws in place and what their purpose is.

TTW select three to four students to explain their thoughts.

TTW use “name sticks” and have students name different rules we have in the
classroom/school, then different laws they can think of. TTW write these on the flip chart
for reference.

TTW then introduce the name and title of the book for shared reading, “Officer Buckle”
*State the Objectives (grade-level terms)
1 min. 1. I can make a connection to a fictional text by relating to a character.
2. I can explain the responsibilities of a citizen and practice citizenship skills.
3. I can explain the difference between and purpose of rules and laws.
*Instructional Input or Procedure
10 - While reading “Officer Buckle”, TTW stop every 2-3 pages (or at designated stopping
min. points in book) and ask “what is the most important information included on this page?
What do we predict will happen next?”

- Have students “turn and talk” if necessary to help answer above questions.

*Modeling
After reading “Officer Buckle,” TTW mention 1-2 key important details in the story that she
noticed, modeling to students how to reflect on the reading and summarize important
details.

TTW draw name sticks to see what summarizing detail the students remember and write
5-7 them on a separate page on flip chart.
min.
TTW then ask the students to “turn and talk” to answer what new they have learned about
rules and laws as well as their purpose.

TTW then explain and review how rules and laws are designed for all citizens to keep us
safe and maintain order for all people and that following laws are part of our responsibility
McDonald’s Draft (2010). Modified by Kreassig and Gould (2014) for use with student teachers.
Revised August 2015
 as American citizens.

*Check for Understanding

2 min. TTW listen to “turn and talk” as well as take note of answers after to check for
understanding.

*Guided Practice
TTW partner with student to make anchor chart talking about the difference between rules
5 min. and laws, as well as the overall purpose of rules and laws in our society.
*Independent Practice
(same as following assessment as well as earlier “turn and talk” strategy)

Assessment
TSW return to their desk to complete a short, 10 question Quizziz on American
5-10 responsibilities as review from the past days on American citizenship up through rules and
min. laws.
*Closure
1 min. TTW close: “Today we discussed different rules and laws and what purpose they have.
We also saw some examples in our book ‘Officer Buckle and Gloria!’ I want you to keep
thinking about how we can be good American citizens as we follow the big laws but also
the rules of this classroom.”

Differentiation Strategies (enrichment, accommodations, remediation, or by learning style).

Have distracted learners sit towards the front of the carpet during shared reading to keep
their attention and helping them grasp the concepts.
Classroom Management Issues (optional)
-Use turn and talk technique to engage all students
-Use name sticks for students to answer questions if not all are paying attention
Lesson Critique. To be completed following the lesson. Did your students meet the objective(s)? What part
of the lesson would you change? Why?

*Denotes Madeline Hunter lesson plan elements.

Intern Signature Cooperating Teacher Signature Date

McDonald’s Draft (2010). Modified by Kreassig and Gould (2014) for use with student teachers.
Revised August 2015