Respect Unit Introduction Lesson Plan:
Materials Needed:
Voice Recorder Markers
Colored Pencils Crayons
Whiteboard and Dry Erase Markers Dictionary
Respecting Others by Robin Nelson Notebooks (one for each student)
Construction Paper
Madison Metropolitan School District Standards:
Identify events that are planned for the future or that happened in the past
Support the need for fair rules and suggest fair solutions
Take care of personal belongings and respect those of others
Describe how all home and school members have rights and responsibilities
Demonstrate responsibilities for their role within the school environment
National Council for Social Studies Standards:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic
Objectives:
Students will brainstorm and discuss what it means to show someone respect
Students will compile a list of ways to show respect
Students will compile a list of people and things that should be treated with respect
Students will create posters in order to encourage all students in the school to show respect
Students will learn and discuss the definition of respect
Lesson Opening:
Before conducting this lesson in the classroom, the teacher will ask each student individually what it means to show respect for someone. The teacher should record each student’s answer to this question and then compile a list of all the ways one can show respect. Make a large-print copy of this list to always have hanging in the classroom. In the beginning of this lesson, the teacher should gather the students on the carpet area and discuss the different ideas that they all came up with. The teacher may want to play some portions of the voice recordings for the class during this discussion. This poster of ways to show respect should be kept on display in the classroom throughout the unit.
Procedure:
1. Read the book Respecting Others to the students. If any of the ways to show respect mentioned in the book are not on the class list, add it to the list and talk about it with the students. After the book, ask the students if they have thought of any more ways to show respect that they would like to add to the class list.
*Note: The items on this list should be made into large-print, simply stated cards with pictures on them. These respect cards will be used in further lessons in this unit and should be reviewed often with the students.
2. Tell the students that they will next be making a list of who or what should be respected. Ask them to raise their hand if they have an idea to add to the list. Remind the students to think about the book and about who or what they show respect for every day. After no more students have ideas for the list, go through the book again to make sure that all the people/things given respect in the book are on the class list.
3. Tell the students that we want to share our ideas about respect with all of our other friends in the school, so they are each going to make a poster. The poster can either be about people or things that we should respect or about ways to show respect. Tell the students that each of their posters should have a picture and a sentence on it. Give each student a piece of construction paper and let them create their posters. Remind the students to use the lists that we created to come up with ideas and also to see how to spell words correctly. Remind the students that these posters are going to be on display around the school and encourage them to use their very best handwriting and spelling on them. Give the students adequate time to complete their posters.
4. Tell the students that they've done a great job talking about respect today and then ask them if any of them can tell us what respect actually is. We know how to show it and who deserves it, but what is respect? Write the students ideas of the definition of respect on the white board. Next, ask the students what respect is not and record these ideas on the board as well. Tell the students to look at the lists of what respect is and what it is not. Tell them to try to think of a one sentence definition for respect. Have the students do a turn and talk in order to share their one sentence definitions of respect.
5. Next, ask the students where one could go if they needed to define something. Once a student suggests the dictionary, read the definition of respect to them. If students suggest other ways of finding a definition that you have access to (i.e. the internet), you should share those definitions with the students as well. Then have the students turn to their same partner and talk what they think about the definition(s) of respect they just heard. Once the students' conversations begin dieing down, bring the class back together as a whole and discuss the differences and similarities between their ideas of the definition and the dictionary's definition of respect.
Lesson Closure:
Tell the students that they will be learning more about some of the ways to show respect that are extra important in school. Tell them that they will be learning more about three different types of respect--respect for others, respect for themselves, and respect for differences. Next, tell the students that throughout the entire time that they are learning about respect, each of them is going to keep a unit journal. Give each student a notebook and have them write them name on the front cover of it. Tell them that sometimes they will be given certain things to put in their journals, but that they can always write or draw whatever they want in it, as long as it is something about respect. Tell the students that some things that could go into their journals are:
· Stories/Drawings about times you showed respect
· A list of people you respect
· Stories/Drawings about times someone showed you respect
· Stories/Drawing about times that someone didn't show you respect and how that made you feel
· A list of people who have shown you respect
Also, ask them for suggestions of other ideas of things that they could put into their unit journals. Once there are no more ideas, tell the students that tomorrow they will begin learning about respect for others.
Assessment:
Throughout the different discussions within this lesson, the teacher should observe the students to assess if all of the students are:
· adding plausible ideas for the lists
· actively engaged in the discussion
· understanding what is being discussed
· showing respect to the teacher and to each other
Also, the teacher can look at the students’ posters to assess the individual student's understanding of how to show respect and/or who and what deserves to be respected. The posters can be used to assess the students writing abilities as well.
Extension Ideas:
Students can help in the creation of the respect cards as a review of the ways to show respect.
Students can create their own dictionary entry for respect. This could be done for other confusing concepts that the students learn about throughout the school year and made into a classroom dictionary. Plus, after teaching this unit multiple times, you could have your students compare their dictionary pages to those of former classes and discuss how they are different and similar. This could also be expanded into a lesson on why the classroom dictionary pages are different from year to year and when, if, and how the official dictionary is updated.
Students can create acrostic poems with the word respect.
Voice Recorder Markers
Colored Pencils Crayons
Whiteboard and Dry Erase Markers Dictionary
Respecting Others by Robin Nelson Notebooks (one for each student)
Construction Paper
Madison Metropolitan School District Standards:
Identify events that are planned for the future or that happened in the past
Support the need for fair rules and suggest fair solutions
Take care of personal belongings and respect those of others
Describe how all home and school members have rights and responsibilities
Demonstrate responsibilities for their role within the school environment
National Council for Social Studies Standards:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic
Objectives:
Students will brainstorm and discuss what it means to show someone respect
Students will compile a list of ways to show respect
Students will compile a list of people and things that should be treated with respect
Students will create posters in order to encourage all students in the school to show respect
Students will learn and discuss the definition of respect
Lesson Opening:
Before conducting this lesson in the classroom, the teacher will ask each student individually what it means to show respect for someone. The teacher should record each student’s answer to this question and then compile a list of all the ways one can show respect. Make a large-print copy of this list to always have hanging in the classroom. In the beginning of this lesson, the teacher should gather the students on the carpet area and discuss the different ideas that they all came up with. The teacher may want to play some portions of the voice recordings for the class during this discussion. This poster of ways to show respect should be kept on display in the classroom throughout the unit.
Procedure:
1. Read the book Respecting Others to the students. If any of the ways to show respect mentioned in the book are not on the class list, add it to the list and talk about it with the students. After the book, ask the students if they have thought of any more ways to show respect that they would like to add to the class list.
*Note: The items on this list should be made into large-print, simply stated cards with pictures on them. These respect cards will be used in further lessons in this unit and should be reviewed often with the students.
2. Tell the students that they will next be making a list of who or what should be respected. Ask them to raise their hand if they have an idea to add to the list. Remind the students to think about the book and about who or what they show respect for every day. After no more students have ideas for the list, go through the book again to make sure that all the people/things given respect in the book are on the class list.
3. Tell the students that we want to share our ideas about respect with all of our other friends in the school, so they are each going to make a poster. The poster can either be about people or things that we should respect or about ways to show respect. Tell the students that each of their posters should have a picture and a sentence on it. Give each student a piece of construction paper and let them create their posters. Remind the students to use the lists that we created to come up with ideas and also to see how to spell words correctly. Remind the students that these posters are going to be on display around the school and encourage them to use their very best handwriting and spelling on them. Give the students adequate time to complete their posters.
4. Tell the students that they've done a great job talking about respect today and then ask them if any of them can tell us what respect actually is. We know how to show it and who deserves it, but what is respect? Write the students ideas of the definition of respect on the white board. Next, ask the students what respect is not and record these ideas on the board as well. Tell the students to look at the lists of what respect is and what it is not. Tell them to try to think of a one sentence definition for respect. Have the students do a turn and talk in order to share their one sentence definitions of respect.
5. Next, ask the students where one could go if they needed to define something. Once a student suggests the dictionary, read the definition of respect to them. If students suggest other ways of finding a definition that you have access to (i.e. the internet), you should share those definitions with the students as well. Then have the students turn to their same partner and talk what they think about the definition(s) of respect they just heard. Once the students' conversations begin dieing down, bring the class back together as a whole and discuss the differences and similarities between their ideas of the definition and the dictionary's definition of respect.
Lesson Closure:
Tell the students that they will be learning more about some of the ways to show respect that are extra important in school. Tell them that they will be learning more about three different types of respect--respect for others, respect for themselves, and respect for differences. Next, tell the students that throughout the entire time that they are learning about respect, each of them is going to keep a unit journal. Give each student a notebook and have them write them name on the front cover of it. Tell them that sometimes they will be given certain things to put in their journals, but that they can always write or draw whatever they want in it, as long as it is something about respect. Tell the students that some things that could go into their journals are:
· Stories/Drawings about times you showed respect
· A list of people you respect
· Stories/Drawings about times someone showed you respect
· Stories/Drawing about times that someone didn't show you respect and how that made you feel
· A list of people who have shown you respect
Also, ask them for suggestions of other ideas of things that they could put into their unit journals. Once there are no more ideas, tell the students that tomorrow they will begin learning about respect for others.
Assessment:
Throughout the different discussions within this lesson, the teacher should observe the students to assess if all of the students are:
· adding plausible ideas for the lists
· actively engaged in the discussion
· understanding what is being discussed
· showing respect to the teacher and to each other
Also, the teacher can look at the students’ posters to assess the individual student's understanding of how to show respect and/or who and what deserves to be respected. The posters can be used to assess the students writing abilities as well.
Extension Ideas:
Students can help in the creation of the respect cards as a review of the ways to show respect.
Students can create their own dictionary entry for respect. This could be done for other confusing concepts that the students learn about throughout the school year and made into a classroom dictionary. Plus, after teaching this unit multiple times, you could have your students compare their dictionary pages to those of former classes and discuss how they are different and similar. This could also be expanded into a lesson on why the classroom dictionary pages are different from year to year and when, if, and how the official dictionary is updated.
Students can create acrostic poems with the word respect.
