2.1.1+Lesson+3

= LESSON PLAN = created by: Marianne Cowley, Rachel Hill, Winnie McDaniel, Diane Penrod, Miriam Richards

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard II: (Citizenship): Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities in the school and in the neighborhood. Objective 1: Describe and demonstrate appropriate social skills necessary for working in a group. a: Describe behaviors that contribute to cooperation within groups at school and in a neighborhood. b: Discuss the roles and responsibilities of being a member of a group. c: Participate in a group activity modeling appropriate group behavior.

__Student learning objective__:
Students will recognize, describe, and demonstrate the roles, responsibilities in a cooperative group setting.

__Materials needed__:
Chart Paper Book about cooperation or working in groups Worksheet "Enchanted Objects" Names of objects on pieces of paper in "a hat" Prevention Dimensions CD __Take a Stand__ "Working Together"
 * feather
 * bell
 * marble
 * sunglasses
 * crown
 * stick
 * hat
 * spoon or fork
 * (anything that can be used for magic)

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Day One: "What do you think of when you hear the word 'group'?"
 * Play the song "Working Together"
 * Start an organizational web with the word 'group' in the middle. Draw extensions off of the web with the kinds of groups the children come up with (i.e. soccer team, family, classroom). You can even expand one of the extensions with the characteristics of that particular group.
 * Share a book about cooperation or working in groups.

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Day Two: "Remember how we discussed groups (yesterday)? Today we are going to use what we discussed to work together to create a magical object!"
 * Choose a few students to help model the activity with you.
 * Draw the name of an object out of "a hat."
 * The group discusses the following: What can your object do? How do you make it work? Write or tell a story about using you object.
 * Model the process of completing the worksheet.
 * Discuss with the class the importance of making sure everyone participates, of staying on-task, and working together to make decisions.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:

 * Separate the students into groups.
 * Have the group come up and draw the name of an object out of "a hat." Hand the group the actual object and the worksheet and instruct them to find a place in the classroom where they can work together.
 * Give them time to discuss and work together, monitoring the groups for participation, on-task behavior, and following the questions on the worksheet.
 * Bring the class back together for group sharing. Have one group present their object and story to the rest of the

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Observation during group discussion time and group share.