Day
One Lesson Plan
9:00-10:45
(Stop to pick up breakfast and eat when called down to the lunchroom.)
*Class Yes
Please look at me.
My name is Miss Ray, and I am so happy that you are here. When I
say class, you say yes, fold your hands in a
listening position, and look at me with laser eyes. Practice.
*Introduce and practice rule one
Rule one is
follow directions quickly. When I say rule one, you say follow directions
quickly. Let's try that again, but be
fast. Give
rule one commands: Look
up. Look down. Raise one hand. (Faster.) Raise
both hands. We have rule one so
that we will have a fun organized classroom.
*Introduce the Scoreboard
We are going to play a
very fun game called Scoreboard, and all you have to do to win is keep the
scorekeeper happy. I am the scorekeeper. When I put a
mark under the smiley face, that means that you are
following a rule and making the scorekeeper, me, happy. When you see
me making the mark, you will clap your hands
together quickly and say Oh yea. Let's practice. Practice. When you are doing something
that makes me, the scorekeeper, unhappy, you will receive
a mark under the frownie face. When you see me
making the mark, you will quickly shrug your shoulders and groan. Practice. Next practice
rule one using the scoreboard. Stand Up. Too slow. Groan.
Sit down. Still to slow. Groan. Look at your partner.
Oh yeah! etc.
*Play the Name Game
1. Emphasize how quickly everyone must respond.
2. When I point at you,
quickly say your name.
3. No matter how the child responds, say, "Louder please."
3. No matter how the child responds, say, "Louder please."
4. If a child is shy, skip him/her.
5. After pointing to a few kids, say to the class,
"Repeat after me." Point to these students one at a time.
Say each name and have the
class repeat the name. If you forget a name, simply say to the class,
"Who is this?" They will
tell you.
6. Continue this pattern with the remainder of the class.One minute fun burst: Practice Rule one
using different voices. Teacher leads.
*Heavy Duty Practice of Rule One Using 3-peats:
- red folders
- folders away
- pencils out
- pencils up
- pencils away
- bodies and chairs
- seats
- line
10:45-10:50
Take students on a bathroom break using the procedures for line just
learned.
10:55-11:10
Introduce "Silent Mirrors" and "Mirrors Off" by
having students copy teacher's movements using big gestures and stopping when the
teacher says, "Mirrors Off". One minute fun burst: Students take turns mirroring each
other. Peanut butters begin. (Students will learn who peanut
butters are and who jellies are.) Then use "Silent Mirror" to introduce
procedures for bathroom, water, and tissue.
11:10-11:20
Prepare for lunch
11:20-12:00
Lunch (Teacher goes to lunch duty
at 11:50.)
12:00-12:35
Intro. "Teach Okay" to review rule one and introduce rules two
and three.
Step
One: "When I clap twice, you clap twice;" Do.
"When
I clap twice and say teach, you clap twice and say okay." Do.
*Repeat
until all students follow smoothly and quickly. Use scoreboard.
Step
Two: Repeat above, but add full body turn. Practice until all
students follow smoothly and quickly. Use scoreboard.
Step
Three: "I want you when you turn to your neighbor to use big
gestures and repeat rule one over and over, until I call you back with
class.
* Do
this step over and over until all students follow smoothly, use a full body
turn, and big gestures.
Intro.
rule two using non-examples: Ask a student to blurt out while you are
talking. Congratulate him! Great blurting! Then say, “Class, let’s
do that again. But this time when Jack interrupts me, I’ll say Rule 2 and you
exclaim, making the hand motion, ‘Raise your hand for permission to
speak!”
Students
practice rule two using "Teach Okay".
Intro.
rule three using non examples: Ask a student to leave his seat without
permission. Great job of breaking the rule. Jack leaves his seat again,
you call out Rule 3, and the kids exclaim, “Raise your hand for permission to
leave your seat!’
Students
practice rule three using "Teach Okay".
One minute fun burst:
Students practice rules one, two, and three with partner using silly
voices.
12:35-1:25
Specials:
1:25-1:55
Introduce students to Super Speed Math.
One minute fun burst:
Use "Teach Okay" to practice the first three rules with your
partner, using the silliest voices that you can.
1:55-2:55
Show Oral Writing posters (Question, Answer), Capital, Period, and "Because" Brainies, Slides from persuasive writing writing game one. Explain to students that everything we do in
our classroom is part of a very special kind of teaching called “Whole Brain
Teaching. Ask students the
following question: Why do you like Whole Brain Teaching? Emphasize
that questions must be answered in complete sentences. Introduce the gesture
for complete sentences. Place the
following slide on the board: “I like
Whole Brain Teaching because ___________.
Students use "Teach Okay" to answer. Tell students to
take turns answering (Peanut Butters always begin) and fill in the sentence frame
as many times as they can. Show students
the Improver slide, explaining how they are going to improve their writing by
using capitals, periods, and the because clapper. Students take out writing notebooks.
Students write their sentence in their notebooks with a focus on capitals,
periods, and the because clapper. (Point out the writing board where the
label sentences must start with a capital and end with a period are displayed.)
Teacher walks around and does red/green writing, focusing only on
capitals, periods, and the because clapper
One
minute fun burst: Using magic mirrors teacher calls out a gesture or
Brainie learned today, and students must show that gesture/Brainie.
(Mirror, Tag Team Switch, capital, period, complete sentence please,
rules one-three)
2:55-3:16
End of day procedures: Introduce "Circle Walk" for
students to pick up their backpacks. Collect any supplies at that time
that students have in backpacks. Explain green folders (anything inside
green folders goes home). Teach procedure for stacking chairs.
Assign students their permanent number. When they line up to go
home, they are to line up in number order. Explain to students that from
now on, they will always line up in this order.
