Day: 1
Length: 50-60 minutes
Component 1: Graphic organizer
Materials:
Graphic organizer template small paper plate large paper plate brown paint paintbrush construction paper in 3 fall colors red, orange, yellow safety scissors pen or pencil googly eyes photo of the student hole punch and ribbon
Day
Lesson Objective: Students will use their background knowledge when writing on their graphic organizer
Anticipatory Set: The teacher will begin this lesson by having a whole group discussion with the students on what is thanksgiving? Why do we celebrate it? How do you celebrate it? Students will respond to the questions based on their prior knowledge.
Guided practice: The students will practice following …show more content…
Pilgrims, Native Americans, and the Mayflower in America.
Anticipatory Set :( Whole group) Teacher will have an open ended question discussion on “why do we celebrate thanksgiving?” on a PowerPoint.. The teacher will then show a short clip of the “Story of thanksgiving”.
Guided practice: After finishing the video the teacher will have a discussion with the students. The teacher will ask students
Was the First Harvest a success?
Why did the Pilgrims want to celebrate thanksgiving?
Who made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
What was the First Thing the pilgrims did to get ready for a festival?
Who Were the Surprise Guests in the new world?
The teacher will write down all the answers on a big white paper for the students to see.
Independent practice: Once the students understand the main points in the video.
Students will work on a short quiz independently after the video.
Instruction (input-modeling-check for understanding):
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