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Unit Theme/Big Idea: Paying it Forward

Essential questions: What is “Paying it Forward”? How can I “Pay it Forward”?

Standards: I care about others and do my part to make my school community better.

Go Around/ gathering: Who here has heard the term “Paying it Forward”? What do you think that term means?

Body of the Lesson: (

Describe the activity:

Teacher reads aloud “What Can I Do Today” by Allison Stoutland. Class discussion of how one good deed can set in motion a string of events. Students work in teams to write stories about a day in the life of a good deed.



Select one:

Use pair-shares

Interviews

Fishbowls Cooperative learning groups Concentric circles Others (please name)

__ What connections can be made between students’ prior knowledge and this lesson? __

__ Students should have the understanding that when a good deed is put into place, it’s easier for another to follow. Teacher helps draw connection between good deeds (that students at this level can comprehend) and the term “Pay it Forward”. __

__ How will I begin this lesson? What is the hook? __

__ Teacher begins by asking class about the term “Pay it Forward”. Definition of the term is giving, and students discuss ways they may have witnessed people paying it forward. __ How will I demonstrate this new concept or skill?

Teacher reads aloud What Can I Do Today by Allison Stoutland (ISBN #096709413-5). As read-aloud is happening, teacher helps further define the term “Paying it Forward”, and how the one good deed in the book brought joy to so many people.

Following the read-aloud, teacher groups students together and assigns them the task of either writing a non-fiction story about how they could pay it forward, or a fictional story about a day in the life of “Good Deed”. Stories are then shared with entire class and can be illustrated.

Checklist: is the lesson geared toward multiple learning styles? (//Differentiation)// X_ interpersonal visual intrapersonal _X auditory natural kinesthetic musical bodily-kinesthetic logical-mathematical linguistic spatial

__ Reflection time: Story sharing takes place of reflective journals. __ Bloom’s Taxonomy: Which critical thinking skills did this lesson address? __X___ creating Creating: Taking information from the presented story and creating a new scenario/story. Applying: The newly learned “Paying it Forward” term to their written work. || evaluating __X___ applying analyzing understanding remembering
 * || How?

Whole class debrief: Ask, what did you learn? What activity/knowledge/instructional mode/etc. helped you most with the lesson? What helped you least?