Don't+Spit+on+Your+Shoes

Teacher Name, Grade Level Clare Morrison and Lynn Mayberry-Burke, Grade 1 Lesson: #2 - Setting Expectations/Constructing Rules: Don’t Spit on Your Shoes! Standard(s): 1a, 1d, 3b Materials: Book: Don’t Spit on Your Shoes! By Denys Cazet Time: 30-60 minutes Goals: Students will communicate how they are feeling. Students will develop a sense of awareness that safety is part of their personal responsibility at school. Students will identify ways we cooperate each other and care for our environment. Describe Lesson Steps: Have students dictate or write what their hope or dream is. Read aloud the book, Don’t Spit on Your Shoes! Stop appropriately to discuss how the character is feeling. At the end of the story, discuss what the character learned about first grade. Activity/Assessment(s): Look at the list of brainstormed rules; read through them and decide on the five most important. (You may find you combine some). Create your class final list and have students sign their name.