Recognizing+Names

Clare Morrison, Grade 1 Lesson: Recognizing Names Standard(s): 3c Materials: Student names on sentence strips/index cards, pocket chart, yellow flower cut out with long green stem and glued on blue butcher paper, one leaf for each student. Book: __Chrysanthemum__, by Kevin Henkes. Time: 2x30min lessons Goals: Students will be able to recognize their own name and names of their peers. Students recognize that our names are special. Students develop a respect for names. Describe Lesson Steps: Lesson 1: Gather students together around / facing the pocket chart. Discuss - **One way we are all alike is that we all have a name.** //What are some other ways/things that make us alike?// Brainstorm and list on chart paper. Place student name cards in a pocket chart in abc order. Hold up each card, point and say it emphasizing the first letter. Once all the names are in the pocket chart, hand out student name cards to students – connecting the student to the name. Then, go through the alphabet having each student place their own name back in the pocket chart in abc order. Students trace name and draw self-portrait. Lesson 2: Brainstorm – //Why do we have names? What is special about a name?// **Some of us share the same name but we are still different.** //How are we different?// Brainstorm a list of ways/things that make us different. List on chart paper. Read aloud: __Chrysanthemum__. **Discuss how Chrysanthemum feels about her name at the beginning, middle, and end of the story.** Have students think, pair, share at beginning, middle, end stopping points. Our names are special. We expect people to call us by our name. We will show our respect for ourselves and each other by building a “Flower of Friendship” together. Class pledge to “Flower of Friendship” **//We respect ourselves and each other//** – Students write their name on a leaf and glue it to the stem of the flower (on the blue butcher paper). Students use a variety of writing implements to write their name. Activity/Assessment(s): Students write/draw/tell a way we are different and alike.