Proud+Moment

Submitted by: Leah Mullenbach Grade 2 Standard: 1A Student demonstrates an aware of emotions. Lesson Title: Proud Moment Objective: As we started to talk about our emotions at the beginning of the yea, it became clear that my students' vocabulary limited how they could express what hey were feeling. They seemed held up with sad, mad, happy, or even just good. So, we have been building on that vocabulary to be able to express more specifically how they are feeling and why. Lesson Plan: One lesson was on pride. In a talking circle we discussed pride and separated it from just happy or from what we feel when something nice happens. We started by asking what is a proud moment in your life after a teacher definition and a dictionary definition of the word. (And a couple of teacher examples.) At the beginning of the lesson many answers were 'going to H2Oasis' or 'having a birthday' and after we had discussed the feeling of pride some answers were 'learning to swim' or 'helping a teammate with 2 digit addition'. Assessment: We wrote a paragraph about a proud moment in our lives making sure to answer the Q's who, what, where, when and why which related to strategies we were using in the Harcourt reading program. It was a great way to see what things make my students feel good about themselves.
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