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Edfe 3 - The Boy Who Grew Flowers Lesson Plan - Lia
Edfe 3 - The Boy Who Grew Flowers Lesson Plan - Lia
Edfe 3 - The Boy Who Grew Flowers Lesson Plan - Lia
LESSON
PLAN
LESSON PLAN
TIME OF DAY: 10:15 am (after recess)
DURATION: 30 - 45 minutes
GRADE: 3 (Cycle 2)
21 children
FOCUS of LESSON: Acceptance and inclusion (similarities and differences in people), Authors
Message & Connections
LESSON SOURCE: WITS program lesson plan resource (see
http://www.witsprogram.ca/schools/books/the-boy-who-grew-flowers.php?source=book-lists)
OBJECTIVES
MELS
COMPETENCIES
Lia Grant
November 25 and 26th, 2014
th
PROFESSIONAL
COMPETENCIES
BACKGROUND
Students are aware of the WITS program we have discussed WITS together, and
we have read and discussed several of the recommended books.
In regards to Connections and Authors Message the students are becoming more
familiar with the idea of making life connections to stories that we read together.
NOTES ON
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
INCLUSIVE
STRATEGIES &
SPECIAL
ADAPTATIONS
MATERIALS
Red Group (N, R, M, and A) & Blue Group: (J, J, L, and S):
Take into special consideration who these students should be paired with
(perhaps with a student who can help scaffold)
Spend more time with these children when they are writing in pairs
A copy of The Boy who Grew Flowers by Jen Wojtowicz
WITS program lesson plan resource (see
http://www.witsprogram.ca/schools/books/the-boy-who-grewflowers.php?source=book-listsprogram.ca/schools/books/enemypie.php?source=lesson-plans)
What do we have in common? Worksheet
Lia Grant
November 25 and 26th, 2014
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TIME
LESSON
INTRODUCTION
(1 minute)
Call the students group by group to the gathering spot (remind them to sit beside
someone who makes them a good listener).
(2 minutes)
(2 minutes)
(15 - 20
minutes)
(5 10
minutes)
Post-Reading Questions:
If Rink was in your class what could you do to help him so he wasnt alone?
Rink gave Angelina the gift of dancing slippers. What gift did Angelina give
Rink?
What do you think the authors message is in this story? (What did she want the
Lia Grant
November 25 and 26th, 2014
th
TIME
LESSON
reader to think about? What lesson or moral might she have had in mind?)
Does this story connect to your own life in any way?
(15 20
minutes)
(5 - 10
minutes)
CLOSURE
After all pairs have filled in their worksheet, you may ask if anyone would like
to share what they discovered about each other
ASSESSMENT
Reflection:
Red Group:
Blue Group: