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Unique Me Lesson Plan
Unique Me Lesson Plan
Me
1
Grade
60
Minutes
By:
Nicole
Stanley
st
Standard
7:
Students
will
demonstrate
the
ability
to
practice
health-enhancing
behaviors
and
avoid
or
reduce
health
risks.
P.I.
7.2.1:
Demonstrate
healthy
practices
and
behaviors
to
maintain
or
improve
personal
health.
Learning
Objectives
(Established
Goals):
Given
the
Unique
Me
activity,
the
learners
will
describe
how
recognizing
special
things
about
each
other
makes
them
feel,
and
how
feeling
good
contributes
to
health
in
order
to
show
recognition
that
there
are
multiple
dimensions
of
health.
Given
the
Unique
Me
activity,
the
learners
will
practice
verbalizing
two
nice,
unique
features
about
one
of
their
peers
that
enhances
mental
health
in
order
to
demonstrate
the
ability
to
practice
health-enhancing
behaviors
and
avoid
or
reduce
health
risks.
Formative
Assessment
(Process)
Title:
Unique
Me
Description
of
assessment
activity:
Students
will
find
peer
whose
index
card
they
are
given.
They
will
then
determine
2
unique
features
about
that
person.
Last,
they
will
then
individually
demonstrate
to
the
teacher
that
they
are
able
to
say
2
nice
and
unique
features
about
that
person.
Evaluative
criteria:
Students
verbalize
2
unique
special
features
of
their
peer.
Designed
to
assess:
Students
will
have
to
show
their
ability
to
recognize
and
formulate
a
sentence
describing
two
features
about
another
person.
Feedback
to
students:
Teacher
will
praise
and
reinforce
the
nice
features
each
student
compliments
about
one
another.
Academic
Language
(Vocabulary)
Unique
Detail
Individual
Features
Integration
This
lesson
will
be
integrated
into
a
Social
Studies
lesson
while
learning
about
people,
how
they
are
each
different,
and
contribute
different
things
to
our
world.
Materials
This
Is
Me
activity
page
Ink
Pad
Colored
Pencils
Index
cards
Instructional
Strategies
and
Learning
Tasks
to
Support
Learning
Time
&
Learning
Activities
(Procedure)
Purpose
(Objective)
Materials
Orientation/Engagement/Motivation
3
minutes
Hook:
Teacher
will
read
the
book
Only
One
You
by
Linda
Kranz.
Anticipatory
Set,
Getting
Kids
Exciting
5
minutes
Relevancy:
Introducing
Vocabulary
Teacher:
Now,
if
we
look
at
this
picture
of
fish,
can
anyone
find
two
that
look
exactly
the
same?
Students:
No,
theyre
all
different!
Teacher:
Youre
correct.
Thats
because
every
fish
is
unique.
Unique
means
different.
These
differences
make
us
special!
Just
like
the
mama
fish
said,
there
is
only
one
you!
1
minutes
Review:
Enforcing
Vocabulary
Use
Teacher:
Lets
all
repeat:
I
am
unique.
It
makes
me
special!
Students:
I
am
unique.
It
makes
me
special!
1
minutes
Preview:
Predictability
Teacher:
Today,
we
are
going
to
find
what
is
unique
about
each
of
us!
Content
5
minutes
Giving
Directions
(Step
1):
Describing
activity
and
Teacher:
I
will
hand
out
an
index
card
to
each
of
you.
When
establishing
expectations
you
get
it,
you
will
draw
a
picture
of
your
body.
Make
sure
to
add
details
about
what
makes
you
special.
They
may
look
a
little
funny
at
first,
because
were
not
going
to
draw
our
heads!
Who
can
tell
me
some
of
my
features?
Teacher
will
model
with
drawing
on
sheet.
10
minutes
Activity:
Students
will
draw
on
index
cards
a
picture
of
their
Opportunity
for
students
Index
Cards
bodies,
detailing
their
special
features.
to
discover
unique
Colored
features
about
Pencils
5
minutes
Ink
Pad
15 minutes
10
minutes
This
is
Me
5
minutes
Index
Cards
15 minutes
During
Assessment
Closure
5
minutes
Review:
Teacher:
Who
can
share
with
me
how
they
felt
when
a
friend
said
special
things
about
them?
Preview:
1
minutes
Home/Family
Involvement:
Teacher:
Tonight,
go
home
and
tell
each
of
your
family
members
something
unique
about
them
that
makes
them
special.
We
will
share
tomorrow
special
things
we
found
about
our
family
members.
1
minute
Closing
Statement:
Teacher:
Remember,
when
we
are
kind
to
each
other,
we
are
healthier
people!
Extension/Lesson
Builder
Pick
a
person
we
are
researching
about
and
write
a
paper
about
what
features
make
them
unique
and
special.
themselves.
Describing
activity
and
establishing
expectations
Helping
students
understand
why
this
is
important
and
how
appreciating
differences
makes
us
healthy.
Checking
for
understanding
Parent
Involvement
Reinforcing/Reminding
Extension
Modifications,
Management,
and/or
Safety
Issues
Repeat
as
needed
Issue:
Odd
number
of
students.
Modification:
Create
a
group
of
three.
Content
Information
(Resources)
Kranz,
L.
(2006).
Only
one
you.
Flagstaff,
Ariz.:
Rising
Moon.
Meeks,
L.
&
Heit,
P.
(2003).
Totally
awesome
strategies
for
teaching
health.
New
York,
NT:
MCGraw
Hill
Companies,
Inc.