Subject: Morals (Week of February 17) Grade: 2 Author(s): Rachel Tjaden

Unit title: Determination Lesson Number: __5_ of 5

Objectives: Students will be able to participate in color group relays and individual games to
practice showing the virtue of determination.
Students will be able to list ways in which they used determination to accomplish
the goals of the game.

Estimated Materials
Activities
Time Teacher & Student
1. 2-3 1. Go Fishing: 6
1. Warm up questions: How did you show determination this
min. paper plates
week? What things did you try hardest to do?
2. 30-35 and 6 tissue
2. Today, were going to work to show determination through
min. paper fish
some challenges and games. As you play these games,
3. 5 min. (one set for
think about how you are using determination.
each team)
3. Game #1: Go Fishing (Color Group Relay)
Each student must get their fish to the goal and bring
2. Bean There
it back before the next student may go.
Done That: 6
cups, 36
Game #2: Bean There Done That (Color Group Relay)
straws, 6
Use individual straws. If a student drops their bean,
paper plates,
they return to the end of the line. First team to get 6 beans
dried beans
in the cup wins.
(~12 at each
plate)
Game #3: Noodling Around (Individual/Small Group Game)
2 color groups at a time, time for 1-2 minutes and see
3. Noodling
which team can get the most noodles on their spaghetti
Around: 36
noodle.
spaghetti
noodles, penne
4. At the finish of the games, gather students back. Ask
noodles (~25
students to think about the games- which one was hardest?
spread around
Which one was easy? What did you have to do to win with
the perimeter
your team?
of tables)
5. Next week, well start thinking about writing a goal for
ourselves and how to use determination to achieve it.

Post-lesson Evaluation of the lesson: Students enjoyed the games and learned that they must use
teamwork to win. They spoke about how they couldnt give up, even when the challenge seemed
difficult. This lesson was an engaging culminating activity for our unit.

Basic Game Rules: (modify as needed for your class)

Go Fish: Each team has a fish cut out of tissue paper and a paper plate. The fish is laid on the ground
and each player must try to fan the fish to the other side of the room and get it across the finish line.
When fish has cleared the finish, they must pick up the fish and bring items back to the next person
in line. Team to have all students get their fish across and sit back down in a nice line wins.

Bean There Done That: Put about 10-12 beans on a plate for each team, and place a plastic cup a few
meters away from the plate of beans. Players must use only their straw to hold the bean while they
try to get it from the plate into the cup. If a player drops their bean on the way, they must return to
the end of the line. The first team to get 6 (or any number decided for play) beans in the cup wins.

Noodling Around: Each student has a piece of uncooked spaghetti. Using only the noodle in your
mouth, students try to pick up as many penne noodles as they can. Set the penne noodles around the
perimeter of the table. If game is too difficult, break the spaghetti sticks to make them shorter and
easier.