First Grade Lesson Plan: Introduction to Pen Pal Exchange Program

Aims/Objectives:
1. SWBAT learn about and explain the benefits of Pen Pal Exchange Programs
2. SWBAT hypothesize how their immediate environment (i.e. neighborhood, school) shapes their
educational experiences
3. SWBAT articulate the reasons behind partnering with students from Yspaniola’s learning center in such a
Pen Pal Exchange Program

Lesson Outline:
Time What How
15 min Hook  Share memories of my Pen Pal Exchange
experiences as a child
 Show students following video
5 min Introduction to Pen Pal Exchange  Write out the benefits of a Pen Pal Exchange
Program Program as a class
10 min Guided Practice/Group Work  Sort images and descriptions of different
environment conditions with possible
educational experiences
15 min Introduction to Yspaniola’s Learning  Display Yspaniola’s website
Center  Show students images of when I volunteered in
Batey Libertad in March 2014, June-July 2014,
and the visits I made the following three years
5 min Closing  Partner share
 What are you looking forward to with such a
partnership? Do you have any immediate
concerns and/or questions?