Integrated Lessons Block Plan

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Lesson Reading: Identifying Social Studies: Social Studies: Ident
positive traits Responsibilities and and acting upon way
characteristics of good make a change in the
citizens community

Objective(s) Students will identify characteristics of
Amos McGee and discuss how those
characteristics effect those around him
Students can clearly and
accurately explain citizen
responsibilities and
characteristics
I CAN STATEMENT: I can name,
explain, and give examples of
characteristics of a good citizen
Student can identify ways
can participate in change
and government
I CAN STATEMENT: I
citizen in my community

Standards 5.RL.2.4 Describe two or more 5.2.9- Examine ways by w

characters, settings, or events in a story 5.2.8 Describe group and individual effectively voice opinions
or play, drawing on specific details in actions that illustrate civic virtues, such government, and bring ab
the text, and how they impact the plot as civility, cooperation, respect, and government including vo
5.RL.2.2 Determine the theme of a responsible participation. participation in the electio
story, play, or poem from details in the
text, including how characters respond
to challenges or how the speaker in a
poem reflects upon a topic; summarize
text

Materials A Sick Day for Amos McGee iPads or computers Paper

Written by Philip C Stead and Map Link: Pencils
Illustrated by Erin E. Stead https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit? Paper from last lesson
mid=1IW0nCrXxoXQ785C- Large paper or projecte
ZReXyGoU-SAVQf9D&usp=sharing document
Menu Items Document
Notebook Paper IPads
Local Departments Rec
Big Pads of Paper Post-it Notes
Sticky Notes
Body/activities Anticipatory Set: Talk about
a pet or animal and how they
are loyal to the people who
show them love
Individual/Group Activity:
Teacher reads A Sick Day for Amos
McGee to the class.
Lead
Grand Conversation with response
initiates such as:
Why did the animals go to visit Amos?
What we some of the characteristics
Amos McGee had?
Why were these characteristics
important to the animals?
What big idea can we take away from
this story?
We will discuss as a class who has
showed them kindness like Amos. In
small groups, students will brainstorm
ideas of how to show kindness back to
them. Each group will share their
favorite ideas with the class. Then, each
student will choose a person who has
been kind to them. They will write a
paragraph about who they chose and
why, relating to the characteristics
portrayed by Amos. Then they will
write another paragraph about their
plan of how to show them kindness
back and why they chose the thing they
did.
Assessments Formative: Students’ answers during
our conversations after the book and
the brainstorming during their small
group activity will allow me to see if
they understand what the characteristics
of Amos McGee are and how they
effected the animals around him
Summative: I will have the
paragraphs the students wrote
about the person who reminds
Anticipatory Set: Anticipatory Set:
Students make a list of Give a scenario to the c
their responsibilities and about the school taking
discuss then make a list of art and music and what
their talents and what they would do to change the
enjoy and share Have students collabor
come up with a plan
Individual/Group
Activity: Group Activity:
Students explore a Google Teacher will review
Map with articles attached terms from the last so
with news stories of people
studies lesson and di
displaying the good citizen with students what it
characteristics of
like to be an active c
responsible participation,
respect, cooperation, and
by watching a video
civility. They will answer having a discussion.
questions on a Google the video, the teacher
Form. After students will present and explain t
brainstorm ways they can students a menu item
show these good citizen of different acts of
characteristics in their citizenship they can p
everyday life and why they are imp
Formative: Students will be assessed Formative: Students w
throughout the lesson through the assessed during the dis
Google Form they complete, their when reviewing key te
participation during the large group
the discussion after wa
activities, and their answers that they
put on their post-it notes towards the
the video
end of the lesson
Summative: will come as students help Summative: Will com
in creating the school citizen project as when they turn in their
they work to teach others the traits of items
them of Amos and their plan good citizenship along with
for how to show kindness participating and showing good
back citizenship through their actions