Focus: Grade Level: How long should this learning engagement last? Grade 1 30-40 minutes
Stage 1 – Desired Results Learning intention: To write a friendly letter.
Success criteria: I can write a letter or message to someone I know who lives a long way from me. It could be my teacher or a friend from school.
Essential (planned teacher) questions: -What are the five elements in writing a letter? -Who is the audience? -What type of letter is the student writing? -Are the students using adjectives, capital letters, and proper punctuations? -How do the students feel when writing the letter?
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence Resources Needed
How will you know if students understood the lesson/achieved the Letter writing ladder success criteria?
Students will: Friendly letter writing
-Write a friendly letter to someone they know. template
-Students will have a heading, greeting, body, closing and signature in
the letter writing. Pencil -Students will use proper punctuations, capitalizations, and adjectives in Pencil the letter writing. Eraser -Students will show their feelings in their writing. Seesaw -Students will focus on who their audience is when they are writing the letter.
Performance tasks: Students can write a letter or message to someone he/she knows who lives a long way from them. It could be a teacher or a friend from school.
Timing Stage 3 – Learning Plan s Key vocabulary: Dear, Love, Sincerely, Heading, Closing, Greeting, Body, Signature Introduction/main activities: Using a type of communication to express their writing. Writing a letter is one way to communicate.
Individual learning engagement: Writing a letter.
How will you help the students who need extension/support? Teacher will be available during the live lesson on Teams and Seesaw to answer any questions students may have.
Closing/Reflection (questions for students) Did you achieve the success criteria? How do you know?
-Who did the students write a friendly letter to? -Did the students have a heading, greeting, body, closing and signature in the letter writing? -Did the students use proper punctuations, capitalizations, and adjectives in the letter writing?
-Did the students show their feelings in their writing? -Did the students focus on who their audience is when they are writing the letter?