Sharing Stories About Optimism
Grade
Grade 1
UNIT
1
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Optimism
Unit 1, Lesson 4, “Sharing Stories About Optimism,” reinforces the vocabulary word optimism. Students will practice their reading skills by reading their stories to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partners’ stories. Then, students will participate in a class discussion about the different ways students showed optimism. Finally, students will write two examples, on their worksheets, using complete sentences, of how other students showed optimism.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Read aloud to a partner to support development of English pronunciation, syntax, and grammar
- Listen to a partners’ reading to develop active listening skills
- Participate in a class discussion to develop active listening and conversation skills
- Write complete sentences to practice correct English syntax and grammar
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 1 Unit 1 Worksheet 4: Sharing Stories About Optimism
VOCABULARY:
- Optimism: I have hope and believe that my actions will help things to turn out well.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will read our stories about optimism with a partner.
- Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their stories (on the previous lesson’s worksheet) to their partner. (10 min)
- Now we will talk about how students in our class wrote stories about optimism. Who would like to raise their hand and tell me how their story showed optimism? Write 2-3 examples on the board, with the student’s name and a brief description of what they said. (5 min)
- Finally, we will write on our new worksheet two sentences about what we’ve heard. For example, a sentence could be, “Mona showed optimism by thinking she could get an A on her math test and getting an A.”
GRADE 1 UNIT 1 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING STORIES OF OPTIMISM
Optimism: I have hope and believe that my actions will help things to turn out well.
ACTIVITY: Write 2 complete sentences about how your classmates showed optimism in their stories.
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