Sharing Stories About Grit
Grade
Grade 1
UNIT
2
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Grit
Unit 2, Lesson 4, “Sharing Stories About Grit,” reinforces the vocabulary word grit. Students will practice their reading skills by reading their stories to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partner’s stories. Then, students will participate in a class discussion about the different ways students showed grit. Finally, students will write two examples of how other students showed grit, on their worksheets, using complete sentences.
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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 2 Worksheet 4: Sharing Stories About Grit
VOCABULARY:
- Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Today we will read our stories about grit (on the previous lesson’s worksheet) with a partner.
- Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their stories to their partner. (10 min)
- Now we will talk about how students in our class showed grit. Who would like to raise their hand and tell me how they showed grit? Write 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 worksheet two sentences about what we’ve heard. For example, a sentence could be, “John showed grit by thinking he could learn how to rollerblade, and he tried very hard until he learned how to rollerblade without falling.”
GRADE 1 UNIT 2 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING STORIES OF GRIT
Grit: I keep trying to reach my goals even when it is hard. I don’t give up.
ACTIVITY: Write 2 complete sentences about how your classmates showed grit.
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