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Name: Emily Fehn and Chelsea Irwin Grade Level: Kindergarten

Topic/Central Focus Subject: Religion and Literacy

The Story of Creation Time Frame: 1 hour first day

Standard(s) to be met in the lesson:

LA 0.1.6.dWith adult guidance, retell major events and key details from a literary
text and/or media.

Learning Objective: Assessment Tool(s) and Procedures:

The student will be able to recreate the The stain glass windows created by
story of creation using the materials the students to retell a story or part of
given to them with 100% accuracy. a story.

Research-Based Best Practice used in lesson and why it is appropriate/useful

Retelling: Through the retelling of stories, students are able to better understand
the stories they have heard in the past.
Student Engagement used throughout the lesson
Whole class- To open the lesson, to give instructions to the class, and learn of the
story of creation.
Student/Student- the students will display their works in the classroom for us as
a class to see what part of the story their window represents.

Key Vocabulary:
Creation
Create
Expanse
Materials: Technology:
Paper with numbered days on them YouTube for the song
Colored Pencils
Markers
Stapler
Matching Activity
Faith/Values Integration:
We will be looking at how we can show stories from the Bible through our writing.
We will specifically be looking at the story of Creation.

Assets (Knowledge of Students: personal, cultural, community)

The students are interested in making books in the writing center.
Students have an understanding of the basics of literacy, for example, that books
are read left to right.
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Differentiating Instruction
Identify the elements of the lesson that are differentiated (content, process, product).
Identify the student characteristic you will use to differentiate (readiness, interest, learning profile).
Explain how you differentiate (whole class, groups of students, individuals, or students with IEPs or 504 plans)
Product-Each group will create a different page of the book.
Interest- There will be some students who will learn through the hearing of the story, some through the art
medium of drawing it, and some through retelling the story.
Groups of students- the students will be in their table groups to retell the story.

Procedure with time allotments:

A) Hook/Engage/Pre-Assess Students
We will start by calling the students to Jesus time.
B) Communicate the purpose of the lesson to students (objective/assessment)
Today we will be learning about the story of Creation and then retelling
that story through a book.
C) Instructional Sequence:
First, we will read the story of creation from the childrens version of the
Bible.
Second, we will have them match the days of creation to the days in their
groups.
Third, they will make a page of the Creation book, which we will put
together as a class.
Finally, they will finish with a song about Creation.
D) Closure:
We will say a prayer, thanking God for Creation.

Analyzing Teaching (Reflection):

Completed after the lesson is taught.
Give evidence that the lesson was successful for students meeting the learning
objective(s).

If you could teach this lesson to the same group of students again, what are two or three things you would do
differently to improve the learning of these students based on their varied developmental and academic needs and
characteristics? Consider missed opportunities and other aspects of planning, instruction, and/or assessment.
Explain in the table below.
Clearly state each change you would Explain why and how you would change
make. it.
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