Intern Name: Chandler Temple

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Save The Earth

Grade: 1
Length of Lesson: 35 min
Date Taught: 4/24/18
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson… students will be given an example of a way in which students
cleaned up their community. They will be given the task to come up with ways
Overview to keep their own community clean.

1.8 Resources
Standards of c) recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption of natural resources
Learning
How can students take part in the recycling, reusing, and reducing of natural
resources in their community?
Essential Questions

Students will be able to… brainstorm and understand ways they can save the
earth in their community. This will come from the ideas of reduce, reuse,
Objectives recycle.

Learning Target
Necessary Prior
Knowledge
Materials
Introduction/Hook
I can come up with strategies and goals to keep my community clean.
Students must recall the three R’s they learned in the previous class
periods: reduce, reuse, recycle. They must also recall their knowledge of
the appropriate items to recycle and reuse.
Paper, markers, pencils, crayons, white board
Part One: Explain to the class that we will be doing a lesson about Earth Day, in
which they will have a small project at the end.
Part Two: Read “Earth Day” poem out loud to class, so students can recall what
they learned the previous days.

● Start with a class discussion regarding the words reduce, reuse, and
recycle. Ask questions like… “What does it mean to reduce/ reuse/
recycle?” or “What are ways that you can reduce, reuse, recycle?” Call
Instructional on students for the answers.
● Read book, “Earth Day- Hooray!” about students who collect cans to
Activities & clean up a local park.
Strategies ● Review with a class discussion about the book with questions such as…
“What did the students do to clean the park?” and “What items did they
collect?” “Why is it important to keep the Earth clean?” Call on
students for the answers.
 ● Explain that the students will be creating a “Save the Earth” poster.
They will work with their table groups to draw ways that they can save
the Earth. Remind them to use the processes of reduce, reuse and
recycle. They should also label their drawings.
● Write the words “Save the Earth” “Reduce” “Reuse” and “Recycle” on
the whiteboard, so they can use it as a reference. Draw an example of
what they will be doing.
● Send them all back to their seats and bring one sheet of large paper to
each table.
● Give 10 minutes to let them work on their posters.

Key Vocabulary or Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Earth, Environment

Concepts
Walk around to each table group and have them explain what their drawing are
Assessments of and how it will help the environment.

Have the groups present their Save the Earth posters to the class and explain
Closure Activity their drawings.

● Say directions out loud a second time.

● Verbal reminders to stay on task.
Accommodations

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Resources

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Chandler Temple
Lesson Title (Subecjt/Topc): Save the Earth
Date of Lesson Taught: 4/24/18
Cooperating Teacher & School: Ms. Thomson, John B. Dey
Grade: 1
Time of Day: 11:35

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
I created this lesson along side my cooperating teacher. She provided the resources for me and gave me ideas to
improve my lesson. We began by looking at the book to see what it was about and how we could create an
interactive lesson around it.
2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The SOLs helped focus the lesson on the use of reducing, reusing, and recycling as strategies to keep the Earth
clean.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

Most all of my instructional plan worked out. The creation of the posters worked out best because the students
learned the power of teamwork and working together. I saw all of the teams taking turns drawing and writing
while also explaining their ideas to each other.

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

Towards the end of the lesson we began running out of time, so the students didn’t have as much time to present
and discuss their posters.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

I anticipated the materials perfectly. They had everything they needed and nothing went unused.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
The assessment was very effective because, since what each student drew was different, O got to ask them
specific questions based on their work.

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of the
lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
I feel that this lesson was a perfect success because the students were able to use what they learned the previous
week and apply it to something new. The evidence was the individual discussion with the students about their
drawings. They were able to tell me whether they were using reduce, reuse, or recycle and so forth.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success?
I spent a lot of time preparing for this lesson, so it made it more successful because each individual activity was
thought through with a purpose.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
No, I believe this lesson fit my class very well.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

I could tell the students also enjoyed the lesson, because almost everyone in the class loves to draw, so it fit the
class well.