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Language Arts **  **Goal:** Students will create their very own planet book
 * The 9 Planets
 * Grade One **
 * Time: 30 minutes a day for 9 days **

1. Students will create their own planet book that has a page which will represent each of the 9 planets
 * Objectives:**

1. “My picture Book of the Planets” by Nancy Krulik 2. 9 journal sheets per student 3. 1 folder/binder for each student 4. chart paper
 * Materials:**

**Standards:** 1. ** W–1–1 Students demonstrate command of the structures of sentences, paragraphs, and text by… ** • W–1–1.1 Witing r ecognizable short sentences 2. **W–1–6 In informational writing (reports or procedures), students organize ideas/concepts by …** • W–1–6.2 Representing facts through pictures, “words,” “sentences,” or some combination **Introduction** This lesson will begin by having a group discussion with the students on the rug. I will ask students if they know how many planets there are and what their names are. Depending on the responses I receive I will then continue either telling the students all of the 9 planets names or asking them to share facts that they may know about any of the planets. After having this discussion which allowed the students prior knowledge to be activated about planets I will tell them that we are going to be learning about each on of the 9 plants and creating our very own planet books. **Lesson Development**  Because there are 9 planets and the students will need to create a page in their book for each of the planets I have decided to break the lesson up into 9 days. I felt that this would be the best way to keep the students focused and on task. From prior experiences I have found that first graders can typically last for about 30 minutes when completing a specific task before loosing their focus. After I have activated the students’ prior knowledge on the first day I will introduce them to the first planet we will be talking about which is Mercury. I will read the page out of the book “My picture Book of the Planets” that is about Mercury and its characteristics. Once I have read the page I will ask the students to tell me what they learned about the planet. I will write down the facts that the students say on a large piece of poster paper labeled Mercury. The poster paper will stay hung up on the board until the entire lesson is complete. Once I feel that all of the facts and characteristics are on the poster paper I will explain to the students about their task of completing their own planet book. Each student will be creating their very own planet book. I will give them each a folder with clips inside where the journal paper can be clasped in. On the first day I will ask students to decorate the cover however they would like, but they must include “My Planet Book” and their name. Once they have completed the cover I will have them create their first page in their book. They will be expected to draw the planet in the correct colors and write at least 5 sentences about the planet. The following 8 days will be similar to the first except for the decorating of the cover. I will read aloud about a new planet everyday, hold a group discussion where I will write down facts about the new planet on a new piece of chart paper, and then the students will go back and create their own page about the planet they just learned about. Closure: In order to close my lesson on planets I will have the class partake in a group discussion where they will be able to share their planet books with the rest of the class. The group discussion will include questions such as what is your favorite planet and why?, What planet would you visit or not visit?, and if you were going to visit a planet what would you bring?. Once I have asked these questions and all of the students got a chance to share their answers, I would ask for volunteers to share their planet book. If there were a lot of volunteers I would only allow the students to share one page from their book. This would help with time management and allow all students a chance to share. If I only had a few volunteers I would allow the volunteers to share more then one page. Assessment: Objective: Students will create their own planet book that has a page which will represent each of the 9 planets In order to assess the students I will collect their planet books and review them. I will use a rubric to assess the students’ stories. I will have two rubrics. One will be used to assess the students who are at grade level or above. The second rubric will be used to score the books that were created by students who are below grade level. (See rubrics below)

Learner Factors: In order to accommodate all learners I have created two rubrics. As stated above, one rubric will be used to grade students who are at grade level or above and the second rubric will be used to score the books that were created by students who are below grade level. All students will partake in the same activity in which they will create their own book but not all students will be graded on the same rubric.  Environment: The students will be sitting at their desks when creating their books, or at the rug when partaking in the class discussions or listening as the teacher conducts a read aloud. The only movement that the students will be partaking in will be moving from their desks to the rug or vise versa. The rules of the classroom that were discussed at the beginning of the year will still be in effect. I will be walking around the room monitoring the students work and answering questions if they have any.

Great Job! 3  ||   Almost there 2 ||   Needs work 1 || Student drew all 9 planets in their story book. All planets where drawn using the correct colors and shape. Student wrote complete sentences when describing the planets. Student wrote at least 5 sentences about each planet. Student put their name and correct title on their book || Student drew all 9 planets in their story book. At least 5 planets where drawn using the correct colors and shape. Student wrote //mostly// in complete sentences when describing the planets. Student wrote at least 3 sentences about each planet. Student put their name and correct title on their book  || Student drew 5 or less planets in their story book. less the 5 planets where drawn using the correct colors and shape. Student did not use complete sentences when describing the planets. Student wrote at less then 3 sentences about each planet. Students did not put their name on their book ||

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