Teacher Samantha Mattfield Date: 10/12/2018

Title of Lesson: Teaching Respect Grade: 2nd

people look like and be able to give specific examples of said behavior. This understanding

should be evident in their word bubble activity and should be displayed in the “Simon Says”

activity as well as when the students share with each other what they wrote down in their word

bubble. They should also by the end of the lesson know what disrespect looks like to some

degree. This will be observed briefly in the “Simon Says” part of the activity.
Subject: Social Skills
SOL: Does not apply to this social skill activity as idea was suggested by teacher as the school

was working on the topic of respect.

 Pencils

 Paper

Ideas pulled from resources that teacher showed Practicum student in classroom
Process Components
Anticipatory Set: The teacher will start a short discussion (about 1-2 minutes) on respect and

why it is important for students to show respect to their teachers and other people. They

should give examples such as it shows people that the students are listening when they are

being respectful.
Objectives: Students will create a word bubble by the end of the activity showing what they

have learned. By the end of the lesson, they should be able to say:

I can identify respectful behavior.

I can identify disrespectful behavior.

respect, what it looks like, and why it is important. The teacher can then demonstrate what

respect looks like. This will lead to the next part of the activity where the teacher will lead the

kids in a game of Simon Says where they can demonstrate respectful behavior for the teacher.

Once the teacher thinks that they have understood the concept, the students will move to their

desks where they will make their word bubbles with examples of respectful behavior. After

that, the teacher will pick a few students who appear to be listening and showing respectful

behavior to tell the whole class some of the things they wrote down. The teacher will then

reiterate the importance of respect which will signal the end of the activity.
Modeling: As the teacher explains what respect is and why it is important, they can

demonstrate some ways that students themselves can show respect. There may not be a lot of

time for modeling, but the teacher should try and demonstrate what respect looks like so that

the students can be prepared for the Simon Says activity.

check for understanding. The students’ success in the game will let the teacher know if they

understand what respectful behavior looks like. If the students do not seem to understand the

concept, they should look at their other classmates who are doing well in the game to see how

to show respect to others.

part of Simon but instead of having them do things like “Simon says stand on one foot” or

“Simon says jump up and down”, the teacher will have them do things like “Simon says show

me respectful eyes” or “Simon says show me what you do when you are not listening to the

teacher”. This activity should be played for another five minutes or so. The game should be
played until all the students except for one is sitting down. When that happens, the teacher

will transition to the next activity which is a word bubble activity on respectful behavior.
Independent Practice: Students will create a word bubble on the center of a piece of paper.

They will then write respect in the middle. Once that is done, they will draw 5 lines

connecting to the bubble and write 5 examples of ways they can show respect for those around

them. This should be done individually for each student, not a group project. The setup

should look like the example below:

Respect

Students word bubbles may vary but they should have a similar construct to the example

above.
Assessment: The teacher will assess the students understanding of the activity by selecting a

few of them to share with the class what they put down for respectful behavior in the word

bubble. To see if the rest of the class understands the topic as well, the teacher can ask them if
they put down the same or similar things to the other students who shared with the class. This

will let the teacher know how many students got the topic by the end of the lesson.
Closure: The activity will be wrapped up by the teacher who will choose certain students who

are showing “respectful behavior” to give some examples of what they wrote. This should be

done for a couple of minutes until the teacher decides that the students have sufficiently

understood the concept of respect. The teacher can then bring the assignment to a close by

highlighting a few of the examples of respectful behavior and emphasizing the importance of

respect in the classroom and in the outside world.

Simon Says activity helps those who need to interact with the content. The beginning part of

the activity helps those students who are both oral and visual learners. The students will hear

the teacher explain respect and then see the teacher demonstrate respect.
Classroom Management Issues: Problems that might show up during the activity could be

when the students play Simon Says and then are sitting at their desks. They might get hyper

and not follow directions and try to talk to their classmates while doing the word bubble. This

can easily be dealt with by careful monitoring and reminding the students when they are not

listening that they are not showing respect. This will help to remind them what they are

learning about for the day.