Intern Name: Zhenja Lourenco

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Service Project (dog toys)

Grade: First grade
Length of Lesson: about 60minutes
Date Taught:
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
Overview  Students will be able to follow along with verbal instructions.
 Students will be able to work together.
Standards of SOL 1.10
SOL 1.12
Learning
Students will be able to…
Objectives  I can identify my role in the community.

Learning Target The students will be able to apply the standards of learning.
Necessary Prior N/A
Knowledge
Materials  Fabric (I bought at a craft store)
The introduction for this lesson was another lesson I did which was having the
Introduction/Hook students write letters for dogs at the Virginia Beach SPCA to help them get
adopted!
Instructional I will pull the students out of class go to a separate space, so that it was quiet for
them to watch and learn as I teach them how to braid and make the dog toys
Activities & from the fabric. The goal is that once some of the students got a hang of it, they
Strategies will be able to help their peers.
Key Vocabulary or  Braid
 Community service
Concepts
Assessments N/A
At the end, I asked one of my groups of students what they enjoyed about the
Closure Activity service project, to wrap up the project and to film it for my necessary video.

Taking the students in small groups to be able to manage the toy making, rather
Accommodations than have it turn into chaos.
Due to my employment at the VBSPCA, I was able to think of the dog toy
Resources creation, based on similar projects I have seen people do at work. Also, I could
ensure that after the toys were made, I could directly deliver them.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught
Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Zhenja Lourenco
Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Service Project for the VBSPCA (creating dog toys)
Date of Lesson Taught:
Cooperating Teacher & School: Hermitage Elementary School, Ms. Tyler
Grade: First grade
Time of Day: 1:00 p.m.

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
To create this lesson, I had recalled previous toys I had seen at work that people made for the puppies, so I
took my own spin on them and had the students create simple toys.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The SOL defined the goal of the service. The idea was for the students to recognize their role in the
community.

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

I was honestly so impressed with how the students came together and worked together to learn to braid.
Their persistence was so impressive!

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

Honestly, this lesson went more than swimmingly, and I would not have changed it at all.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

The only thing I didn’t anticipate was the students’ eagerness, so I wish I gotten more fabric for them to make
more toys.

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?)
I didn’t use an assessment and wouldn’t, due to the nature of this lesson being a service project.

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 think this was hands down the best lesson, as far as results. Only one of the students I worked with knew
how to braid before this project, which I was super thrilled about, this way the lesson was more of a challenge.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success?
I spent plenty of time preparing this lesson, but I know that my time spent on it was not why it was so
successful. The students I worked with were so patient and eager to learn that the success of the lesson was
all a huge thank you to them.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
If I could do this same lesson again, I would just purchase much more fabric.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

I absolutely loved this lesson and I wish I could do it again! The students were so amazing, and it is so hard for
me to believe that they are just in first grade.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
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Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)