Lesson+Plan

=Wizard of Oz Lesson Plan=

Grade Level: 1st Grade Curricular Area: Language Arts

Analyze Your Learners
This lesson is intended for learners in first grade. The students are from different socio-economic backgrounds and have different ethnicities. LA.1.1.7.3 - The student will retell the main idea or essential message LA.1.1.7.6 - The student will arrange events in sequence LA.1.2.1.3 - The student will identify the characters and settings in a story LA.1.3.5.1 - The student will produce, illustrate, and share a variety of compositions

State Your Objectives

 * 1) Using the computer, the 1st grade students will listen to the Wizard of Oz and sort the events in order on a time line with 90% accuracy. This objective is asking students to sort the events from the Wizard of Oz at the analysis level of Bloom’s taxonomy.
 * 2) Given Kidspiration, the 1st grade students will construct a concept web to show the main characters of the Wizard of Oz and 3 characteristics of each character with 80% accuracy. This objective is asking students to construct a concept web at the application level of Bloom’s taxonomy.
 * 3) Given construction paper, scissors, coloring pencils, and a slipper cut-out; the 1st grade students will produce slippers with 100% accuracy. This objective is asking students to produce their craft at the application level of Bloom’s taxonomy.
 * 4) Given an audio recorder, the 1st grade students will explain what they would do with magical slippers with few grammar errors. This objective is asking students to explain at the comprehension level of Bloom’s taxonomy.
 * 5) Using power-point, the 1st grade students will work in pairs to design a power-point retelling the Wizard of Oz in their own words with 80% accuracy. This objective is asking students to design their power-point at the synthesis level of Bloom’s taxonomy.
 * 6) Using Microsoft word, the 1st grade students will invent their own fairy-tale story with few spelling errors. This objective is asking students to invent a story at the synthesis level of Bloom’s taxonomy.

Select Media & Materials
- laptop cart - internet - Kidspiration - construction paper - scissors - slipper cut-out - coloring pencils - audio recorder - power-point - Microsoft word

Utilize Media & Materials
The laptop cart is used for the projects. The internet is used to listen to the Wizard of Oz story. Kidspiration is for the concept web. The construction paper, scissors, and slipper-cut out are for the arts & craft project. The audio recorders are used for the students to talk about their magical slippers. The power-point is for retelling the story. Microsoft word is for students to write their own fairy-tale.

Require Learner Participation

 * Monday – The students will first listen to the Wizard of Oz on youtube. Then the students will put the events in order on a time line on the computer. The students will be given 6 events to arrange in order.
 * Tuesday – The students will use Kidspiration to create a concept web of the main characters (Dorthy, Tin-man, Scarecrow, Lion, and the Wicked Witch) and identify 3 characteristics of each character.
 * Wednesday – The students will be doing an arts and craft lesson with slippers. They will cut out slippers using construction paper and decorate them with coloring pencils. Then each student will be given an audio recorder to tell what they would wish for if they had magical slippers.
 * Thursday – The students will work in pairs to re-tell the Wizard of Oz story using power-point. Each slide will have a different event. The students may use their time line from Monday to help them.
 * Friday – The students will type their own fairy-tale story on Microsoft word. Students can volunteer to tell their stories to the class.