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People We Should Know: Walt DisneyJonatha A. Brown
Now & BenGene Barretta
Chocolate by HersheyBetty Burford
Real Kids, Real Stories, Real ChangeGarth Sundem
• Agree or Disagree: Opinion writing
• Now and Then: Creative discussion aid
• Mapping Success and Failure: Geographic time line
• Compare and Contrast: Analysing two stories
Never Giving Up Effort Doing Your Best Chasing Dreams Creative Problem Solving The Rewards of Working Hard Determination Overcoming Obstacles
Compassion
Ages 5-8 Lesson Plans
Martha Blah BlahSusan Meddaugh
• Word Cubes: Practising word families• Self-Assessment Rubric: How did I
do this week?
Printable Activities Big IdeasBook Title and Author
Ordinary Mary’s Extra Ordinary DeedEmily Pearson
Amazing GraceMary Hoffman
• Writing Prompt: Turning enemies into friends
• Puppet Stories: Retelling the story
• Create a Class Book: Book page template on kindness
Effort Perseverance Overcoming Obstacles Never Giving Up Encouraging Others Chasing Dreams Doing Your Best Exceeding Expectations
Ten lesson plans featuring the concept of achieving excellence through effort, perseverance and determination.
Every Lesson:• Identifies key vocabulary• Includes discussion starters and questions to
check for understanding• Features engaging writing prompts• Includes activities and at least one printable
activity or resource
Aligned to Common StandardsEvery lesson plan aligns with grade-level standards in Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening and Literacy and supports age appropriate learning mindsets and behaviors.
Post the learning target associated with each lesson in your classroom to help students know what is expected and what they should take away from the activity.
Student-Friendly Learning Target
©2013,15 All for KIDZ®, Inc. Producers of The NED Show®
More lesson plans & resources at www.theNEDshow.com/teachers
5-8LESSON PLANS FOR AGES
LESSON PLANS FOR AGES 8-12
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• Cone of Character: Identifying My Character Traits
• The Artist & the Analyst: Compare and Contrast
• Breaking into Dancing: Sequence of Events
Excellent Work! 3 Videos + 3 Lesson Plans ©2013 All for KIDZ
How Molly Moon Achieved the Ice Cream DreamMark and Colleen’s Road Map to PopCapHow Anna Banana Freeze Became a Breakdancer
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© 2013 All for KIDZ®, Inc. Producers of The NED Show® All Rights Reserved • A4 Visit www.theNEDshow.com/lessonplans for more free lesson plans & resources
CoreSKILLS
Achieving Excellence Lesson Plan | Molly Moon Video Companion
BIG IDEAS
To Reinforce
Student-Friendly Learning Target
Rewards of Working Hard, Overcoming
Obstacles, Never Giving Up, Chasing Dreams
Excellent Work! How Molly Moon Achieved the Ice Cream Dreamwww.theNEDshow.com/lessonplans Length 3:45
At age 8, Molly Moon ran lemonade stands. Today, she runs Seattle’s most successful ice cream business! In this video, students will meet someone who accomplished something big through working hard and believing in herself.
Speaking & ListeningInteract with information presented in diverse media and formats.
WritingWrite narratives that recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, using temporal words to signal event order.
Discussion Starters
Build Background
Choose the appropriate questions for the learners in your classroom:
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Key Vocabulary
Do you like ice cream? We’re going to meet someone who probably loves ice cream even more than you do! Her name is Molly and she started a business that makes and sells delicious flavors of ice cream. A business is making, buying and/or selling something like a product (e.g. ice cream) or a service (e.g. haircut). There are about 23 million small businesses in the US. Anyone can start a business; the tricky part is keeping it running! What do you think it takes to be a successful business owner?
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What businesses did Molly have as a kid?What is Molly’s job now?Who encouraged Molly to open an ice cream shop?How many ice cream shops does she own? Where are they located?Describe how Molly started her business? What was easy? What was challenging?Why does Molly need to know math for her business?What does success mean to Molly?Why do you think people thought Molly couldn’t start her own business?Why did Molly’s mom think she could open an ice cream shop?
How does the N, E and D of NED show up in Molly’s story. Molly started off selling lemonade. What are some businesses you could start now?What is something big that you could accomplish this year if you worked really hard towards it?
Do you think owning your own business is easy or hard? Why?What evidence is in the video to make you think that Molly is successful?Molly says, “Little things add up.” What does that mean?
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Video Lesson PlanExcellent Work! How Molly Moon Achieved the Ice Cream Dream
© 2013 All for KIDZ®, Inc. Producers of The NED Show® All Rights Reserved • A4 Visit www.theNEDshow.com/lessonplans for more free lesson plans & resources
Achieving Excellence Lesson Plan | Molly Moon Video Companion
Write a letter to Molly congratulating her on achieving excellence. In your own words, describe how she never gave up and did her best. If you would like to mail your letters, address them to: Molly Moon Neitzel 1122 E Pine St #1448 Seattle, WA 98122
Every person can do something big like Molly. What’s your big dream? What would it take to make your dream come true? Write your plan, including details about what you’ll need to do as an elementary student, middle school student, high school student and beyond. Include how the NED traits can help you along the way.
What you’re learning in school today will help you in the future in surprising ways. Think about three interesting jobs such as architect, police officer, pilot, waiter, mechanic, coach, nurse, musician. How would creative skills, math skills, and writing skills help you to be successful in these jobs.
Writing Prompts
Choose the appropriate prompt for the learners in your classroom:
Activities Choose the appropriate activity for the learners in your classroom:
Flavorful Graph Graph your classroom’s favorite flavors of ice cream (possible categories: chocolate, vanilla, I don’t like ice cream, etc). Draw conclusions from the graph, such as: which ice cream is the most popular? Least popular? How many more kids like one flavor over another?
Cone of Character What do you need to achieve excellence? Use the printable to build a NED ice cream cone and stack up scoops of important character traits that you need. Suggested words are determination, perseverance, kindness, respect, caring, imagination, courage, loyalty, honesty, ambitious, humor, fairness, wisdom, intelligence and leadership. Instruct students to write their name on the cone, pick words from the list or brainstorm additional traits, and write a trait on each ice cream cone ingredient. Don’t forget to put the cherry on top!
Ask an Achiever Brainstorm a list of businesses in your community. Pick a favorite and research who started the business, how it got started, what obstacles they overcame, what they had to do to build the business, who encouraged them, etc. Interview them if possible. Report back to the class.
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If you could ask Molly any question, what would you ask her? Why do you want to know that?How do you think Molly felt when she served her first ice cream cone. What could you do now to help you start a business when you grow up?
Dream of opening your own business as an adult. What would it be? What are other ways you can achieve excellence and pursue your own dreams?
Video Lesson Plan, ContinuedExcellent Work! How Molly Moon Achieved the Ice Cream Dream
www.theNEDshow.com/lessonplans© 2013 All for KIDZ®, Inc. Producers of The NED Show® All Rights Reserved • A4 Excellent Work...Molly Moon Video Companion
Build a NED ice cream cone! Label each ingredient with a character trait that you need to achieve excellence. Cut out the ingredients and stack up the scoops of character traits to create something excellent!
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CoreSKILLS
BIG IDEAS
To Reinforce
Student-Friendly Learning Target
Lesson Plan | Excellent Work...Anna Video Companion
Personal Best, Effort, Doing Your Best,
Practice
Excellent Work! How Anna Banana Freeze Became a Breakdancer www.theNEDshow.com/lessonplans Length 4:30
Fides “Anna” Mabanta achieves her “secret dream” to be a professional dancer after she is introduced to a kind of dance called breakdancing. Now she’s dancing with one of the best breakdancing crews in the world! Her inspiring story of passion and effort demonstrates the incredible rewards that come with always doing your best.
Speaking & ListeningInteract with information presented in diverse media and formats.
WritingOrganize an event sequence using descriptive language.
What is breakdance?Anna was originally interested in musical theatre dancing. What got her interested in breaking?Where was one of the places Anna practiced?Recall two “light bulb moments” for Anna.
How did she feel about her dancing at first?Why was Anna hesitant to learn to break dance?
How does the N, E and D of NED show up in Anna’s story. What is something that’s really difficult for you but you really enjoy doing anyway?How could you encourage someone to pursue their unique dream, like the encouragers in Anna’s life? After 16 years of dancing, Anna now describes it as her job. What are some of the forms this job takes?Name several types of dance styles.
Many dancers start their career far before they are teenagers. What did Anna have to do to overcome this obstacle?What importance did seeing musicals have on Anna?
Discussion Starters
Build Background
Choose the appropriate questions for the learners in your classroom:
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Key Vocabulary
“Breakdancing” or breaking is a dance style that was created in New York City in the 1970s. It’s an acrobatic and competitive street dance with roots in hip hop culture. The dancers are often called b-boys or b-girls. Fides’ nickname, “Anna Banana Freeze”, comes from her mastery of freezes - a classic breaking pose where, using only upper body strength, one lifts and holds an acrobatic pose.
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Video Lesson PlanExcellent Work! How Anna Banana Freeze Became a Breakdancer
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Lesson Plan | Excellent Work...Anna Video Companion
Draw a picture of yourself dancing. What would your dance name - your “b-name” - be? Write down a trait or step that you might need to become an excellent dancer, such as “practice” or “never giving up.”
If you could ask Anna three questions, what would you want to ask her? Predict what you think her responses might be.
Writing Prompts
Choose the appropriate prompt for the learners in your classroom:
Activities Choose the appropriate activity for the learners in your classroom:
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Describe the significant people and events who helped Anna on her journey. What are the benefits of not being great at something right away? What are the challenges?Name some other activities that require daily practice. Have you ever experienced a ‘confirmation’? (give context)Paraphrase Anna’s definition of excellence. Write your own definition of excellence. Anna says dancing is about creativity, expressing yourself, exploring, and giving your best effort. Could you add anything to that list?
Let’s Dance! Play a song with a beat and try your skills at break dancing. If floor space is limited, try foot-tapping and jumping. Don’t give up! For an extra challenge, follow along with this short video that demonstrates basic breaking steps:www.wikihow.com/Do-the-6-Step-%28Breakdancing%29
Breaking into Dancing Identify details of Anna’s journey to reaching her secret dream of becoming a dancer. For the pre-write, complete a Sequence-of-Events Chart. Write about the what, when, where, why and how of each time period. 1. Childhood2. Teenager3. First Job4. Dance Troupe5. Dance TeacherUse the information from the pre-write to write summary paragraphs.
Video Lesson Plan, ContinuedExcellent Work! How Anna Banana Freeze Became a Breakdancer
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Name: Directions: Identify details of Anna’s journey to reaching her secret dream of becoming a dancer. Write about the what, when, where, why and how of each time period.
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CoreSKILLS
Student-Friendly Learning Target
Achieving Excellence Lesson Plan | Martha Blah Blah
BIG IDEAS
To Reinforce
Activities Word Cubes Use the printable cube set to practice word families. Put students with partners. Roll the single letter cube followed by the -og cube to make –og family words (bog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log). Put the cubes together and sound out the word. Roll again. Note: A blank cube template if you want to expand to other words families.
Learn the NED Pledge I promise that every day I will do my best. I will encourage others. And I will never give up. EVER! Never, ever, ever give up! Use the printable rubric to self-evaluate every day and ask ‘How am I doing in keeping my promise?’
Something’s wrong with Martha, the talking dog! She has eaten her daily bowl of alphabet soup, but when she opens her mouth to speak, strange sounds come out instead of words. Fortunately her nose still works, and she follows it to the source of the mystery. - Amazon
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
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Discussion Starters
Communication, Effort, Perseverance
Overcoming Obstacles
Quiz students on the number of letters in the alphabet and have them identify the vowels. Tell them that in this book there is a dog that is able to talk. Have them predict how this could be useful and what the problem might be in the story.
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Writing Prompt
My favorite letter in alphabet soup is ____. Draw a picture of you eating a bowl of alphabet soup. Challenge: Draw pictures of things that begin with that letter.
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1. How could you show someone how you feel without using words? Discuss Martha’s facial expressions (pg 3). Have students make their own facial expressions such as sleepy, happy, and excited. What happens when you add words to your expressions? Explain that people can then understand what makes me feel that way.
2. Go back through the story, page by page, and have students retell the story and describe how the characters are feeling based on what they say and how they look (surprise on pg 4, amazed on pg 7, etc).
3. What does it mean to “break a promise”? What promise did Granny Flo break (pg 9)? Did she do her very best?
4. What is the difference between GOOD, BETTER, and BEST? Think of a time that you did your very best? How did you feel?
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Never Give Up, Overcoming Obstacles,
Encourage Others, Chasing Dreams,
Practice
Student-Friendly Learning Target
BIG IDEAS
To Reinforce
Achieving Excellence Lesson Plan | Amazing Grace
Activity
Grace loves stories and most of all loves to act them out! When her teacher announces that the class will put on a play of Peter Pan, Grace dreams of being center on stage. But many of her classmates are discouraging - how can a girl be Peter Pan? Can
Grace give her best and make her dream come true?
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
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describe my thoughts and feelings in writing about a time when I
never gave up.
1. The story says... “But Grace kept her hand up,” even when she was told she can’t do it (pg 13). Why do you think she did that? What did it take for Grace to not let others change her mind?
2. When is it good to change your mind and when is it good to not change your mind?
3. What is the difference between good, better, best? Describe something you do ‘good’….what would you need to do to make it better? To make it best? How could you ask someone help you?
I Never Gave Up Students will complete the writing prompt “Tell about a time when you ‘never gave up’ to accomplish a goal. Discuss time-order words as well as what makes a good introduction and conclusion. Then, use the graphic organizer to write a rough draft and edit the copy. Print a final copy on the printable provided.Scenario Prompt NED played basketball with his friends at recess but when he was practicing he never could make a basket. What do you think NED will do next?
Difficult Tasks On a piece of chart paper (or Smart Board) show photos of kids trying to do difficult tasks (printable provided). Ask questions about each picture such as: Why is the task difficult? What might you be afraid of? How could someone encourage or help you? Discuss what it means to “discourage” or “encourage” someone. These words sound a lot alike but mean very different things.
Discussion Starters
Writing Prompts
Ask students to recall a time when they really wanted to do something and someone said, “That’s too hard for you.” Ask students to explain what they did and how they felt. Tell the students that in the story you are going to read, Grace is told that she can’t do something. Let’s see what Grace does...
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Find the 30 minute Reading Rainbow Video (#906) for this story at your local library
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Achieving Excellence Lesson Plan | Extraordinary Mary
Create a class book. The E in NED is about kindness! Have students recall one of their own acts of kindness. Give each student one page to write and illustrate in the book, using the printable template provided. Copy the first and last page text from the following:First Page: Ordinary kids in [teacher]’s ordinary classroom would never guess they could change the school. This ordinary group of kids? They did it! They changed the world...Last Page: [School name] was changed! And all the kids agreed it was all because on an ordinary day, ordinary kids from [teacher]’s ordinary class did a perfectly ordinary, stunningly earthshaking, totally extraordinary deed!Brainstorm acts of kindness that kids could do at school in an ordinary day. Post the list in the classroom and add to it over a few days. Challenge students to look for opportunities to do acts of kindness and come back and tell the class. Have students describe what happened and add it to the list. Help kids who aren’t coming back with stories to seek out opportunities. Idea: Create a classroom display celebrating these acts of kindness. Create a tree trunk and cover it with leaves. Each leaf could name the specific act of kindness performed.
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Can one good deed from an ordinary girl change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary - an ordinary girl from an ordinary school, on her way to her ordinary house - who stumbles upon ordinary blueberries. When she decides to
pick them for her neighbor, Mrs. Bishop, she starts a chain reaction that multiplies around the word. - Gibbs Smith
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
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I can use details to tell about the characters’ actions in the story.I can recall an act of
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1. Review the good deeds from the story and create a list. 2. How are the good deeds the same? How are they different?3. How did the people who were giving/receiving feel? 4. What makes something a good deed? Does it always matter if you get
something back?5. Did Mary know that her kind act would come back to her?
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After watching “Kindness Changes Everything” - song (www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKTGyNJBvgs), ask if the students have heard of the phrase pay-it-forward. Brainstorm possible meanings for this phrase. Ask students to think about a time when someone was kind to them and then they were kind to someone else in turn. Record answers on a class board or have student share in partners.
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Encouraging Others,Kindness, Exceeding
Expectations, The Rewards of Working Hard
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deedby Emily Pearson and illustrated by Fumi Kosaka