GESD Lesson Design Framework
Lesson
2
of 5
Essential Questions: What does it mean to be fair? Why is it important to be fair? Why do we need to care about one another? What do you
do in the classroom to be fair? To be caring?
Big Idea: What we do as individuals affects everyone around us. We must be conscientious of our actions and the impact they have on the
group as a whole. If we expect to be treated fairly, we must be fair to others. Caring about other people helps us to build empathy.
Performance Objective:
Writing: S1C1PO2: Determine the purpose of an intended writing piece.
S1C1PO4: Establish a central idea appropriate to the type of writing.
S1C1PO5: Use organizational strategies to plan writing.
Social Studies: S3C4PO1: Describe ways an individual can contribute to school or community.
S3C4P02: Describe the character traits that are important to the preservation and improvement of constitutional democracy in the United
States.
Lesson Objective: TSW describe what he or she does to show fairness and caring in the classroom by writing a paragraph describing what
behaviors he or she exhibits that contribute to the classroom community.
Building Background: TTW refer to the paragraph constructed the previous day on respect. TSW recall the steps needed to complete the
paragraph.
Sub-Objectives (Content)
TSW describe fairness
and caring by listing its
characteristics in a circle
map.
Teacher Actions
Explain, Model, Demonstrate
TTW draw a circle map
on the board and write
two characteristics of
fairness and caring. TTW
write student-generated
responses for the
characteristics of fairness
and caring.
TSW describe specific
1) TTW choose, with
ways he or she shows
student input, three
fairness and caring at
important characteristics
school by listing two
of fairness and caring to
examples for each
develop for the tree map.
characteristic of fairness
TTW draw a tree map
and caring selected for the with the three categories,
Student Actions
TSW think of three
characteristics of fairness
and caring and share them
with a partner.
1) TSW draw a tree map
and label it “Fairness
and caring at School.”
TSW create three
categories (same as
teacher tree map).
2) TSW think of ways he
Check for Understanding or
Assessment
TTW select non
volunteers to share what
his or her PARTNER
said. TTW add student
responses to the circle
map.
TSW create a tree map
describing the ways he or
she demonstrates fairness
and caring at school.
Modifications &
Accommodations
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TSW be given a
graphic organizer
rather than
constructing their
own.
TSW be required to
describe 2 ways in
which they are
responsible instead of
3.
TTW assist student in
developing the
introductory sentence
and the concluding
tree map.
one for each selected
characteristic of fairness
and caring. TTW title the
map “Fairness and
caring at Home.”
2) TTW describe two
ways each characteristic
is demonstrated at home.
TSW describe what he or
she does to show fairness
and caring in the
classroom by writing a
paragraph describing
what behaviors he or she
exhibits that contribute to
the classroom
community.
1) TTW will explain that
topic is what the
paragraph is about
(fairness and caring at
home). TTW
metacognate the
construction of a topic
sentence.
2) TTW create a sentence
(while using
metacognition) about the
first characteristic of
fairness and caring from
the tree map and describe
the two ways it is
demonstrated at home.
3) TTW repeat step 2 for
the rest of the categories
from the tree map.
4) TTW explain that the
concluding sentence
reiterates what was stated
in the topic sentence.
TTW write a concluding
sentence for fairness and
caring at home.
or she shows fairness and
caring at school and share
them with a partner.
3) Under each
characteristic of fairness
and caring on the tree
map, TSW describe two
ways the characteristic is
demonstrated at school.
1) TSW identify his or
her topic (fairness and
caring at school) and
write a topic sentence.
TSW share his or her
topic sentence with a
partner.
2) TSW write a sentence
about the first
characteristic of fairness
and caring from the tree
map and describe the two
ways it is demonstrated at
school. TSW share his or
her sentence with a
partner.
3) TSW repeat step 2 for
the rest of the categories
from the tree map.
4) TSW write a
concluding sentence for
his or her paragraph about
fairness and caring at
home.
sentence.
TSW create a descriptive
paragraph on the ways in
which he or she exhibits
fairness and caring in the
classroom.