I. TOPIC: Social Story on Horses – Day 1
II. OBJECTIVE:
- Given the social story on horses, the students will be able to follow specific prompts,
such as ‘flip the page’ and ‘follow along with your finger,’ to teacher satisfaction during
a 15-minute period.
- Given the social story on horses, the students will be able to answer basic comprehension
questions about the story, to 70% accuracy, on 1 occasion.
III. STANDARDS:
Student Interpersonal Skills 16.3.K.B: Recognize there are socially acceptable ways to behave
in different places.
English Language Arts CC.1.1.K.B: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic
features of print.
IV. TEACHING PROCEDURES:
(5-8 minutes) 1) Anticipatory Set:
- Ask students if they can remember who the Character of the Week is and what character
trait we are learning about from this character.
o Show the YouTube Brave video clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9nZrhFo4U
(15-20 minutes) 2) Development
- Pass out the ‘Horses’ social story to each student and show the story on the SmartBoard.
o Model to the students how to follow along with the story using their ‘reading
finger’.
o Model to the students how to turn the page every time that the teacher says ‘turn
the page.’
o Ask students to help with the reading at different points throughout the story,
using sight words or words that are clearly depicted in the illustrations.
o Ask questions throughout the story to check for comprehension.
(5 minutes) 3) Guided and Independent Practice/Assessment
- Tell students that you have a special friend with you today who is going to help us learn
about horses and about our field trip on Friday.
o Have student guess who the special friend might be – give clues such as ‘has 4
legs’ or ‘has a mane’ or ‘makes a neighing sound.’
 After bringing out the stuffed horse (we will call him Angus, like the
Character of the Week), allow the students to pet the horse.
(5 minutes) 4) Closure
- If time remains, show the students the storyboard of this social story and have them come
to the board and point to specific pictures that relate to the story or explain what is
happening in a certain picture.
V. MATERIALS:
- Character of the Week Sign
- SmartBoard
- YouTube Video
- Horse Social Story – on PowerPoint presentation
- 6 hard copies of Horse Social Story
- Horse stuffed animal
- Horse storyboard (both hard copy and electronic copy)
VI. ADAPTATIONS/PLAN MODIFICATIONS: I will encourage specific students to read
certain words throughout the story and encourage other students to participate by asking specific
questions. Aides and other paras will help certain students to follow along and turn the page as
needed throughout the social story.
VII. EVALUATION:
1) Formative: The students will be formatively evaluated on their book-handling knowledge and
ability to follow simple directions, as they follow the words with their finger, turn the page when
prompted, and answer simple questions about the story.
2) Summative: There will be no true summative assessment for this lesson, but the students will
be evaluated on their comprehension of the social story with comprehension questions asked
orally at the end of the story.
I. TOPIC: Horses Social Story and Storyboard – Day 2
II. OBJECTIVE:
- Given the social story on horses, the students will be able to follow specific prompts,
such as ‘flip the page’ and ‘follow along with your finger,’ to teacher satisfaction during
a 15-minute period.
- Given the social story on horses and accompanying storyboard, the students will be able
to answer basic comprehension questions about the story, to 80% accuracy, on 1
occasion.
- Given the horse stuffed animal, the students will be able to demonstrate what they have
learned from the social story about interacting with horses, to teacher satisfaction on 1
occasion.
III. STANDARDS:
Student Interpersonal Skills 16.3.K.B: Recognize there are socially acceptable ways to behave
in different places.
English Language Arts CC.1.1.K.B: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic
features of print.
IV. TEACHING PROCEDURES:
(5 minutes) 1) Anticipatory Set:
- Review Angus, the Character of the Week, again with the students. Ask students if they
remember what character trait Angus represents.
o Ask students if they can think of some examples of how they can be brave.
o Show YouTube video from Brave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9nZrhFo4U
(15-20 minutes) 2) Development
- Have students get their social stories out of their desks, and, as a class, reread the social
story on horses with the students.
o Remind students to follow along with their finger, and model on board.
o Remind students to flip the page when prompted.
o This time, have all of the adults in the room read the story together, and
encourage the students to read along, as well.
- Practice having the students interact with a horse using the horse stuffed animal. Show
the social story illustrations to remind students what will happen.
o Ask students if they should be loud or quiet around the horse (quiet) and have
them practice this with the stuffed horse.
o Give students the opportunity to pet the stuffed horse, just like they will do at the
horse farm.
o Give students the opportunity to practice brushing the stuffed horse, as well
‘feeding’ the stuffed horse by holding out a flat palm to the horse’s mouth.
(5 minutes) 3) Guided and Independent Practice/Assessment
- Gather the students in a close circle on the floor.
o Show the students the storyboard of this social story and have them come to the
board and point to specific pictures that relate to the story or explain what is
happening in a certain picture. Prompt as necessary with specific students.
(3 minutes) 4) Closure
- Ask students simple comprehension questions from the social story and accompanying
storyboard to gauge understanding.
V. MATERIALS:
- Character of the Week Sign
- SmartBoard
- YouTube Video
- Horse Social Story – on PowerPoint presentation
- 6 hard copies of Horse Social Story
- Horse stuffed animal
- Horse storyboard (both hard copy and electronic copy)
VI. ADAPTATIONS/PLAN MODIFICATIONS: Again, aides and paras will help specific
students follow along with the story and flip the pages. In order to model the correct rate and
flow of reading, the adults in the classroom will read the story together and encourage the
students to do so, as well. The storyboard will provide an organized, visual prompt to help
students better understand the social story.
VII. EVALUATION:
1) Formative: The students will be formatively evaluated on their book-handling knowledge and
ability to follow simple directions, as they follow the words with their finger, turn the page when
prompted, and answer simple questions about the story and accompanying storyboard.
2) Summative: There will be no true summative assessment for this lesson, but the students will
be evaluated on their comprehension of the social story with comprehension questions asked
orally at the end of the story and the accompanying storyboard.