Grade Band: Elementary Core Materials Task 4.1 Transitional Goals Transitional Goal - Communication: Demonstrate effective communication skills and strategies within school and community activities. Transitional Goal - Employability: Demonstrate effective personal skills and characteristics that affect employability potential. Transitional Goal - Social Strategies: Demonstrate interpersonal skills that have potential to develop healthy relationships. Classroom Activities/Lesson Plan Circle Time: Calendar Report Circle Time is a routine activity in many classrooms. It is important to realize that this small group activity may not be as much about the content of the Circle Time activity (days, months, etc.) but more about the various communication, social and employability skills that are embedded within this learning experience. ● Communication - answering questions, looking at the speaker, waiting your turn to talk ● Social Strategies - talking to the teacher and other students, raising hand to talk ● Employability - listening to the teacher, following directions The calendar leader job is one that requires asking questions of other students: “What day is today? What is the date? What day was yesterday?” This will encourage students to take an active role in asking questions of other students, not just the adult and student interaction that typically occurs. Script cards are provided with this lesson to encourage questions. These are also questions that can be programmed on a voice output device. ● Communication skills are important when asking and answering questions. Look at the person you are talking to. The person asking questions should say the name of the person they want to answer. The questions that are asked may vary from classroom to classroom. Sentence templates are provided for several calendar starter sentences (date, today, tomorrow, yesterday) and days of the week cards that can be affixed to a bulletin board. This activity may be done in conjunction with the monthly calendar ( 4.0 ). ● Extension worksheets for students to write or fill in an individual page on the day’s date and weather are provided. ● Songs for the days of the week are engaging for the students. A link to several song options are found in the notes section. Calendar songs: http://www.preschooleducation.com/scalendar.shtml Differentiated Tasks Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 ● Students will ask questions about the day and date. ● Students will answer questions about the day and date. ● Students will use script cards to ask questions about the day or date. ● Students will point to pictures to identify the day of the week. ● Using an active participation response form, students will ask questions about the day or date. ● Using an active participation response form, students will indicate the day of the week when given a choice of two. Resources and Materials Notes Calendar report forms Picture cards: day, month, date, year Copyright © 2020 n2y, LLC. All rights reserved. Unique Learning System®
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Grade Band: Elementary Core Materials
Task 4.1 Transitional Goals
Transitional Goal - Communication: Demonstrate effective communication skills and strategies within school and community activities. Transitional Goal - Employability: Demonstrate effective personal skills and characteristics that affect employability potential. Transitional Goal - Social Strategies: Demonstrate interpersonal skills that have potential to develop healthy relationships.
Classroom Activities/Lesson Plan
Circle Time: Calendar Report Circle Time is a routine activity in many classrooms. It is important to realize that this small group activity may not be as much about the content of the Circle Time activity (days, months, etc.) but more about the various communication, social and employability skills that are embedded within this learning experience.
● Communication - answering questions, looking at the speaker, waiting your turn to talk ● Social Strategies - talking to the teacher and other students, raising hand to talk ● Employability - listening to the teacher, following directions
The calendar leader job is one that requires asking questions of other students: “What day is today? What is the date? What day was yesterday?” This will encourage students to take an active role in asking questions of other students, not just the adult and student interaction that typically occurs. Script cards are provided with this lesson to encourage questions. These are also questions that can be programmed on a voice output device.
● Communication skills are important when asking and answering questions. Look at the person you are talking to. The person asking questions should say the name of the person they want to answer.
The questions that are asked may vary from classroom to classroom. Sentence templates are provided for several calendar starter sentences (date, today, tomorrow, yesterday) and days of the week cards that can be affixed to a bulletin board. This activity may be done in conjunction with the monthly calendar ( 4.0 ).
● Extension worksheets for students to write or fill in an individual page on the day’s date and weather are provided. ● Songs for the days of the week are engaging for the students. A link to several song options are found in the notes section.
Calendar songs: http://www.preschooleducation.com/scalendar.shtml
Differentiated Tasks
Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 ● Students will ask questions about the
day and date. ● Students will answer questions about the
day and date.
● Students will use script cards to ask questions about the day or date.
● Students will point to pictures to identify the day of the week.
● Using an active participation response form, students will ask questions about the day or date.
● Using an active participation response form, students will indicate the day of the week when given a choice of two.
Resources and Materials Notes
Calendar report forms Picture cards: day, month, date, year
Copyright © 2020 n2y, LLC. All rights reserved. Unique Learning System®
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