Lesson Spotlight: ELA Remembrance Day Lesson
Students explore Remembrance Day as an important day for Canadians, a time to think about peace and war, and the contributions of Canada’s military to helping to maintain peace in Canada and around the world. Students brainstorm and discuss ideas related to Remembrance Day, listen to and read books about Remembrance Day, and will attend a Remembrance Day ceremony.
ACTIVATING:
- Think-Aloud: Class learning activity for Remembrance Day. The Think-Aloud strategy is a form of brainstorming. Verbalize your thinking to model how to access prior knowledge and personal experiences and link these to the text you are reading and/or viewing. Refer to personal knowledge and experiences related to the text.
**Note: Please be aware of students who may be refugee victims of war or children of soldiers/veterans and who will require sensitivity during this learning experience.
- Prior to the reading of the story show the class the book: the jacket cover, the front and back cover, the inside pockets. Specifically at the title, author, illustrations, and inside information.
- Children discuss, in the context of the whole class, to share predictions and their reasons why – Teacher leads the class in the discussion by asking pre-reading questions. Have you read this story before? What is the story about?
ACQUIRING:
- Read Heather Patterson and Ron Lightburn’s A Poppy Is to Remember
APPLYING:
- Teacher leads students in discussion and revision of predictions made prior to the reading of the story and records revisions so that students can refer back – What as the story about? What did we learn about the poppy? What do we now know about what the poppy symbolizes? Answer any questions during this time.
- Students are prepared to respond independently as a result of their engagement in the exploratory talk of the Think-Aloud.
- Teacher models the construction of the foam Remembrance Day poppies in a step-by-step fashion.
- The poppies created by the students will be displayed on the classroom bulletin board along with the Words: A Poppy is…. (and some of the ideas contributed in class as to what a poppy is as well as some ideas from the story)
Product of the Remembrance Day Art Lesson: Grade 1 Class
Grade 1 Class
Kirkcaldy Height School
Brandon, Manitoba
Kirkcaldy Height School
Brandon, Manitoba
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