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CURRICULUM AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT * 1 HOUR * LEVEL 2

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Ezra's Neighborhood: An Ezra Jack Keats Course

Lesson Plan Example

Respect Goggles
Age Group: ​
Toddler, Preschool
Objectives:
  • Students will create a unique set of goggles to go along with the book Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats which will open up dialogue about respecting diversity in the classroom.
CDA Competency Standard:  
III.9.3a 
  • Candidate promotes children’s sense of belonging in the classroom community
​a. Encourages children’s social interactions
Materials:  
Procedure: 
  1. Read Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats in a developmentally appropriate manner, pausing to ask questions and make observations.  When finished, have a discussion about what respect is and how not everyone was respectful to Peter and his friends in the story.
  2. Invite children to create their own pair of goggles like Peter’s using the template and materials. When children are finished, gather at circle time to model some respectful exchanges as a class.
Some examples:
“Turn to your neighbor and compliment their glasses.”
“How are your glasses, Kiesha, different than Marco’s? Is there anything better or worse about one person’s glasses? No, there is not, because they are all different like we are.”
“What are some respectful words we can use in our classroom?”
Assessment:  
  • Assess children upon their participation and understanding of the value of respect in the classroom. For younger children, you may ask them how they felt during the exercise.
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For Future Reference
When this training is over, it's going to be hard to remember all these lesson plans! We want you to get the most from this training, and continue to use this information in your classroom.  We have put the lesson plans in this course, that are produced by Successful Solutions, on our resource website, www.Lessons4Learners.com, where you can continue to access them after your training expires. 
Be sure to bookmark the direct link to the page where the lesson plans can be found for easy access in the future at:   
http://www.lessons4learners.com/ezra-jack-keats.html