Character Development Lesson Plans
Cooperative
Elementary

Developed by: W. Huitt
Last revised: January 2005


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Reading/Language Arts

Grade Level: 5

Content Area: Language Arts, Social Studies

Learning Objective(s)

  • Organize ideas and communicate orally in a clear, concise, and courteous manner. 

  • Identify problems, alternative solutions, and consequences of alternative solutions, and use appropriate techniques to resolve given problems.

  • Implement a plan of action making modifications as needed to achieve stated objectives.

  • Use effective learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills.

  • Take initiative to accomplish tasks in a timely manner.

  • Demonstrate adaptability, dependability, responsibility, and such social behaviors as tolerance, honesty, empathy, and courtesy.

  • Share knowledge and skills with others.

  • Perform effectively in various environments with people of different ages, genders, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, attitudes, and abilities.

  • Work to satisfy customer/client expectations.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Cooperation

Lesson Title

Character education

Lesson Summary:

Students create character education materials for younger children

URL:

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/langarts/charactered060600.html

 

Mathematics

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Content Area: Math

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Identify and describe patterns

Virtue/Character Trait:

Cooperation

Lesson Title

Cooperation Patterns

Lesson Summary:

Students work together in cooperative groups to construct a pattern made of picture cards.

URL:

 http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nccep/lp/lp99c.html

 

Grade Level: 4-8

Content Area: Math/Science

Learning Objectives (QCC)

Students will be able to demonstrate basic construction skills by building a free standing structure, compute cost of structure by using multiplication skills or calculator, and identify problems, successes, revisions, and purpose of lesson by group discussion and answering questions on worksheet.

Virtue/Character Trait:

Cooperation/Hard work/Dedication/Leadership

Lesson Title

Free Standing Structure

Lesson Summary:

This activity is designed to show students that cost, time, planning, modeling, designs, teamwork, and application are important in learning about “real world” construction projects.

URL:

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math37.txt

  

Social Studies

Science

The Arts

Grade Level: 4-5

Content Area: Music

Learning Objectives (QCC)

National Music Standards Learning Objectives: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniment

Virtue/Character Trait:

Collaborative learning, respect for other cultures

Lesson Title

Learning song “Hong Tsai Me Me”

Lesson Summary:

Students perform a song using correct posture, singing voice, and rhythm. Students accompany song using ostinato (D F G A C) on pitched percussion instruments (4 Parts Đ optional). Students improvise melodies using pitched and non-pitched instruments.

URL:

http://www.menc.org/guides/wlc/tg02/Lesson3.html

 

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* Special thanks to M. Moore for these suggestions.