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Simple Directions Lesson PlanSimple Directions Lesson Plan
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Ware County Schools
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1st - 3rd
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English Language Arts
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Simple Directions

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When teaching someone how to do something, it's important to give clear directions. Your youngsters can practice their skills by completing these worksheets meant to help learners describe the steps in a process. It's not just any process your pupils will have the honor to describe—they have the chance to tell how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, how to wash dishes, and how to set up a lemonade stand!

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Concepts

descriptive writing, multi-step directions, giving directions, sequence of events, the writing process, transition words and phrases

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use all three options or pick your favorite sequence of events to have your class describe in a step-by-step manner
  • Use the most generic graphic organizers and invite learners to describe processes of their own choosing

Pros

  • Provides suggestions for two possible lesson routes for the first task (one in which you actually make and eat sandwiches in class)
  • Comes with a word bank and several graphic organizers to support learners as they move through the writing process for each writing prompt
  • A rubric is also included

Cons

  • There are some minor grammar errors in the lesson plan

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