2nd Grade The Book Of Mistakes Lesson Plan Example

Topic: Making mistakes and learning from them

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will understand the importance of making mistakes and how they can learn from them.

Materials

• Copies of the book, The Book of Mistakes
• Colored pencils or markers

Warm-up

• Ask students if they have ever made a mistake or done something wrong.
• Ask them to share an example of a mistake they have made.
• Ask them how they felt about making the mistake and how they learned from it.

 

Pre-reading

• Ask students if they know what a mistake is.
• Define a mistake as something that is not correct or accurate.
• Read the title of the book, The Book of Mistakes, to the students and ask them if they think the book will be about mistakes.
• Ask students to guess what the book might be about based on the title.
• Explain that we will be reading the book together to find out what the author is trying to say about mistakes.
• Ask students to take out their pencils and their reading notes sheet.
• Go over the reading strategies and reminders with the students (e.g. looking for words that sound the same, underlining key words or phrases, making predictions).
• Read the book as a class, stopping at different points to discuss what we have read and make predictions about what might happen next.
• After reading the book, discuss with the students what they think the author is trying to say about mistakes.
• Ask the students to share their own thoughts and experiences about mistakes.

Reading

• Divide the students into small groups and give each group a copy of the book, The Book of Mistakes.
• Have the students re-read the book, highlighting or underlining key words or phrases in the book.
• Have the students use their reading notes sheet to write down their thoughts and ideas about the book.
• Have the students share their highlighted or underlined key words or phrases and thoughts and ideas with the class.
• As a class, discuss the themes and messages about mistakes that the students found in the book.

Post-reading

• Ask the students to think about a time when they made a mistake.
• Have the students share their stories with the class.
• Ask the students to think about a time when they saw someone else make a mistake.
• Have the students share their stories with the class.
• As a class, discuss the themes and messages about mistakes that the students found in the stories.
• Encourage the students to think about how they can apply the messages about mistakes to their own lives.
• Have the students brainstorm ideas for ways they can avoid making mistakes in the future.
• Have the students share their ideas with the class.
• As a class, discuss the themes and messages about mistakes that the students found in the book.

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