Lesson Plan

Responsibility Lesson Plan: Middles Edition

Own mistakes, keep promises, time real chores, and share the work fairly at home.

This is the Middles Edition of Responsibility: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 4-6. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What makes someone dependable, and how do you fix it when you let someone down?

The Week

• Mon: Someone to Count On (Reading) • Tue: The Fix-It Scene (Writing & Words) • Wed: Estimate vs. Actual (Science & Math) • Thu: Mine, Shared or Grown-Up? (Hands-on Project) • Fri: The Fair Share Wheel (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Responsibility has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 4-6 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Middles (grades 4-6), about 60 to 90 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Estimate vs. Actual
• Sequence cards (Owning a Mistake) and a cut-and-sort page (Whose Responsibility?)
• Writing page: The Fix-It Scene
• Hands-on project: The Fair Share Wheel
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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