Free Grade 1 Introducing Show Not Tell Lesson Plans
Free Grade 1 lesson plans for Introducing Show Not Tell. Minute-by-minute plan with objectives, timings and differentiation. Introducing Show Not Tell is a chapter within Show Not Tell: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
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Learning objectives
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- RememberIdentify introducing show not tell
Identify introducing show not tell accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain introducing show not tell
Explain introducing show not tell accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate introducing show not tell
Calculate introducing show not tell accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare introducing show not tell
Compare introducing show not tell accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Introducing Show Not Tell works
Introducing Show Not Tell is a chapter within Show Not Tell: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
Worked examples
Apply Introducing Show Not Tell in a routine context.
- Read the problem and name what Introducing Show Not Tell is being used for.
- Set out the method exactly as modelled in the lesson.
- Complete the calculation or reasoning step by step.
- Check the answer against an estimate or the original condition.
Apply Introducing Show Not Tell in a multi-step context.
- Read the problem and name what Introducing Show Not Tell is being used for.
- Set out the method exactly as modelled in the lesson.
- Complete the calculation or reasoning step by step.
- Check the answer against an estimate or the original condition.
Apply Introducing Show Not Tell in a unfamiliar context.
- Read the problem and name what Introducing Show Not Tell is being used for.
- Set out the method exactly as modelled in the lesson.
- Complete the calculation or reasoning step by step.
- Check the answer against an estimate or the original condition.
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Common mistakes
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Confident students rush introducing show not tell and skip the checking step.
Correction: Build in an estimate-before-solve routine so an unreasonable answer stands out.
Learners over-generalise a special case of introducing show not tell to every situation.
Correction: Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
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- Start with Dialogue. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the lesson plan sequenced?
- Recognition first, then understanding, application, reasoning and finally mastery — the same ladder used across every free resource on the platform.
- What comes next after Introducing Show Not Tell?
- Move on to Working with Show Not Tell, Show Not Tell in Context, Story Openings, Descriptive Writing, which build directly on this idea.
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