Lesson Plan #1
Grade: 1 Social Studies Strand: Geography
Submitted By: Jennifer Hemsath
EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2014 Instructor: Karen Powell
Lesson Plan #1 - Geography
B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:
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This social studies lesson is designed for 1st grade students to learn that our earth is made up of continents and oceans. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook School and Family: (p. 74-77). C. Basic Information: Grade Level: 1st grade Time to Complete this Lesson: approximately 50 minutes Groupings: whole group reading & discussions, independent for activity & assessment
D. Materials: Paper map of the earth Small globes for each group Houghton Mifflin 1st Grade Social Studies Book: School and Family (p.74-77)- for each student Paper and pencils Markers Map handouts- assessment E. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o G5.1.1- Differentiate between and identify water and land on a map and globe and use the terms ocean and continent. G5.1.1- I can explain where I see water and land on a map or globe and use new vocabulary, ocean and continent.
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F. Vocabulary Continent- a very large area of land. Ocean- a large body of salty water. Map- a drawing of a place, such as the earth, that shows a view from above. Globe- a model of the Earth. Earth- the planet on which we live.
G. Procedure:
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1. Refer to notes on TE 74 Get Set to Read.
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Show students at map of the world at the front of the class. Also present a globe. Explain that the class will read from the text and then fill out a Compare and Contrast chart in small groups. Call students attention to the map on p. 75 (as shown below in the TE), or the one at the front of the class. Identify & discuss the differences between how land looks and how water looks on the map. How can you tell land from ocean on this map? Pass out small globes for groups. Discuss the different continents. Introduce vocabulary (continent, ocean, Earth, map, globe)
2. Have groups read p. 74-76. 3. Groups will then fill in the Compare and Contrast chart. 4. Groups will share what they have written the charts. Put these contributions on the board for all varieties of entries to be expressed in front of the whole class. 5. Ask questions, referring to Talk About It TE 76 and Lesson Review TE 77:
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(TE 76) What is a continent? (TE 76) How many continents does the Earth have? (TE 76) What continent do we live on? (TE 77) Tell something you know about continents and oceans.
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H. Assessment:
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What will you use to measure student understanding?
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Give each student a map and colored markers. Students will trace and label the continents. Students will then label the oceans. Students will also submit and answer for: Tell two ways that the globe and the map of the world are the same. (TE 81 Practice the Skill)
Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students must be able to identify the continents by shape and labeled by name. The oceans must also be labeled. This will show whether or not students understand the concept of land and water as well as the new terms/names that we have gone over in our lesson. Students will also be able to express the differences between the map and the globe. I. Closure: Quick discussion of the Vocabulary, Main Idea, and Activity points in the Lesson Review TE 77. (above)
J. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I feel very comfortable with this lesson and think that it will be easy to teach. I think that it will be easiest for the students to grasp the differences between the land and oceans.
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2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?
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It may be more difficult to get students to understand that there are different continents and that those continents all have names. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I would follow up with the TE section on the Pacific Ocean TE & SE 78-79 shown below. Students would better understand that there is more to this water such as ocean life, places of the deep that people have never seen, and the benefits that people are provided from the ocean.
4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I liked the TE section for ELL students (TE 75 above). I believe that repetition would be helpful when identifying continents and oceans while spinning a globe and then stopping with a finger placed on one or the other. This would also be fun. The repetition would be helpful but not boring. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I like my lesson, but if anything, I might want to make the closure a little more interesting/exciting.
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6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part was explaining the procedure. I tend to be lengthy and it is hard to keep concise, but descriptive. I am also always a little challenged when trying to find the standard that meets the lesson I want to teach.
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