College of Professional Studies: Department of Education
Teacher Candidate: Matthew Chesebrough Date: April 8 th , 2014 School: Anne Bailey Elementary School Grade/Subject: 3 rd /Social Studies-Reading Lesson Topic: The South East INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES/ STUDENT OUTCOMES During this lesson and at its conclusion students will: 1. Will use a writing prompt (picture) to give students a focal point to write on, 2. Name the important attributes of the South East including states, geography and commerce 3. Discuss the South East states during the review 4. Discuss economies of the South East and how they affect international markets. Focus on the ideas of international commerce via super barges and the importance of docks located in the South East. The South East has some of the largest port cities in the United States of America and we will discuss the importance of the commercial hubs.
WV CSOs SS.3.H.CL1.5-make historical inferences by analyzing artifacts and illustrations ELA.3.R.C1.4-ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of an informational text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers ELA.3.W.C9.2-write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information. Provide a concluding statement or section.
NATIONAL STANDARDS VI. Governance, Economy, Geography Teachers of the early grades can provide learners with experiences that give them an understanding of the characteristics and purposes of geographic representations, such as maps, globes, and satellite-produced images. Learners can be helped to understand their local community and nearby communities. They can be taught the location of major physical and human features in the United States and on Earth and how these physical and human processes together shape places and ways of living. They can be given opportunities to understand how people depend upon and modify the physical environment, and how the physical environment can both accommodate and be endangered by human activities. They can be helped to understand how places, and peoples perceptions of places, change over time. Learners in the early grades can be introduced to the spatial dimensions of social and environmental problem.
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Overall Time - 60 minute lesson Time Frame 15 min. Writing prompt picture- Kentucky Derby 35 min. student activity in group 10 min. regroup for assessment and closure STRATEGIES Teacher/student led discussion Teacher modeling/demonstration Cooperative groups Writing Prompts
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION/ ADAPTATIONS/ INTERVENTIONS I have no students that need adaptive instructions.
PROCEDURES Introduction/ Lesson Set Assess prior knowledge of the South East by asking questions about states that make up the geographical area of the South East Writing prompt on picture of the Kentucky Derby
Body & Transitions Using the Smartboard- show them the Geographical area that makes up the South East and then we will recite the state names along with one fact from their textbooks We will discuss the economics and cultural aspect of the South East States Students will read their paragraphs on the writing prompts and discuss the ideas in their textbooks. The class will vote on the most descriptive and provide evidence for their decision
Closure
As a class we will review and summarize the objectives of todays lesson. Thumbs up or thumbs down if they liked, understood, and enjoyed the lesson. Homework will then be assigned.
Diagnostic: Assess students prior knowledge by giving a writing prompt s dealing with the South East. Walking around among the students to decide if they have enough prior knowledge to write on the Kentucky Derby Prompt (objective 1) Formative: Observe the students as they work During their presentations and our closing discussion, I will be listening and taking notes to assess their understanding and to see if I need to change the lesson for future teaching. (objectives 2 and 3)
Summative: During our closing discussion I will be assessing what the class as a whole can discuss pertaining to the lesson objectives.
MATERIALS
Textbook Markers Smartboard Picture of Kentucky Derby
EXTENDED ACTIVITIES If Student Finishes Early They will be asked to draw a picture of the activity that they would most like to do in the South East.
If Lesson Finishes Early I will pass out material and have the students draw a picture of the activity that they would most like to do in the South East. If Technology Fails If the technology fails, instead of showing visuals of the South East on the Smartboard, I will name them and give a little background information on each one. I will discuss the images of the Kentucky Derby and transition into the commerce of the states such as tourism, commercial fishing and transport of products via barges.
Development of Lesson Plan My cooperating teacher and I decided that we could incorporate the international concepts defined in the Task would be easily incorporated into our reading of the South East. The teacher, Miss Light, has mixed her Reading curriculum into her Social Studies lessons and has placed the emphasis on the students reading from the textbook. The students read out loud the passages and use evidence to point out the main ideas of each passage. We decided that it would be possible to have the students lead themselves through the lesson by pointing out vocabulary, content and facts by reading along with me from the textbook and then forming scaffolding of the concepts themselves. We decided that the Kentucky Derby picture would be an excellent way to transition into the lesson due to the closeness of Kentucky and the vivid visuals found within the picture. This allowed the kids to work on their writing skills and express themselves via the writing prompt. Plus the prompt allows for and easy transition into activities and commercial aspects of Kentucky which allows for another transition into the lesson on the states of the South East. We also discussed the importance of commercial hubs found in the South East and how those hubs can be used to incorporate the international aspect of the Task.
I have attached a few of the writing prompts paragraphs to the lesson plan for you to review.