November25,2015ClassLength:1/2Hour

Lesson
Title/Focus

Class Lakeview Grade 4

Course

Social Studies

COURSE OUTCOMES
4.1ASenseoftheLand
Studentswilldemonstrateanunderstandingandappreciationofhowelementsof
physicalgeography,climate,geologyandpaleontologyareintegraltothelandscapes
andenvironmentofAlberta

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Studentswill:4.1.1valueAlbertasphysicalgeographyandnaturalenvironment:
appreciatehowAlbertasfossilheritagecontributestotheprovincesuniquecharacter
(LPP)
appreciatethevarietyandabundanceofnaturalresourcesinAlberta(ER,LPP)
appreciatehowlandsustainscommunitiesandqualityoflife(ER,LPP)
demonstratecareandconcernfortheenvironmentthroughtheirchoicesandactions
(LPP)
WhatarethesignificantnaturalresourcesinAlberta,andwherearetheylocated(e.g.,
mineraldeposits,coal,naturalgasandoil,forests)?(ER,LPP)

LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Attheendofthelesson,studentswilldemonstratetheirknowledgeofAlbertanatural
resourcesbyvisuallyandinwrittenformatdetailing6thingsaboutachosenresource.
(Studentsmaynotcompleteinoneclassperiod).

ASSESSMENT
TakeinthecomicstripsandprovidewrittenformativefeedbackonaPostIt

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Exemplar
ComicStrip6boxvisualorganizer
Textbook
Pencils
PencilCrayons

SmartNotebookFileNaturalResources

PREPARATION AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

CreateexemplaronSmartNotebook
Handouttextbooks
Havepagesontheexemplarthatstudentswilluseinthetextbook

PROCEDURE
Introduction
Gooverexpectationsforwork
10minutesoftryingbeforecomingtotheteacherwithquestions
Iwillbeavailableatthefronttable
Gooverexpectationsforcompletedwork
KeyQuestions:
WhereisitfoundinAlberta?
Howdoweuseit?
Howdoesextracting/usingitaffecttheenvironment?
Whatproductsaremadefromit?
Howdiditaffectthegrowthofsurroundingcommunities?

Body

Time
5 min

Time

Group Reading

Read the account of the Leduc oil discovery

Key Questions:
How did the people heat their homes before oil was
discovered?
Was the girl right about heating all of the homes in
Canada?
What do we do with oil today?

10 min

Creation

Students work on completing their comic strips

30 min

Modeling/
Exempar

Show student partially completed exemplar, give reasoning

for each picture chosen

5 min

Editing

Studentscanmakeanychangestheywanttototheirdraft
copy.

5 min

Closure

Time

DiscusswhatwelearnedaboutAlberta,discusseffectofresourcesonourlives

10 min

KeyQuestions:
Tellmeonewaythattheresourceyoupickedaffectsyourlife
Tellmeonethingyoulearnedabouthowyourresourceaffectsthe
environment
Tellmeonewaythatwecanmakethebestuseofthelimitedamountof
theresourceyoupicked

Explaingroupteachingwewilldousingtheinformationfromthetablegroups
comicstrips

Additional Notes:
Exemplar to be shown for 5 minutes, students can take a look, but need to remove it so students
dont rely on it too much, or just copy what is there.
Differentiation:
ESL students - bring students together at front table once everyone is working. Ensure that
instructions are understood. They can focus on visual representations if they want to
demonstrate understanding that they cant capture in written format.
Autistic Spectrum Student - EA will be working one on one, focus on one topic at a time and focus
on determining what are key points in the text.
ADHD: Sticky notes to help him focus on getting his ideas into manageable chunks.