Title of Unit: Geography Title of Lesson: City, Town, Suburb Submitted By: Denise Crosby

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is designed for 1st grade students to learn the human and physical geography of cities, suburbs, towns, and farms. This lesson uses the 1st Grade Houghton Mifflin Social studies textbook School and Family (p. 102-105) B. Target Population: Grade Level: 1st grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading and discussions, independent for activity and assessment C. Materials: Houghton Mifflin 1st Grade Social Studies textbook School and Family Study Guide (Unit Resource p. 30) as assessment Reading Skill (Unit Resource p. 29) for each child see last page of lesson plan for sample Photographs of farms, towns, and cities for sorting activity D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o G7.1.3 Identify characteristics of rural and urban communities. Student-Friendly Standards

I can tell the difference between cities, towns, and suburbs.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to the Notes on TE p. 102 Get Set to Read Assist students in classifying information about cities, towns, and suburbs in a large chart as we read. Introduce vocabulary (city, town, suburb)

2. As a class, read p. 102-105, stopping to ask question as indicated in the margins of the TE. 3. Students should take notes and record information on their Study Guide while we are reading. 4. Ask questions listed in the margins of the TE as an ongoing check for understanding. Focus on the Build Vocabulary in TE margins on p. 103 5. CLOSURE: Discuss the two questions in the Review/Assess section of TE p. 105.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: Geography Title of Lesson: City, Town, Suburb Submitted By: Denise Crosby

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Using the Study Guide (Unit Resource p. 30) as an resource, I will create clozed sentences for the students fill in the blanks with the correct answers: city, suburb, or town. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students must show understanding by matching the correct vocabulary word with the correct clue.

G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? The easiest part of this lesson will be teaching the vocabulary word city and farm. Las Vegas provides a great example of a large city. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the challenge in teaching this lesson will be helping the children understand the difference of a town and suburb. They are small and everything looks like a great city to them 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? As an extension of this lesson, I would use Extend Lesson 5 (TE p. 106-107) about how San Francisco, California, grew from a town to a city. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For those students who are having difficulty understanding the concepts of this lesson, I would use the Reteach Minilesson found on the bottom of TE p. 105 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I like this lesson and find it easy for the students to follow and understand. It gives a nice overview of each type of community. I would add photographs for a sorting activity that the students could work on individually making judgments of whether the photo depicted a city, town, or suburb. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part of this lesson was again the assessment. I thought the Study Guide Resource page to be more of an assessment type of document than a study guide and that is why I chose it.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: Geography Title of Lesson: City, Town, Suburb Submitted By: Denise Crosby

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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