Lesson one Day two

Daily topic: Create a Brochure Social Studies

Objectives: Students will create a brochure on a parish in Louisiana. They will include
the history of the parish, fun facts, and interesting places. Students will then present their
brochure.

Procedures:
Teacher will introduce the lesson by using a Kahoot on Louisiana parishes.
Students will create a brochure using the Microsoft Publisher template provided.

Materials:
Computer
Internet Connection
Microsoft Publisher
Printer

Accommodations for students with: special needs, non-native, and gifted.

Students will be provided extra assistance if needed

Standard: Social Studies Grade-Level Expectations: Grade 3

Geography Standard 3 Maps and Globes
3.3.3 Locate various communities and cities in Louisiana using cardinal and
intermediate directions
3.3.4 Locate and label major geographic features of Louisiana on a map
3.3.5 Differentiate between a town, parish, state, and country in which the student
lives using a political map
 Rubric:

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Contributions Routinely provides Usually provides useful Sometimes provides Rarely provides
useful ideas when ideas when useful ideas when useful ideas when
participating in the participating in the participating in the participating in the
group and in classroom group and in classroom group and in group and in
discussion. A definite discussion. A strong classroom discussion. classroom discussion.
leader who contributes group member who A satisfactory group May refuse to
a lot of effort. tries hard! member who does participate.
what is required.
Quality of Provides work of the Provides high quality Provides work that Provides work that
Work highest quality. work. occasionally needs to usually needs to be
be checked/redone by checked/redone by
other group members others to ensure
to ensure quality. quality.

Time- Routinely uses time Usually uses time well Tends to procrastinate, Rarely gets things
management well throughout the throughout the project, but always gets things done by the deadlines
project to ensure things but may have done by the deadlines. AND group has to
get done on time. procrastinated on one Group does not have adjust deadlines or
Group does not have to thing. Group does not to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities
adjust deadlines or have to adjust work responsibilities because of this
work responsibilities deadlines or work because of this person\'s inadequate
because of this responsibilities because person\'s time management.
person\'s of this person\'s procrastination.
procrastination. procrastination.
Working with Almost always listens Usually listens to, Often listens to, shares Rarely listens to,
Others to, shares with, and shares, with, and with, and supports the shares with, and
supports the efforts of supports the efforts of efforts of others, but supports the efforts of
others. Tries to keep others. Does not sometimes is not a others. Often is not a
people working well cause \"waves\" in the good team member. good team player.
together. group.

Focus on the Consistently stays Focuses on the task and Focuses on the task Rarely focuses on the
task focused on the task what needs to be done and what needs to be task and what needs
and what needs to be most of the time. Other done some of the time. to be done. Lets
done. Very self- group members can Other group members others do the work.
directed. count on this person. must sometimes nag,
prod, and remind to
keep this person on-
task.