SIOP ®

Lesson Plan Template 4

Key: SW = Students will TW = Teachers will SWBAT = Students will be able to ... HOTS = Higher Order Thinking
Skills

SIOP ® LESSON TITLE: Thanksgiving

CONTENT STANDARD(S):
TEACHER: Amy Velasquez
Perspectives GRADE: 3rd
SS.H.2.3: Describe how significant people, events, and developments have
shaped their own community and region.

KEY VOCABULARY: VISUALS / RESOURCES / SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

Landed Worksheet on filling in the blanks

Pilgrims Matching worksheet with questions

Turkey Worksheet with history on thanksgiving

Landed Writing utensils
HOTS:

Students will be required to recall the factual

information they read and use it to help them fill in
the blanks (remembering)

Students will be using what they learned to then

label events in the correct sequence (apply)

Students will organize images with their

corresponding event (analyze)
CONNECTIONS TO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE / BUILDING BACKGROUND:
Students will be on their fourth holiday and have an idea of what will be worked on after learning facts about the holiday
CONTENT OBJECTIVE(S):
Students will be able to
identify events that led to
thanksgiving
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE(S):
Students will be able to orally
match an image to an event
that occurred
MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES:
Worksheet with facts on the
history of thanksgiving
MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES:
Students will label an event on a
worksheet. The worksheet will
contain six events.
REVIEW / ASSESSMENT:
Students will be able to use what they read on the
facts worksheet to complete the fill in the blank’s
worksheet. The worksheet will contain a passaged
based on the events that led up to the holiday and
they will fill it using a word bank provided for
them.
REVIEW / ASSESSMENT:
The worksheet will also contain six corresponding
images. The student will be required to orally name
the image and match the images to the correct
event they previously numbered.