Three Branches of Government Float Lesson

Chrissy Davis 11/18/2013

2 Lesson Plan (based on AR Teaching Standards) Teacher candidate: Chrissy Davis Subject(s): Social Studies Topic(s): United States Government Grade: 5th

Circle the Blooms Domains that appl :

Cognitive

Affective

Psychomotor

!r"ansas #rame$or"s (complete S%&s): or Common Core Standards

C'(')'* +eco,ni-e that the !r"ansas and the United States ,overnments are composed o. three branches: o e/ecutive o le,islative o judicial CCSS'&%!0%iterac '1')'2 Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build "no$led,e throu,h investi,ation o. di..erent aspects o. a topic' CCSS'&%!0%iterac '1')'* 1rite opinion pieces on topics or te/ts3 supportin, a point o. vie$ $ith reasons and in.ormation'

%en,th o. lesson (speci. be,innin, and endin, time): Start 2:25 /Finish_3:15_

Learning Goals/Objectives4Stds 4-8 5 The students $ill $rite dail journal prompts and e/it slips' 5 The students $ill construct a .loat that relates to one o. the three branches o. our ,overnment' Considering Prior Knowledge Stds 1-5 ! Students have prior "no$led,e o. the three branches o. ,overnment .rom the .ourth ,rade' St"dent Gro"#ing4Stds 1-$ 8 Students $ill be ,rouped in ,roups o. .our' There $ill be 6 ,roups' 7 chose this ,roupin, because 7 $ant the students to be assi,ned one branch o. our ,overnment and create a .loat to,ether that visuall displa s ho$ the branch $or"s' 2

%eac&ing 'et&ods4Stds 4 ( !-8 7 chose hands0on because 7 $ant the students to $or" to,ether to research and create a visual reminder o. each branch o. ,overnment' L)SSO* +)SC,-P%-O*/.C%-/-%-)S0Stds 1-8 Proced"res *' 7ntroduction: state objectives, activate bac !ro"n# no$%e#!e an# e&'eriences, en!a!e %earners, connect
'revio"s%y %earne# content Projecte# (ime: _5)* min"tes___ Bell +in,er: 9ournal :rompt The hardest thin, about bein, president $ould be;

2' %esson Content:

Projecte# (ime: _+, min"tes___

1ould an one li"e to share their journal entr < #or the past $ee" $e have tal"ed about our three branches o. ,overnment' Can an one tell me $hat ou have learned about the e/ecutive branch< 1hat about the le,islative branch< Can ou tell me about the judicial branch< Great 9ob' 7 thin" ou are reall ,ettin, this' Toda $e are ,oin, to start a .un project' 7 $ant ou to ,et into si/ ,roups' That $ill mean that ou need to have .our people in our ,roup' 7 am ,oin, to $al" around to each ,roup and ou are ,oin, to dra$ a piece o. paper out o. m ba,' Do not loo" at our piece o. paper until ever ,roup ,ets one' =" ou can loo" at our paper' +aise our hand i. our paper sa s e/ecutive branch; %e,islative branch;9udicial branch' >o$ ou $ill notice that there are t$o ,roups doin, each branch? that is ,ood because ou $ill have di..erent ideas and our project $ill loo" di..erent' 7 have handed out an instruction paper about this project' %ets loo" over that paper' @ou $ill create a rollin, .loat (li"e the Aac s da parade .loats3 but much smaller)' @our .loat should be the si-e o. a shoe bo/ (7 alread have them)3 it needs to roll and ou need to be able to pull it' @ou $ill decorate our .loat on the outside and the inside $ith items that ,o

( $ith the branch o. ,overnment that ou have chosen' 7 do not $hat ou to ,o out and bu thin,s to put on the .loat' 7t should be thin,s ou can create3 dra$ or brin, .rom home' >e/t $ee" our ,roup $ill tell the class about our branch o. ,overnment and $hat it is responsible .or' Toda $e are ,oin, to ,o to the computer lab so that ou can research thin,s that ou $ant to put on our .loat'

8' Closure:
Projecte# (ime: __5)* min"tes___

&/it Slip: 7 $ant each ,roup to tell me one thin, that ou $ant to have on our .loat and $h ' 1rite our branch o. ,overnment on the paper and our names' 1hen ou are done brin, me our e/it slip and ou are .ree to ,o to our ne/t class' (' &/tensions: 5 5 5 5 http:BBbens,uide',po',ovB80)B,overnmentBbranches'html 7. ou could as" the president to do one thin,3 $hat $ould it be< Should $e have a .emale president< http:BB"ids'usa',ovBthree0branches0o.0,overnmentBinde/'shtml

'aterials and %ec&nolog10.4 5 Computer %ab 5 Te/t boo" 5 Aar"ersB cra ons 5 paper 5 Shoe bo/es 5 7tems to put in the bo/es .ssess2ent -n3or2al D.ormativeE &/it Slip 9ournal chec" +ubric .or the .loat Cand/or -both are not re."ire#/ 4or2al DsummativeE

) 'odi3ications or .cco22odations #or the stru,,lin, students 7 $ill ma"e sure their peer budd is $ith them to assist them in an $a ' 7. the need .arther help 7 $ill assist them'