Student Teaching Lesson Plan Template

Subject: Social Studies

Central Focus: Understanding urban, suburban and rural

communities

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:

English Language Arts

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g.,
maps, photographs) and the words in a text to
demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where,
when, why, and how key events occur).

Social Studies
3.H.1.3 Exemplify the ideas that were
significant in the development of
local communities and regions.

Date submitted: October 27, 2014

Date taught: October 27, 2014

Daily Lesson Objective: Using a pre-cut Triorama, students will label and draw a picture for each of the three

types of communities and give the definition of each.

21st Century Skills:
CORE SUBJECTS AND 21st CENTURY THEMES:

Global Awareness: Throughout the

whole lesson students are being
introduced to different types of
communities that may live in, have
visited or want to visit. Students are
learning that not everybody lives in the
same community.

COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION

Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Vocabulary):
Urban
Suburban
Rural
Communities

Collaboration: During the guided

practice students are working together in
their groups to come up with one
answer.
Prior Knowledge: Based on the North Carolina Essential standard 1.H.1.1 I expect students to be able to explain
how and why neighborhoods change over time, I expect students to be able to know what similarities and
differences are, and understand what a neighborhood or community is.

Activity

1. Focus and Review

Description of Activities and Setting

For warm up, there will be a picture displayed on the smartboard of

the city of Charlotte then and now. I will ask students:
Describe what you see in the picture
What are some similarities and differences about the city of
charlotte based on the pictures?
Describe where you live.
Do you think the community you live in now was the exact
same 10 years ago?

Time
3 min

2. Statement of
Objective
for Student

Today we will learn about communities in different times and places.

By then end of the lesson you will be able to describe what type of
community you live in and describe the similarities and differences
among communities in different places.

1 min

20 min

After the warm up I will tell students I know that communities

change over time. I know that some small communities have grown as
people and businesses moved there from other places. I will read to
learn how communities in different times and places are similar and
how they are different. (Communities in different times and places,
55-60). You should all be following along with me in your books as
I read I will start reading on page 56 and at the end of page 56 I will
ask students:
An Urban area is a city. Most cities today have busy streets
and tall buildings. How many of you think you live in an
urban area?
If you look at the picture in the top left corner at the bottom of the
page you will see a picture of present day charlotte and its tall
buildings. So would you consider charlotte an Urban area? Look at
the picture beside it. This is what charlotte looked like in the early
1920s. You can see how the community has grown a lot.

3. Teacher Input

4. Guided Practice

I will continue to read on page 57. Then I will stop and do a think
aloud.
A suburb or Suburban area is a smaller city or town near a
large city. When I think about a suburb I think about here,
Ballentyne is a suburb of charlotte. It is a smaller city outside
of a bigger city.
I will continue to read on page 58. Then I will stop to explain rural
areas.
A Rural area is an area in the countryside, away from cities
and large towns. Look at the bottom of the page you will see
that Rolesville is a rural area outside of charlotte. What do you
think rural areas look like today? Do you think rural areas have
changed as much as suburban and urban areas? What do people
do in rural areas today that people continue to do today?
I will continue reading on page 59.
After I finish reading I will say, From the readings we can see that
communities change overtime but people still do some of the things
that they did back then in those areas. In North Carolina we have many
different communities all over the state and each community depends
on each other. We need the rural areas to grow food, urban areas so
people will have places to work, shop, healthcare, education and
entertainment and the suburbs so people can get peace and quiet
outside of the city. It also provides jobs too. So can anybody tell me
what kind of community you live in? What makes it that kind of
community?
10 min

Here I will ask students to participate in a sorting game on the smart

board. The game requires students to tell me where each object (ex.
tall building, tractor, houses) goes, whether it belongs in a suburban,
urban or rural area. Students will work in teams at their groups to sort
the different objects in the correct community based on the
characteristics of each community. While students are collaborating I
will walk around the classroom and check for understanding. I will ask
students to justify their answers. If some students are having trouble I
will ask them So which community would you think this would best
fit in? Look back in your book at the different communities and see
what you come up with.
15 min

5. Independent Practice

6. Assessment Methods
of
all objectives/skills:

After the word sorting game I will show students my example of a

triorama and explain what I did to create it.
Today you will each create a triorama. Using your markers and
crayons and a pre-cut Triorama, you will label each triangle of your
triorama with one of the communities and draw a picture for each and
the definition. You will work alone on this project and your voices
should stay at a level 2.
Formative:
During the guided and independent practice I will walk around and check
for understanding
I will listen for explanations during the guided practice and guide students
to the right answers if they are not sure
Summative:
Students will Use a pre-cut square to create a triorama. Students will label and
draw a picture for each of the three types of communities. Each Triangle must be
labeled with a different type of community (Urban, Suburban, rural) and its
definition and an illustration to go along with it.
1 min

7. Closure

I will ask students to share their triorama with the class and tell me
about their community. I will ask students:
So what kind of community do you live in?
Why are communities important?
From what we learned today where do you think you would want to
live when you get older?

8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:

During the guided practice, students were able to give valid explanations of their
reasonings. Some students also counter argued with valid explanations. The
students seemed to have a solid understanding of communities and they were each
able to tell me what type of community they lived in and what characteristics
made it that type of community.

Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations

For ELLS I will have the text book pages

printed in their native language.
For students who I know might have
trouble folding the Triorama I will
demonstrate how to fold and glue it
together and let them used the one I
demonstrated with. I will also already
have the construction paper cut into
squares.

Materials/Technology:

Smart board
Construction paper
Glue sticks (17)
Crayons/Markers
Yarn
Social Studies text book

Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations

For students who dont have an understanding I

will print pictures of each type of community and
go over each of the characteristics with them in
small group
For advanced students I will ask them to think of
other places around the world that would
resemble each of the three types of communities