Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition

Submitted By: Robyn Bolton

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell

Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition

submitted by: Robyn Bolton

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson will go over what a community is and the importance of laws in the community as well as what role authority plays in the community. This lesson uses the 3rd Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Communities, pages 6-13. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3rd Grade Skill Level: All learning levels Grouping: Whole group reading, small group discussion, independent work and assessment. C. Materials: Houghton Mifflin 3rd grade Social Studies textbook Vocabulary List Paper & Pencils

D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C 13.3.1 Identify and discuss examples of rules, laws, and authorities that keep people safe and properties secure.

Student-Friendly Standards C 13.3.1 I will learn the importance of laws and authority in my community.

E. Procedure: 1. Each student will get a printout of the vocabulary words (community, law, citizen). As a whole group the students, along with the teacher will fill out the definitions of the words together. 2. In small groups students will discuss who lives in their community and what role they think they play in the community. 3. The class will then come together as a whole group and students will discuss what they have talked about in their small groups and students will discuss what role they think authority and laws play in the community. 4. As a whole group the students will read pages 6-9 of the textbook. As we read we will stop and discuss the questions that are on the sides of the teachers edition. 5. CLOSURE: As a whole group students will discuss the three points in the Review/Assess section of the teachers edition, (page 9). F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?
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Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition

submitted by: Robyn Bolton

Students will be given a copy of the vocabulary and study guide to fill out. Students will also complete the lesson review at the end of the lesson on page 9 by themselves.

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. To make sure that students have learned the concepts from this lesson, (why authority and laws is important in the community) students will be answering the critical thinking questions that are in the teachers edition of the book by themselves. This shows that they have understood the concept.

G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? What a community is and what roles are in the community. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? What the laws are in the community, what authority is and what the importance of each is. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I will have the students read the poem on page 12 and then they will do the language art activity that is in the teachers edition of writing their own poem about their community from a first person point of view. 4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? As a whole group we will use the word map that is mentioned on page 9 to reteach what community consists of. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I think I might need to split teaching what a community is and authority and law into two different lessons so that it doesnt confuse or overwhelm students. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? Finding the objectives to go with my lesson was the most difficult part of making this lesson.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition

Sample of Vocabulary and Study Guide

submitted by: Robyn Bolton

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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