LESSON PLAN NUMBER 5

Teacher Education Candidate Supervising Teacher UWG Supervisor

Kaleigh Patterson Mary Ann Smith Pamela Haynes

School: Mt. Zion Elementary Date of Implemented Lesson Plan: February 29, 2012

Block No. 2 Subject: Social Studies/Map Skills Grade Level: 3

Teaching Skills Focus for This Lesson: Instructional Clarity

Stage 1 The Desired Results Standards SS3G1 The student will locate major topographical features.

a. Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson.

b. Identify major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.

Specific Learning Objective(s) Students will locate the major rivers and mountain ranges in the United States.

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence Assessment Instrument (Ex. Test, Poster, Presentation, Worksheet of the United States (students will locate the major mountain Picture, etc.) ranges and rivers of the United States)

Evaluation (Grading) Instrument (Ex. Point System, Rubric, Pass/Fail Checklist, etc.) Stage 3 Learning Plans Materials Worksheet, Power Point, miniature Hershey kisses, and gum

Sequence of Teacher Actions  This Land is Your Land by Pete Seeger *Attention-Getter/Motivator  Talk about the various land forms in the United States *Tie to Previous Learning  Ask the students if they know any major rivers/mountain regions

*Significant Actions to Introduce  Review for CRCT and Guide Lesson Sequence of Student Actions  Students will listen to This Land is Your Land *Explain How Students Are  Students will watch interactive power point Engaged During Lesson  As the power point is going on students will “help” guide the * Explain How Students Discuss teacher to where the mountain ranges are located or Present Results of What  After the power point, the students will make their own sheet of They Did During the Lesson where the major mountain ranges (miniature Hershey kisses) and rivers (peppermint gum) are located in the United States and locate each one.

Teacher’s Lesson Closure/Wrap- Up/Transition Teacher will bring the class back together and call on various students to come to the Smart board to locate the mountain ranges and rivers

Adaptations for Exceptional Students (Anyone who requires A map with the mountain ranges and rivers actually located on it to help guide the modifications for their needs) students to the right direction

Related Activities/Extensions (What can students do who need What mountain range/river am I? paragraph more than is in the lesson? Should (Students will have to figure out which mountain range or river is being described) be related to lesson.) Connections to Other Disciplines None

Candidate’s Reflection After the Lesson: Submit Lesson Plan Agenda with this Lesson Plan

Essential Question:

1. What are the major mountain ranges and rivers in the United States?

Agenda:

1. This Land is Your Land 2. Power point 3. Worksheet 4. Smart Board closing of map