EDEL453 Spring2014 KatherynBrown LP-1

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Lesson Plan #1

Grade: 2nd

Social Studies Strand: geography

Submitted By: Katheryn Brown

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science

Nevada State CollegeSpring 2014
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Lesson Plan #1geography submitted by:Katheryn Brown

Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor page 2

Instructor: Karen Powell

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:This social studies lesson is designed for 2

ndgrade students to explain the characteristics of a

community & a neighborhood and learn about living together in communities and neighborhoods.

This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 36-39).

C. Basic Information: Grade Level:2ndgrade Time to Complete this Lesson:approximately a 50 minute lesson Groupings:whole group reading

whole group discussions, questions, & answers

independent for activity (graphic organizers)independent for assessment (graphic organizers)

D. Materials: Reteach Minilesson, Graphic Organizer

(sample to the right )

*two for each student

Houghton Mifflin 2nd Grade SocialStudies Book: Neighborhoods(p. 36 - 39)

* one for each student

pencils* one for each student

E. Objectives:o NV State Social Studies Standards

G6.2.2

Describe neighborhoods & communities as places where people live, work and play.

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I can explain neighborhoods & communities as places where people live, work and play.

F. Vocabulary neighborhood:a part of a city or town

Example: you and your neighbors live in a neighborhood

community:a place where a group of people liveExample: cities and towns are communities

G. Procedure:1. Refer to notes on Core Lesson 2, TE Get Set to Readpage 36.

Refer to notes on Core Lesson 2, TE Teach page 37.

Explain:a) what community is

b) that the word community is related to a Latin word meaning shared with others

c) what a neighborhood is

Introduce key vocabulary words:1) community 2) neighborhood

Group discussionasking students to answer the following questions:

a) Do you live in a community, neighborhood, or both?

b) Who do you consider to be your neighbor?c) What are some times when people in your community get together?

d) Who are some people who live near you? (they are your neighbors)

Call students attention tothe map on page 39.

a) Who do you think the people are?

b) Where are they?c) What are they doing?

2. As a class, read pages 3639. Ask group discussion questions again for ongoing understanding.

Group discussionasking students to answer the following questions:

a) Do you live in a community, neighborhood, or both?

b) Who do you consider to be your neighbor?

c) What are some times when people in your community get together?d) Who are some people who live near you? (they are your neighbors)

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H. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?

2 - Reteach Minilesson, Graphic Organizers

(one for neighborhood, one for community)

Students will independently complete 2 graphic organizers by writing or drawing 6

characteristics related to a community and 6 characteristics related to a neighborhood.

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.Students must be able to identify 6 different characteristics in their community and 6 different

characteristics in their neighborhood. Using the graphic organizers will show if students

understand the description of neighborhoods & communities as places where people live, workand play.

I. Closure:

Review/Assess Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 39)Ask students to share their graphic organizers, explaining what one characteristic they wrote or

drew identified a neighborhood and/or a community.

J. Reflection:

1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?

The easiest lesson for me to teach will be the use of the community map to visually show

my students places that people live, work and play.

2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?The most challenging part of this lesson will be explaining how a neighborhood fits into a

community.

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?I will extend this lesson using Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoodsextend lesson 2, Maggie Cervantes (p. 4041).

4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?To help students who dont grasp the concepts, I would extend the study to include the

challenge practice on the bottom of page 37. This challenge includes using internet

resources to find maps of our community, giving them a realistic visual of their own

community. I would again ask the group discussion questions to the entire class, letting them

point out the answers on the community pictures.


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5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?This lesson went hand in hand with the 2

ndgrade state standard, identifying every aspect of

communities and neighborhoods. I wouldnt change anything about this lesson.

6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?The most difficult part of this lesson plan, for me, was finding a lesson plan to go with the

NV State Social Studies Standard that I chose. Several of the lessons for 2nd

grade

overlapped with the state standard.

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