Lesson Plan #1

Grade: 2nd Social Studies Strand: Communities

Submitted By: Deborah Thompson

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2014 Instructor: Karen Powell

Lesson Plan #1 - Communities

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:

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This social studies lesson is for 2nd grade students to learn about the certain activities that occur in a community, as well as what activates their classmates do in the community. This lesson will be completed using Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p.36-39). C. Basic Information: Grade Level: 2 grade Time to Complete this Lesson: Approximately 50 minutes Groupings: Whole group discussion, partners for discussion, independent work for assessment

D. Materials: List of questions written on the board for whole group discussion. Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p.36-39).

E. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards G6.2.2 - Describe neighborhoods and communities as places where people live, work, and play. o Student-Friendly Standards G6.2.2 - I can explain neighborhoods and communities as places where people live, work, and play.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2014

Karen Powell- Instructor

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F. Vocabulary activity something that you spend time doing

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community a place where groups of people live neighborhood a part of a city of town community center a place where people go to meet other people and do things

G. Procedure: 1. Review Get Set to Read on TE 36 Explain the list of questions students will asking each other. Call students attention to the neighborhood activities on pg. 37 Identify & discuss some activities that occur in different neighborhoods. Introduce vocabulary (activity, community, neighborhood, community center )

2. As a class have the students take turns reading p. 36-39 3. Share with the class what are some activities in your community Examples to write on the board and share with class (mailing letters at Post Office, having a picnic in the park, going to the Public Library to read a new book) 4. Ask the questions from the margins in TE, to prepare students for independent practice. (TE 36) What is a neighborhood? (TE 37) What are some things you see on the neighborhood map on page 37? (TE 38) What is a community? (TE 38) How many neighborhoods are named on the map of Tampa community on page 38? H. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will have the students write down their answers to list of questions on the board. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students must correctly describe neighborhoods and communities as places where people live, work, and play I. Closure: Brief discussion about ways to improve a neighborhood.

J. Reflection:
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Lesson Plan #1 - Communities

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1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the easiest part to teach will be explain the vocabulary words. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the part of the lesson that me most challenging to teach would be getting the students to list what are things done in a community center. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? For a follow up lesson I would have the students interview a person in their communities. 4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For students who dont understand the lesson, I would review the lesson again and ask the students what are some of things they did over the weekend and ask them what their favorite places to go in their neighborhood. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? Having not completed the lesson I dont see anything that I might need to change. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part of the lesson was finding the correct NV State Standard for my lesson.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2014

Karen Powell- Instructor

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