Geography Lesson Plan

Maps: Grade 1
I. SOL and Learning Objective
Learning Objective: Students will be able to identiy i!portant eatures o a !ap.
Learning Objective: Students will be able to deter!ine the appropriate cardinal directions to use
when guiding a class!ate.
"irginia Social Studies SOL 1.# $he student will develop !ap s%ills by
a& recogni'ing basic !ap sy!bols( including reerences to land( water( cities( and
roads)
b& using cardinal directions on !aps)
"irginia *cono!ics SOL 1.+ $he student will e,plain that people !a%e choices because they
cannot have everything they want.
"irginia *cono!ics SOL 1.- $he student will recogni'e that people save !oney or the uture to
purchase goods and services
"irginia *nglish SOL 1.. $he student will adapt or change oral language to it the situation.
a& Initiate conversation with peers and adults.
b& /ollow rules or conversation using appropriate voice level in s!all0group
settings.
c& 1s% and respond to 2uestions.
"irginia *nglish 1.13 $he student will read and de!onstrate co!prehension o a variety o
noniction te,ts.
b& 4se prior and bac%ground %nowledge as conte,t or new learning.
c& Set a purpose or reading.
d& Identiy te,t eatures such as pictures( headings( charts( and captions.
& 1s% and answer who( what( where( when( why( and how 2uestions about what is
read.
g& Identiy the !ain idea.
"irginia Math SOL 1.1# $he student will investigate( identiy( and describe various or!s o data
collection 5e.g.( recording daily te!perature( lunch count( attendance( avorite ice crea!&(
using tables( picture graphs( and object graphs.
"irginia Math SOL 1.16 $he student will interpret inor!ation displayed in a picture or object
graph( using the vocabulary !ore( less( ewer( greater than( less than( and e2ual to.
"irginia /ine 1rts SOL 1.17 $he student will use !otor s%ills 5e.g.( cutting( !odeling( !olding(
tearing( weaving& to create two0 and three0di!ensional wor%s o art.
"irginia Music SOL 1.7 $he student will de!onstrate various uses o the voice( including
1. singing high and low pitches)
7. using the voice in speech and song
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"irginia Music SOL 1.19 $he student will e,plain the purposes o !usic in various settings.
"irginia :ance SOL :I.1 $he student will de!onstrate correct align!ent o spine and li!bs
while standing in a variety o dance shapes and while !oving through space.
"irginia :ance SOL :I.7 $he student will develop dance techni2ue s%ills( including strength(
le,ibility( coordination( balance( and endurance( in response to visual and vocal pro!pts.
"irginia :ance SOL :I.. $he student will peror! e,tended !ove!ent se2
II. Materials
Teacher
MyOn boo%
Labeled walls 5should be done already&
/oldable wor%sheets or students
*,a!ple o oldable
S!artboard with predesigned graph
Students
Scissors
8rayons
Pencils
III. Procedures
Introduction 513016 !inutes&
1s% students:
0;hy would we use a !ap today<
0I you could travel anywhere( where would you go< 5Let students turn and tal% with a partner&
0;e will then raise our hands to vote or places we would want to travel) choices would
be the beach( the !ountains( a la%e( or stay at ho!e.
01s a class( we would graph our results.
0;hy do you thin% we have to choose just one place to visit< 5listen or answers about cost&
0Students should identiy that we cannot always get what we want and we oten need to
!a%e econo!ic choices. ;e can save !oney to help with choices in the uture.
5*8O=OMI8S LI=>&
*,plain to the students that we will be giving directions to a partner and helping the! get bac% to
their des%. $he guiding students will loo% at the cardinal directions on the wall to help guide the
partner. $hey will have to tell the! north( east( south( west and get the partner ro! their spot on
the carpet to their des%. $hey !ust guide their partner around ite!s in the classroo! 5the table in
the !iddle o the roo!( other des%s( trashcans( etc.&
$he other partner will be giving directions ro! the des%s bac% to the carpet when the ne,t
activity is over.
III. Procedures cont. 516073 !inutes&
;e will be co!pleting a !ap lip boo%. $he students will need to old the two sides to
the !iddle.
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$hen( the students will cut the olded lats to the creased line.
$he students will open each lap and ollow the directions 5students will need to color the
land green( color water blue( write the na!e o a city( and draw the sy!bol or roads&.
;hen inished( the students will turn this in to be assessed.
III. Procedures cont. 516073 !inutes&
$he students will pair up with their sa!e partners. $he opposite partner will guide the
student bac% to their spot on the carpet.
;hen on the carpet( the students will listen to 5and ollow along& to a MyOn boo%
entitled If Maps Could Talk
III. Procedures cont. 5+013 !inutes&
;e will be then practice a song about !aps and where we live that the students were
introduced to at the beginning o the year. ;e will also practice the !otions.
Extensions
I". 1ssess!ent
$he students ability to guide class!ates bac% to their seats and to their des%s will be
assessed.
$he !ap oldable will be assessed or accuracy.
". :ierentiation
$he MyOn boo% will help students who are !ore auditory and visual.
$hin%0Pair0Share and turn and tal% were utili'ed throughout the lesson.
Multiple levels o 2uestions were as%ed to engage students o all abilities. $his also
pro!pted higher level thin%ing and enrich!ent or higher students.
;hole0to0part e,plorations
Oering a variety o ways to de!onstrate %nowledge. 8reating a oldable and verbally
responding.
*,tra ti!e will be given to certain students who re2uire it.
"I. Multiple Intelligences
Intrapersonal0 independently creating the
Linguistic0 hearing the boo% read aloud
Musical0 students will practice a song
>inesthetic0 students will be allowed to !ove around when guiding eachother around the
roo! using cardinal directions. Students will also dance and use !otions while singing.
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