WVSU Teacher Candidates : Kathryn West, Brett Dodrill, Garrett Grafton, Amy Haden

Date : To Be Determined
School : Mary C. Snow Elementary
Grade/Subject : 3rd and 4th
Unit Topic : Ecuador
Lesson Topic : Ecuador housing, culture, sports and recreation, communication,
geography, principle products, names to remember, important dates
Lesson : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES/ STUDENT OUTCOMES
1. Students will learn about the everyday forms of communication among Ecuadorian
people, as well as what they enjoy doing for recreation.
2. Students will learn how Indigenous Ecuadorian themes are represented in Ecuador
culture, art, and music.
WV CSOS
SS2.G.2 - identify continents oceans on a map and globe
SS.4.H.Cl1.3 - compare and contrast backgrounds, motivations, and occupational skills
between English, French and Spanish settlers (e.g., economics, culture, trade, new
agricultural products, etc.).
NATIONAL STANDARDS
NCSS Standard 3: This theme helps learners to develop their spatial views and
perspectives of the world, to understand where people, places, and resources are
located and why they are there, and to explore the relationship between human beings
and the environment. In schools, this theme typically appears in courses dealing with
geography and area studies, but it is also important for the study of the geographical
dimension of other social studies subjects.
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Overall Time 45 min.
Time Frame
Intro
5 minutes
PowerPoint
20 minutes
Word Search
10 minutes
Closure
5 minutes

STRATEGIES
PowerPoint Presentation
Word Search Puzzle
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION/ ADAPTATIONS/ INTERVENTIONS
The visual presentation in PowerPoint provides UDL and adapts to visual learners, since
it primarily uses pictures to convey meaning.
Auditory learning will be provided simply by explaining things to the students, such as
things that must be inferred by looking at a picture, and is not explicitly presented.
Hands on learners will be able to use the word search to see some of the main words
from the PowerPoint.
PROCEDURES: Introduction/ Lesson Set
State Objectives: Today we will learn (restate objectives in kids language)
First we are going to watch a PowerPoint, then they we are going to do a word search.
But first we are going to find out what we already know about Ecuador.

PROCEDURES:
Introduction
Diagnostic questions
PowerPoint
Word Search
Close
PROCEDURES: Closure

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3.
4.

ASSESSMENT: Diagnostic
What do you know about Ecuador?
Does anyone know where Ecuador might be on the map?
What do you think is the most common language spoken in Ecuador?
Do you know what the most popular sport in Ecuador is?
ASSESSMENT: Formative
Ask them questions to check for understanding as our lesson rolls along.

ASSESSMENT: Summative
1. Word Search
MATERIALS
Computer capable of running Microsoft PowerPoint
Projector technology
EXTENDED ACTIVITIES
If Student Finishes Early: Review information
If Lesson Finishes Early: Review information
If Technology Fails: Have backup printed papers
POST-TEACHING
Reflections
I am not an Elementary School major, but I really enjoyed my time at Mary C. Snow
Elementary this week. I co-taught with Brett Dodrill for 4 lesson and taught 1 lesson on
my own. Teaching elementary school is completely different than secondary and it was a
huge adjustment. In elementary school, they ask a lot of questions. Secondary students
usually do not do that. But I really loved that they wanted to know more information and
that they were excited to learn what we were presenting to them. Teaching five different
classes over five days, I got to see how the different class were managed and how the
students acted. Some classes were better than others but overall, all the students acted
very well and we had no problems out of them. Elementary is not my thing, but I would
go back and maybe substitute or teach a lesson or two again.
I think having the experience in an elementary school will help me with my secondary
students because I want to try and take the love of learning the younger students had
and instill that in my older students.

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