Tiffany Cecere, Alyssa Pizzi, & Michael Rutledge

Presenting November 14th

SIOP Lesson Plan
Standards: 5.3.3.A: Identify the roles of the three branches of
government
Theme: Three Branches of Government
Lesson Topic: Social Studies
Objectives:
Language:
Students will be able to correctly identify the appropriate branch of
government based on listening to examples of its function
Students will be able to accurately recite the characteristics of each
branch of government
Content:
Students will be able to compare and contrast the three branches of
government in order to distinguish between the similarities and
differences
Learning Strategies:
Key Vocabulary:

Legislative

Judicial

Executive
. Congress
. President
. Supreme Court
. Democracy
. Vote
Materials:
Pencil, computer, paper
Motivation:
Discuss current events in politics. Assess prior knowledge and develop
schema.
Presentation:
(Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies,
interaction, feedback)
Before:
Anticipatory Set: Teacher asks student what he/she knows about
the recent election.

The teacher will then explain that Americas government is a

democracy, which is a government that gets its power from its
people. The teacher will write democracy on the board.
The teacher will assess prior knowledge by asking, What was
the important thing that grown-ups did last week to help decide
who would be our new president?. (Vote)
The teacher will write vote on the board under democracy. The
teacher will ask, Since we know that americas government is a
democracy, which is a government that gets its power from its
people, why do you think voting is so important for American
citizens? (Because voting gives people the power to decide who
their next president will be)
The teacher will then transition the discussion to the topic of the
3 branches of government. The american government is made
up of 3 important parts. These parts are called the 3 branches of
government.
Statement of learning: Today we will learn about the 3 branches
of the American Government.

During:
The teacher will explain that there are 3 important parts that
make up our government. They are called the 3 branches of
government.
The teacher will write the title to each branch on the board and
create columns; executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial
branch.
The teacher will correctly pronounce the words and prompt the
student to repeat.
The teacher will then show a short video that explains the
branches of government in further detail. The teacher will
distribute a columned worksheet and mention that we are going
to use this chart to reflect on the video after the video ends.
After the video concludes, the teacher will then question the
student about what he/she learned about the branches of
government. The student will explain characteristics of each
branch in his/her own words.
The teacher will then refer to the board to introduce the
vocabulary words, congress, president, and supreme court.
The teacher will reflect on what was stated about these words
from the video.
The teacher will ask the student to guess which words are related
to each branch of government. Teacher will scaffold the student if
necessary.
The teacher will then write the new vocabulary in their correct
columns on the board, and the student will emulate this on
his/her own worksheet.

Formative Assessment Activity: The teacher will give the student

3 pieces of paper; one red, one white, and one blue. On each
paper will be written a branch of government. The teacher will
tell the student that he/she will be given a description of each
vocabulary word in random order, and the student is to hold up
the paper with the correlating branch shown. The teacher will ask
the student how he/she arrived at each answer.

After:
Closure activity: Exit slip - 3 branches of government matching
worksheet.
Practice and Application:
Filling out 3 branch chart while watching video.
Review and Assessment:
Review game and exit slip