Developmental Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidate: Ms. Kirkpatrick Date: 2/23/18

Group Size: 26 Allotted Time 20 minutes Grade Level 1

Subject or Topic: Social Studies (Voting)

Common Core/PA Standard(s):

Standard - 5.4.1.E Explain how a classroom community reaches compromise.

Standard - 5.3.1.J Describe situations where voting eases conflict.
Standard - CC.1.5.1.B: Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or
through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if
something is not understood.

Learning Targets/Objectives: Students will be able to describe the voting process by listening to an
article and book read aloud and answering comprehension questions
Assessment Approaches: Evidence:
1. Comprehension Questions 1. Observational
Assessment Scale: none
Subject Matter/Content:
Prerequisites:
 Students must have a basic idea that we vote for the president of the US
Key Vocabulary:
 Elect- to choose by voting
 President- the leader of our country
 Vote- to make a choice in an election
 Candidates- people who want to be picked to be president
Content/Facts:
 First you learn about each candidate before you vote
 You can read about each candidate and learn about how they want to help the country
 On election day, you go to a school or another place where you can vote
 Then you go in a voting booth where no one can see who you vote for
 People vote all day then at the end of the day all the votes are counted
 You can watch TV to see who won the election to be president
Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies:
1. Tell the students that this week we are learning about Presidents Day and yesterday we learned
about what a president’s role is
2. Tell them today we are going to learn about the voting process and the steps to vote for the
president of the US
3. Ask the students to come to the rug
 4. Read the book: Duck For President aloud
5. Ask the students what the duck did to get votes and ask why they think people voted for him
6. Give time for questions after talking about the book
Development/Teaching Approaches
1. Pass out the student version of the Scholastic News Articles A Duck Can’t Be President
2. Have the online version on the Smart Board
3. Go over the vocabulary words on the Smart Board
4. Read the article aloud to the class and stop after each box and ask the class who can raise their
hand and tell you what they learned about that step of the voting process
5. Give time for questions after you read the article
6. Have the students go back to their seats
7. Pass out voting registration cards
8. Tell the students we need to fill these out if we want to vote
9. Walk around and assist as needed
10. Collect the voting cards when finished
Closure/Summarizing Strategies:
1. Go over the steps of the voting process
2. Tell the students that tomorrow we are going to have our own classroom election where they
can vote for a class president for the day
Accommodations/Differentiation:
 For students who are advanced have them complete the quiz on the back of the article while the
other students are working on their craft
 For students who are struggling

Materials/Resources:
 Scholastic News Article (teacher version and student version)
 Duck for President
 Smart Board

Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels

Remediation Plan (if applicable)

Personal Reflection Questions

Additional reflection/thoughts