In Your Classroom

Submitted By: Bobbi Curry

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2012 Instructor: Karen Powell

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Social Studies Lesson Plan
Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is designed for 2nd grade students to learn about the classroom and the Pledge of Allegiance. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook School an d Family (pages 36-39). Target Population: 2nd grade Students at all learning levels Whole group, a little independent work

Objectives: C13.2.3 Participate in class decision-making,i.e., individual responsibilities in the classroom C13.2.4 Recite and recognize the Pledge of Allegiance Procedure: 1. Use Build on What You Know to start discussion (Look around you. There are many children in your classroom. Think about caring for others.) Allow a few minutes for students to share their ideas. 2. On page 36 have the class read together (Caring About Others) 3. Ask students Why do children need to treat others with respect? Write down students answers on the board. 4. The teacher will write What jobs do you do at school each day? Give the students about five minutes to write about this in their journals. After the five minutes are up, allow students to share their response with their shoulder partner. 5. Have the class read page 37 together (Helping in the Classroom) 6. Ask Why do we have classroom helpers? Allow time for students to answer orally. 7. Ask the class what a job is. Allow the class to answer together. Remind them that the answer is on page 37. 8. Lets look at page 37. What jobs are the students doing in the pictures? Write down the answers on the board.

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Submitted By: Bobbi Curry

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9. You can remember what you have to read by putting things that are alike in some way into groups. These groups are called categories. Make a T-chart on the board. On the left side put Caring About Others. On the right side put Jobs in the Classroom. Have students get a piece of paper and make the chart. Have the students fill in their charts. The Caring About Others side should have ways you care for others. The Jobs in the Classroom side should have a list of different jobs in the classroom. After a few minutes, have your students share their charts. Write down some of the answers in your chart on the board. 10. Have students read page 38 together. Ask Why do people in our country say the Pledge of Allegiance? Have the class answer together. 11. Page 39 has the Pledge of Allegiance written out. Have the students read it to themselves to become familiar with it. Then have the whole class read it together. Then have the students face a flag, put their hands to their heart and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Ask again Why do we say the Pledge of Allegiance? 12. Review Questions about caring about others and classroom jobs. Assessment: I will be listening to the class as they answer the questions. I will pay close attention to questions that they struggled with answering. I will also collect their journals and T-charts to see if they are understanding the content I am unsure if it will really assess the standards. The Pledge of Allegiance standard cannot really be assessed, so for that assessment, it just goes with the theme of the lesson. Reflection: Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think that teaching the Pledge of Allegiance will be the easiest part. I think this because the students have been saying the pledge for a couple of years now and they have probably become familiar with it. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think that teaching the Caring About Others will be the most challenging to teach. I think this because it might be hard for some of the students to think of ways to care for others. They also might not even know what it means to care about others. EDEL 453-Spring 2012 Submitted By: Bobbi Curry Page 3 of 4

Social Studies Lesson Plan

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How will you follow up or extend this lesson?

Social Studies Lesson Plan

I would use the Extend Lesson 2 on Helping Hands on pages 40-41 What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I could use a bubble map to show how students care about each other. This could also work for showing jobs in the classroom. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think you might need to change? I think I might need to change the amount of time I give to have the students answer the questions. I think that some of the times might be a little too long and I should have the students answer right away. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The assessment was definitely the most difficult part for me. I have a hard time figuring out what to assess and how. For this lesson, I was not quite sure if the assessments were going to really assess the standard.

Materials: Social Studies Book-School and Family (pages 36-39) White board and markers Paper and pencils Journals

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