Lesson Cycle

Lesson Title/Topic: State Symbols

Target Concept: Symbols that Identify States
Standards/Rationale: 2.14.c
Lesson Objectives: The student will
Assessment: The authentic assessment will
research and present information about a
consist of the students each creating their
certain assigned state to present it to their
own cereal box with information on their
peers.
assigned state.
Materials: Tissue Box, cereal box, scissors, glue, paper, construction paper, pencils, magazines,
computers, internet access, printer, Texas objects
Lesson Cycle: (Direct instruction)
The teacher will:
Focus/Mental Set:
The teacher will present and sing along
with a video of the Texas State song. After
the song, the teacher will ask the students
why we might be singing the Texas State
song.

The student will:

The student will sing along with the teacher
at the teachers request. Then any student
with an idea to the question will answer the
question.

Teacher Input: The teacher will introduce

Texas to students by listing fun facts.

The students will engage in the teachers

input and observe new material over the
great state of Texas!

Texas is called the - Lone Star State Texas

means friendship
Our State song is -Texas our Texas
Our state sport is - Rodeo
Our state flower is the -BlueBonnet
Our state bird is the -Mockingbird
Our small state mammal is the - Armadillo
Our Large state mammal is the Texas
Longhorn
Our state Reptile is- The Horned Lizard
The largest river in Texas is Rio Grande
The Governor of Texas is Greg Abbott
The State Capital is in Austin
Largest city is Houston
Two fun facts that are from our town Waco:
-The First suspension bridge was built in
1870.
Waco was the home of the largest cotton

market in 1890.
Teacher will show class a few Texas items.
Teacher will show the class a craft box
containing Texas themed art.
Guided Practice:
The teacher will review the various state
symbols for Texas.

Closure:
The teacher will ensure that the students
leave the class having learned something
new. In order to challenge the students
memory, the teacher will have the students
share by using the mix-pair share strategy.
The teacher will allow the students to walk
around the room. She will prepare
questions to ask the students. When she is
ready for the students to pair up she will
call out, Pair and have the students pair
with a partner close to them. She will then
make sure that every student has a partner.
She will then close the lecture by asking
them a question and having them share
with their pair share partner.
Options:
Enrichment:
Modifications/Correctives:
References:

Students will know the state symbols for

Texas. Then the teacher will then explain
what the project is going to be. The class
will be doing a state symbol cereal box.
Students can put all the symbols on the box
including the name of the state. Students
may also put state poems and songs. They
can also put anything inside the box if they
have anything that is value to their state.
Each student will draw a name of a state
from a tissue box. Together the class will
proceed on doing research and decorating
the boxes for each specific state.
The students will get out of their seat and
walk around the room. Every student must
be walking around the room. Whenever the
teacher says, Pair the students will find
someone closest to them and high five
them. Whoever has not found a partner
must raise their hand. The teacher will then
place the students with a partner. The
student will listen to the question being
asked by the teacher and respond to their
pair share partner.

Reteach: