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Lesson Plan #2: Collaboration

Grade: 1st Social Studies Strand: Civics
Submitted By: Courtney Donnelly Partner: Kellie Thompson
EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2014 Instructor: Karen Powell

Lesson Plan #2 1st grade:Civics

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:

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In this 1st grade lesson, I will teach the students about caring about others and helping in the classroom along with teaching those about the Pledge of Allegiance as well as having them recite it. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook School and Family. (p. 36-41) C. Basic Information: Grade Level: 1st Time to Complete this Lesson: 50 minutes Groupings: whole group during discussion small group during pledge and helping hands individual working on the worksheet D. Materials: Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook Paper & Pencils Worksheet from User Resources p. 5

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Lesson Plan #2 1st grade:Civics

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C13.1.3 Participate in class decision-making, i.e., individual responsibilities in the classroom and school. C13.1.4 Recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Student-Friendly Standards I can show how important it is to have my own job in my classroom so I can help others. I can say the Pledge of Allegiance without any help.

F. Vocabulary Job- work that must get done; a task or a duty. Responsibility something you do because it is the right thing to do; a duty or task you are expected to complete. Pledge - a promise.

G. Procedure: 1. Have the children read and examine the pictures on pages 36 and 37. Ask: How do these pictures look the same as our playground and classroom? How are they different? 2. In a whole group discuss the definitions of a job and responsibilities and ask the students what type of jobs they do at school each day? In the pictures on page 37, what types of job are the students doing? 3. Students will complete the Lesson 2 Reading Skill worksheet, where they will have to classify two things: the ways in which they can care about each other and jobs they have to do in the classroom. 4. Discuss the importance of why we have classroom helpers and the kinds of jobs they do each day. Students will write down what a job is, and the type of job they do. Students can then share answers. 5. Switch topics to the Pledge of Allegiance by giving some background information from page 38 in the teachers edition. The students and I will then discuss why we recite the Pledge, and what the proper form for reciting the Pledge is. 6. Have the children practice reciting the Pledge multiple times in a choral reading. 7. Break the students up into groups of four to complete the Helping Hands tree from the teachers edition page 40-41. While they are working, I will call individual groups to come and recite the Pledge to me. 8. To conclude the lesson, students will share some of the jobs they wrote down for the helping hands tree.

H. Assessment:
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Lesson Plan #2 1st grade:Civics

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What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use the helping hands from the tree as well as the students reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in front of me. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. By looking at the helping hands, I can see if the students understand what a helping job is whether its in the classroom or at home. I can also make sure they are reciting the Pledge of Allegiance accurately when they are reciting it with their group. I. Closure: I will ask the students again what type of job they do at school and have a few students share their answers. Then I will ask the students again why they think we recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

J. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I feel like the easiest part of the lesson is just having the children memorize and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Since the Pledge of Allegiance isnt exactly a brand new idea to the students, they might have an easier time understanding why I want them to recite it as well as memorize it. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? The hardest part of the assignment to me right now is having the students realize what types of jobs are helpful to other people around them. I have a feeling they will discuss any type of job whether it has anything to do with our class. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I think a follow up is just mentioning when a student is doing a helpful job in the classroom. I dont want them to forget how important it is to have a responsibility even if it is holding the door open for the classroom for a week at a time. 4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I think students who dont grasp the concepts need more examples that they can work with. These students might need extra worksheets or more pictures from the textbook to look at to see what types of helpful jobs are going on in the book. I could also bring in outside resources like videos for the students that need more help with the pledge of allegiance. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I might need to take out the idea of the helping hands tree since I might run out of time. I never know if the students will understand the Pledge of Allegiance in 10 minutes or 20 minutes. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?
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Lesson Plan #2 1st grade:Civics

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I think the most difficult part was just trying to see how the procedure would go. After I found a state standard to go by, I couldnt realize if my procedure was too long or not long enough. It was nice to have a partner for once since they could show me things that I couldnt see. 7. Describe your experience collaborating on this lesson plan. It was nice working with someone that was as mellow as I, for once. Kellie was easy to talk to about the lesson since she was so easy going about what topic we should teach and about what standard we should pick. She also was open to my ideas of changing the topic when I was having trouble finding a standard to teach about. Working with Kellie was a breath of fresh air since she was easy to work with but she also showed me things in the lesson that I would have never thought of. I love the idea of working with others since I get the chance to learn so much.

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