ED 345 Calvin College Teacher Intern Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Intern: Rachel Jung Date: 11/5

Grade Level: 1st Subject/ Topic: Social Studies / a good citizen honors the United States of America
Approx. time spent planning this lesson: 2hours *The template will expand as text is added.*
DOMAIN 1: PLANNING & PREPARATION
Main Focus/Essential Questions: a good citizen honors the United States of America.
Brief Context: students will be able to identify important national symbols in the United States and able to explore why
they are important.
Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills: Students are able to tell the differences between the use of power with and without
authority.
Lesson Objectives/Learning Targets Aligned Assessments
Consider formative & summative tools
Please number objectives and the aligned assessment measures.
The learner will: I will assess learning by:
1. Be able to identify important national 1. Having students decorate one of the important
symbols symbols in the US
2. Be able to describe importance of symbols 2. Having students verbally explain the facts of each
of the United States. symbol/ having students explain why the symbol
they decorated is important in the USA
Standards Addressed in Lesson: 1.SS.10 Identify and describe the importance of various symbols of the United
States.
Instructional Resources: coloring pages (education.com), symbol cards

Consideration of Learners:
How have you responded to your diverse learners? Consider UDL (Multiple means of Engagement, Representation,
Action & Expression) & principles of differentiation. If appropriate, identify individual accommodations you will make
in response to needs or interests of students.
- Low-level- visual support and audio support, sentence frame provided for the assessment
- On-level- discussion about the visit, a sentence frame provided for the assessment
- High-level- encouraged to spell words correctly

DOMAIN 2: THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

COVENANT MANAGEMENT: Relationship & community building (Note any specific ways in which you plan to build or
strengthen relationships and community: student-student & teacher - student.]
- students discuss with different levels of questions about important symbols in the US
- students decorate one of the American symbols and come up with one reason why it is important
CONDUCT MANAGEMENT: (Behavioral expectations, strategies to encourage self- regulation, etc.)
Identify at least 2 ways you will gain whole group attention:
- one,two, three, eyes on me
- give me five
Strategies you intend to use to redirect individual students:
- non-verbal signal
- give different jobs to regain their attention (push-up on the wall, take a walk and come back)
CONTENT MANAGEMENT: Note procedures/routines that are expected or embedded.
- n/a
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Note any specific ways you will use the environment to contribute to the learning.
- Students sit with their table groups
- Overhead projector
DOMAIN 3: INSTRUCTION

CONTENT MANAGEMENT: YOUR INSTRUCTION

Motivation/Opening/Intro: [Think creatively about how to recruit learning.]
- Turn on the national anthem for a background music and have students stand up and make a pledge
- Introduce today’s learning goal: a good citizen honors the United States of America
Development: [It may help to number your steps with corresponding times.]
- Welcome to Ms.Jung’s American Symbol museum -Exploring important symbols in the US
o Put each of six American symbols around the classroom
o Divide students into 4 groups and have them visit each symbol and listen to the description
o After the visit to each symbol, students will gather as a whole-group and share what they have learned
from the museum visit.
 What did you see during the visit? What does a symbol mean?
 What are American symbols that you just saw? Can you name those symbols?
 What did you learn about each symbol?

Closure: (Be creative and consider authentic audiences for the work. Think beyond giving an assignment or
independent practice.)
- Pick your favorite symbol and decorate!
o Have students pick their favorite symbol and color the symbol on the worksheet
o Have them write one fact they learned about the symbol on the back of the worksheet.
 Provide students a sentence structure (United States Flag is important because __________. )

DOMAIN #4: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

EVIDENCE OF PROFESSIONALISM: Please note recent evidence of your efforts as a professional.

- Prepared all the lesson materials
- Attended staff meetings
- Provided different materials to support ELL and other students with learning disabilities
REFLECTION AFTER TEACHING THE LESSON:

- Instead of doing the museum, I had to introduce different symbols on the carpet to the whole group of the
students due to the short amount of time. Rather than having printed pictures, it would be better if I made a
ppt with different symbols and make those in bigger sizes. It was hard for students to look at the pictures with
details because of its size and quality. If I were to teach this lesson again, I would make a slideshow with
better quality and bigger sizes so that students are able to explore different symbols in detail. I would also
provide some pictures that I have taken with the symbols. This would engage students more as it is from my
real-life example.