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    Lesson Plan #1: Grade: 5 Social Studies Strand

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    This lesson plan aims to teach 5th grade students about landforms and physical features of the United States as well as how and why climate changes throughout the country. The lesson will take approximately 50 minutes and involve whole group, individual, and pair activities. Students will learn key vocabulary, read sections from their textbook, analyze maps, and complete an assessment involving labeling landforms on a map. The teacher will check for understanding by having students explain how climate differs in northern and southern states based on their distance from the equator.

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    This lesson plan aims to teach 5th grade students about landforms and physical features of the United States as well as how and why climate changes throughout the country. The lesson will take approximately 50 minutes and involve whole group, individual, and pair activities. Students will learn key vocabulary, read sections from their textbook, analyze maps, and complete an assessment involving labeling landforms on a map. The teacher will check for understanding by having students explain how climate differs in northern and southern states based on their distance from the equator.

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    This lesson plan aims to teach 5th grade students about landforms and physical features of the United States as well as how and why climate changes throughout the country. The lesson will take approximately 50 minutes and involve whole group, individual, and pair activities. Students will learn key vocabulary, read sections from their textbook, analyze maps, and complete an assessment involving labeling landforms on a map. The teacher will check for understanding by having students explain how climate differs in northern and southern states based on their distance from the equator.

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    Lesson Plan #1: Grade: 5 Social Studies Strand

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    This lesson plan aims to teach 5th grade students about landforms and physical features of the United States as well as how and why climate changes throughout the country. The lesson will take approximately 50 minutes and involve whole group, individual, and pair activities. Students will learn key vocabulary, read sections from their textbook, analyze maps, and complete an assessment involving labeling landforms on a map. The teacher will check for understanding by having students explain how climate differs in northern and southern states based on their distance from the equator.

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    Lesson Plan #1 The World in Spacial Terms

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    Lesson Plan #1
    Grade: 5th Social Studies Strand: The World in Spacial Terms
    Submitted y: Zachary Haro

    EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science


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    Lesson Plan #1 The World in Spacial Terms


    submitted by: Zachary Haro

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    Lesson Plan #1 The World in Spacial Terms


    submitted by: Zachary Haro ! Summary o" the Lesson Plan: This lesson %ill cover land)orms and other physical )eat'res o) the *nited States as %ell as ho% and %hy the climate changes thro'gho't the *+S+ &t %ill cover pages ,-- in the .o'ghton /i))lin 5th 0rade Social St'dies te12oo3+ #! asic $n"ormation: Grade Le%el: 5th grade Time to #omplete this Lesson: 5! min'tes Groupin&s: Whole gro'p4 individ'al4 pairs

    '! (aterials: 5oca2'lary Cards

    Note Cards

    Social St'dies 6o'rnals S/78T2oard

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    Lesson Plan #1 The World in Spacial Terms


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    Social St'dies Te1t 9oo3

    )! *b+ecti%es: o ,- State Social Studies Standards o 05+5+" &denti)y and locate ma:or geographic )eat'res in Nevada and the *nited States 'sing maps and map elements 05+5+, Derive geographic in)ormation )rom photographs4 maps4 graphs4 2oo3s4 and technological reso'rces+ St'dents %ill 2e a2le to descri2e land)orms and other physical )eat'res o) the *nited States 'sing maps+ St'dents %ill learn to e1plain ho% and %hy climate is di))erent thro'gho't the *nited States+ St'dents %ill 2e a2le to get in)ormation on geography )rom maps and pict'res in the te1t2oo3+

    Student./riendly Standards

    /! -ocabulary Land)orm ( a )eat're on the s'r)ace o) the land; i+e+ mo'ntain4 valley4 plain 0eography ( the st'dy o) the %orld and the people and things that live there $latea' ( high4 steep-sided area rising a2ove the s'rro'nding land Climate ( the type o) %eather a place has over a long period o) time E<'ator ( the imaginary line aro'nd the middle o) the Earth that divides the Northern and So'thern hemispheres
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    Lesson Plan #1 The World in Spacial Terms


    submitted by: Zachary Haro G! Procedure: "+ Warm-'p: 7s3 st'dents to descri2e the land %here they live in their social st'dies :o'rnals+ 7s3 them to descri2e a place they 3no% a2o't or have visited that has very di))erent land+ 7)ter 5 min'tes as3 a )e% st'dents to share %hat they have %ritten and e1plain that o'r co'ntry is made 'p o) land that varies )rom place to place+ + 7s3 st'dents to ta3e o't their social st'dies te1t2oo3s and s3im thro'gh pages ,-- and loo3 at the pict'res and as3 them %hat they thin3 the lesson is a2o't+ 3+ 0o over the 5 voca2'lary %ords 2e)ore reading the section4 give st'dents time to %rite the %ords and the de)initions do%n on their voca2'lary cards+ Tell st'dents the pre)i1 geo- in geography re)ers to the Earth Tell them a good %ay to remem2er the %ord e<'ator is to thin3 o) the %ord =e<'al> as the e<'ator divides the Earth into t%o e<'al parts+

    4+ .ave st'dents read the )irst section =7 5aried Land> in a popcorn )ashion s%itching every sentences+ Stop at the )irst voca2'lary %ord and have st'dents repeat it?s de)inition 2e)ore contin'ing+ 7t the end o) the )irst section4 as3 the class =What <'estions to geographers as3@> 5+ .ave st'dents loo3 over the map on page A and have them ans%er the <'estions: What physical )eat're r'ns )rom /aine to 0eorgia and 7la2ama@ The 7ppalachian /o'ntains

    Which plains r'n along the 0'l) o) /e1ico@ The 0'l) and 7tlantic Coastal $lains

    ,+ .ave a st'dent read the )irst t%o paragraphs on page B4 then stop to remind them that a synonym )or the %ord form is shape so land)orms are ?shapes o) land+? A+ .ave st'dents contin'e to read popcorn style 'ntil the 2ottom o) the )irst col'mn on page B then remind them that the %ord platea' comes )rom the /iddle Crench %ord )or platter+ 7lso pose the <'estion 9y %hat processes are canyons )ormed@ They are )ormed %hen rivers )lo%ing over platea's %ear a%ay the roc3 and c't long4 deep gaps into the earth+

    B+ 8ead the rest o) page B popcorn style and stop to direct st'dents to loo3 at the pict're and caption on the 2ottom o) page B+ -+ 9e)ore moving to page -4 have st'dents create a pict're dictionary o) land)orms 'sing their note cards that incl'de a la3e4 mo'ntain4 a desert4 an island4 and a plain+ Tell st'dents to la2el each pict're %ith the %ord it ill'strates+ "!+ 7)ter st'dents )inish their pict're dictionaries4 call on "! di))erent st'dents to come 'p to a map o) North 7merica on the S/78T2oard and locate and la2el the geographic )eat'res mentioned in the te1t4 incl'ding 2odies o) %ater4 co'ntries4 la3es4 rivers4 mo'ntains4 deserts4 and plains+ .ave st'dents )ollo% along %ith the map in their 2oo3s on page A+
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    Lesson Plan #1 The World in Spacial Terms


    submitted by: Zachary Haro ""+ /ove on to page - and read popcorn style 'ntil the end o) the )irst paragraph and remind st'dents that climate and %eather do not mean the same thing+ Weather descri2es daily changing conditions4 %hile climate descri2es the conditions in a place over time+ " + 8ead the rest o) the section popcorn style and pose the <'estion &n %hat %ay is climate di))erent in the northern and so'thern states@ Why@ So'thern states tend to 2e %armer 2eca'se they?re closer to the e<'ator

    "3+ .ave st'dents do the Lesson 8evie% <'estions "-5 on page - and the t%o assessment <'estions that involve land)orms and la2eling a map+ DSee assessment section o) lesson planE "4+ Cor clos're have st'dents ta3e t'rns reading the lesson s'mmary and have them copy it and the =Why it matters+++> at the 2ottom o) the page into their :o'rnals+ H! 0ssessment: What 1ill you use to measure student understandin&2 Lesson 8evie% <'estions "-5 on $age What are three e1amples o) land)orms in the *+S+@

    Where are yo'r three land)orms located on the map@

    )3plain ho1 you 1ill 4no1 students understand the concepts "rom the lesson! &) st'dents can list di))erent land)orms4 locate them on an 'nla2eled map4 and tell ho% the climate o) a region can 2e determined 2ased o)) it?s distance )rom the e<'ator4 then & can ass'me that my st'dents have 'nderstood the concepts )rom the lesson+ $! #losure: Cor clos're have st'dents ta3e t'rns reading the lesson s'mmary 2'llet points and have them copy it and the =Why it matters+++> at the 2ottom o) the page into their :o'rnals+

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    submitted by: Zachary Haro 5! 6e"lection: "+ Which part o" the lesson do you thin4 1ill be the easiest "or you to teach2 & thin3 the %hole lesson %ill 2e easy to teach considering all o) my reso'rces and in)ormation needed to teach the lesson are in the teacher edition o) the te1t 2oo3+ 7! Which part 1ill be most challen&in& "or you to teach2 &) & had to say one part might 2e challenging4 it %o'ld 2e the concept o) ho% a regions distance )rom the e<'ator determines it?s climate+ 8! Ho1 1ill you "ollo1 up or e3tend this lesson2 & %ill )ollo% 'p this lesson the ne1t day 'sing a description %heel graphic organiFer li3e on page - o) the teacher edition d'ring the %arm-'p to re-teach the lesson 2rie)ly+ 9! What can you do "or students 1ho don:t &rasp the concepts2 & can do more o) the leveled practice and e1tra activities )or the lesson in the teacher?s edition+ & can go thro'gh the voca2'lary more thoro'ghly and try to help that st'dent ma3e more meaning)'l connections in order to 'nderstand+ 5! Which part o" the lesson; i" any; do you thin4 mi&ht need to chan&e2 & don?t see anything in the lesson that & %o'ld change4 & thin3 & addressed more than one 3ind o) learner %ith the activities & chose4 & might need to incl'de a small gro'p or pairs activity tho'gh+ <! When you 1ere 1ritin& this lesson plan; 1hat 1as the most di""icult part2 The most di))ic'lt part %o'ld have 2een trying to pic3 %hich activities to 'se and not to 'se to stay %ithin the 5! min'te limit )or the lesson+ 7lso pic3ing the activities that & tho'ght %o'ld 2e more 'se)'l than the others %as di))ic'lt 2eca'se they %ere all pretty 'se)'l+

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