Example
of work
This is three days of a
five day lesson plan I wrote in Social Studies.
Our
Earth, Our Resources
Monday
Lesson:
Looking
at Land and Water
Objective:
- Identify
different landforms and water.
- Describe
the physical characteristics of different landforms.
Standard #2:
Geography Benchmark
#2-C:1
Vocabulary: mountain,
plain, island, lake,
river, ocean
Read Aloud: Three
Days on a River in a Red Canoe
By Vera B. Williams
Introduction: Provide
pictures that show students
what mountains, a plain, lake, island, river & ocean look like.
Mini-Lesson: What
are landforms and bodies of
water?
Activity: On the whiteboard draw a table and
write a landform and body of water in each column. Let the students describe the physical characteristics they
see in the pictures.
Worksheet
– Looking
at Land and Water. Identify the
type of land and water by writing the name under the picture.
Center
1: Art – Day 1-Divide construction paper into four sections. In
first square have students draw one
of the landforms or bodies of water.
Label and write one sentence about their picture.
Center
2: Use
technology: click on Social Studies Library, select
dictionary at www.sfsocialstudies.com
Center
3: Provide
students with large
pieces of butcher paper.
Have
different groups draw the different landforms and bodies of water.
CENTER
4: Library
Center – provide a
selection of books to reinforce learning.
Tuesday
Lesson: Looking at Land and Water
Objective:
Identify how our physical surroundings and location affect the
way people live.
Standard
#2: Geography Benchmark #2-F:1,2
Vocabulary:
mountain,
plain, island, lake, river, ocean
Read
Aloud: Favorite
Places by Seth Coleman
Introduction: Provide
a variety of pictures of the
landforms and bodies of water that include people working and playing.
Mini-Lesson: Does
location affects the way people
live? How?
Activity: Divide
students into groups of four
and give them 5-7 minutes to talk about the people and what they are
doing.
Apply
Information: Ask students what
types of activities could be done in a river, on a mountain, ocean, etc… have
students demonstrate
motions
Center
1: Art – Day 2-In second square have students’ draw another landform or
body of water with a person doing a job or at play. Write one sentence about their picture.
Center
2: Use
technology: click on Social Studies Library, select
dictionary at www.sfsocialstudies.com
Center
3: Provide
students with large
pieces of butcher paper.
Have
different groups draw the different landforms and bodies of water.
CENTER
4: Library
Center – provide a
selection of books to reinforce learning.
Wednesday
Lesson: Locate Land and Water
Objective:
- Gain
understanding that a globe is a model of the earth.
- Identify
the difference between land & water.
- Find
locations on globe & relate those locations to earth.
Standard
#2: Geography Benchmark
#2-A:1,2,3
Read Aloud: Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
by Vera B. Williams
Introduction: Explain
what a model is. Example: show students a toy car and explain how it is a model of a
real car.
Mini-Lesson:
GLOBE - Show
students a globe and explain how the globe is a model of the earth. Discuss and point out continents.
Globe
Activity: Divide students into small groups and give each group a
globe. Have students find water,
land, United States, and New Mexico.
Help students find Farmington, NM.
Build
It! Put
students into groups of 4
and give students plastic tray, modeling clay, & water. Have students make a landform
with a
lake and river. Conference with
each group as an
assessment.
CENTER
1: ART - Have
students draw a picture on bottom two squares that contains: land, a lake,
mountains, river, hill, & trees and make a map key.
CENTER
2: Use
technology: click on Atlas at www/sfsocialstudies.com
CENTER
3: Give
students a blown-up
balloon, tape, with worksheet of North and South America. The balloon will represent
the
student’s globe. Students will
cut-out shapes and tape continents on balloon.
CENTER
4: Library
Center – provide a
selection of books to reinforce learning.
Nearing
Proficient:
Provide time during centers to
re-teach concepts. Work one-on-one
and have students identify and select a picture; name landform describe
characteristics.
Proficient: Have
students complete a Venn diagram comparing two landforms or bodies of water.
Advanced: Write a sentence after comparing the two landforms or bodies of
water. What did you learn?
Resources:
Social Studies
– All Together
Foresman, Scott
(2005) Pearson
Education, Inc.
