Day 4 Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan #4Grade: 1Social Studies Strand: CivicsSubmitted By: Sandra Montgomery

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social ScienceNevada State College – Spring 2014Instructor: Karen Powell

Lesson Plan #4 – Civics submitted by: Sandra Montgomery

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan : This lesson is about how students can be part of the community now and to do community

service. They will be doing it at the school, by cleaning up the school grounds.

C. Basic Information: Grade Level: 1 grade Time to Complete this Lesson: 45 – 50 minutes Groupings: small group; whole group

D. Materials: Garbage bags per group gloves

Teacher PreparationIt would be good if there were a few parent helpers to go around with groups.

E. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards

H3.1.4 Demonstrate respect for each other and people in the neighborhood. C16.1.1 Name their school.

o Student-Friendly Standards H3.1.4 I can show respect to each other and those in the neighborhood. C16.1.1 I can name what school I go to.

F. Vocabulary Respect: Showing kindness to others.

G. Procedure: 1. TW will go over definition and leave them up on the board so students will be able to refer back

to them as they are working on their assignment.2. TW explain that showing respect to others is how we treat each other.3. TW explain that another way of showing respect for our neighbors and community is by

keeping things picked up and clean.4. TW explain that today we are going to show our school Numa Elementary that we respect it by

cleaning up the grounds.5. TW take students outside and group them up either 2 or 3 persons in a group. If some parents

come and help, then they can take them to other areas of the school. If no one shows up, have them work in one area, then move on to another.

6. TW hand out gloves to each student and one garbage bag per group.

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Lesson Plan #4 – Civics submitted by: Sandra Montgomery

7. When done, TW take students in and have them wash their hands. 8. TW discuss that in order to keep the grounds looking nice and showing respect is to throw our

garbage away in a garbage can and not the ground.9. TW do a ticket to leave, but having the students write one thing in their journal on what they can

do to help in the community and show respect to those around them.

Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?

Their journal telling of what the students can do to show respect to others and the community.

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will be able to explain what they can do to help out in the neighborhood and show

respect to others. Hopefully, this will help them put into practice what they learned.

H. Closure: Sharing with a partner how they can show respect to others and their

neighborhood.

I. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?

All parts of this lesson will be easy to teach. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?

Making sure the students are following instruction and doing what is asked of them.

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?Having 2-3 different visitors from the community like a police officer, firefighter, doctor, etc. come into the classroom and explain what they do to help the people out in the community.

4. What can you do for students who don’t grasp the concepts?I don’t think that the students will have a hard time understanding this concept. They are applying what they have learned and how they can show respect to others.

5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?I can’t think of anything that I would change in the lesson.

6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?I didn’t really have trouble with writing this plan.

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