EDEL453 Spring2013 JamieHOLST Unit 1 Geography DAY 3

7/30/2019 EDEL453 Spring2013 JamieHOLST Unit 1 Geography DAY 3

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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography

Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals

Submitted By: Martha Rendon and Jamie Holst

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: Students will begin learning the names of each state capital by singing along to a

capital song and by filling in the missing state or capital working with a partner.

B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3 Skill Level: on level Grouping: Whole group for procedure steps 1-4. Partners for steps 5-6.

C. Materials: Map of United States with capitals labeled Elmo Computer with speakers

MP3 file Wakkos 50 State Capitals Song (if website is unavailable) Lyrics to Wakkos 50 State Capitals Song Fill in the States worksheet State Capital word search

D. Objectives:o NV State Social Studies Standards

G5.3.2 Differentiate between a city and a state using appropriateexamples.

o Student-Friendly Standards


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7. CLOSURE:Students will sing Wakkos 50 State Capital song once more as a class.

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?

1. The worksheet and word search will serve as the assessment in this lesson. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.

1. The worksheets are different from one another since one asks for the state nameand the other asks for the capital. Students are able to practice with both

names. Students answers on both worksheets will show how well students

understand the capitals as they relate to each state.

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

I think having the students listen to the song will be the easiest part of this lesson.

2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?I think the challenging part would be to have every student be able to follow along

and understand every part of the song (ELL students, for example.)

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?I would like to have the class come up with a States song as a group. I think the

students might understand the song and remember the song more if it is something


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Lyrics to Wakkos 50 State Capitals SongBaton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana

And Columbus is the capital of Ohio

There's Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, Montana

Then there's Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho.

Texas has Austin, then we go north

To Massachusetts' Boston, and Albany, New York

Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know.

Trenton's in New Jersey, north of Jefferson, Missouri

You've got Richmond in Virginia; South Dakota has Pierre

Harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine

And here is Providence, Rhode Island, next to Dover, Delaware.

Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt

To Montpelier, which is up in Vermont


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Salt Lake City out in Utah, where the Buffalo roam

Atlanta's down in Georgia, and there's Bismarck, North Dakota

And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.

Salem in Oregon; from there we join

Little Rock in Arkansas; Iowa's got Des MoinesSacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city

Charleston, West Virginia, and Nevada, Carson City.

That's all the capitals there are!

Link to Wakkos 50 State Capital MP3


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Fill in State Names

Montgomery ____________

Juneau ____________

Phoenix ____________

Little Rock ____________

Sacramento ____________

Denver ____________

Hartford ____________

Dover ____________

Tallahassee ____________

Atlanta ____________

Honolulu ____________

Baton Rouge ____________

Augusta ____________

Annapolis ____________

Boston ____________

Lansing ____________

Saint Paul ____________

Jackson ____________

Jefferson City ____________

Helena ____________

Lincoln ____________

Carson City ____________

Columbus ____________

Oklahoma City ____________

Salem ____________

Harrisburg ____________

Providence ____________

Columbia ____________

Pierre ____________

Nashville ____________

Austin ____________

Salt Lake City ____________


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State Capital Word Search


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Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2013 Karen Powell- Instructor page 8

Labeled map of the USA that will be used with the Elmo

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EDEL453 Spring2013 JamieHOLST Unit 1 Geography DAY 3