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Lesson Plan for Thursday Strand: History submitted by: Deborah Thompson

Unit Plan: Community

Lesson Plan for ThursdayGrade: 2ndSocial Studies Strand: HistorySubmitted By: Deborah Thompson

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

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is for 2nd grade students to learn how to identify ways in which people cooperate to achieve a common goal of recycling. This lesson will be completed using a strategy from Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies textbook, Strategy10 (p.70-76).C. Basic Information: Grade Level: 2nd grade Time to Complete this Lesson: Approximately 50 minutes Groupings: Whole group discussion, small group for discussion, independent work for assessmentD. Materials: pencil paper examples of recyclable itemsE. Objectives: NV State Social Studies Standards H2.2.1 Identify ways in which people cooperate to achieve a common goal. Student-Friendly Standards I can identify ways people cooperate to achieve a common goal.F. Vocabulary cooperate to work or act together for a common purpose achieve to succeed in doing something recycle- to treat materials that have been thrown away in order to use them again goal- something wanted or worked forG. Procedure: (numbered steps)1. Review the different locations in the community that recycle 2. Explain the concept of recycling3. Call students attention to the different ways a community can recycle4. Identify & discuss the benefits of recycling. Have students create a two separate list of things to recycle at home and at school list requirements 3 different types of recyclable itemsH. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding?I will review each students list of recyclables to ensure that they are able to identify ways in which people cooperate to achieve a common goal of recycling. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will check each list and make sure that there are 3 different types of recyclables listed.I. Closure: Brief discussion about concept and importance of recycling and the different types of recyclables. J. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the easiest part to teach will be explaining the vocabulary words.2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the part of the lesson that will be most challenging to teach would be getting the students to understand concept of recycling and how the items are turned into something else.3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?For a follow up lesson I would have the students bring items from home to recycle, and as an extension of this lesson I would have the students create a recycle program at home.4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?For students who dont understand the lesson, I would review the lesson again and ask the students consider the milk carton they recycled at lunch was once a milk carton like the one from home before it was recycled and made into a smaller milk carton.5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?The part of the lesson I would change is providing a list of specific items to put in different categories of recyclables. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?The most difficult part of the lesson was finding the correct NV State Standard for my lesson. Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor page 2