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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: 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 labeledElmoComputer with speakersMP3 file Wakko’s 50 State Capitals Song (if website is unavailable)Lyrics to Wakko’s 50 State Capitals SongFill in the States worksheetState Capital word search
D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards
G5.3.2 Differentiate between a city and a state using appropriate examples.
o Student-Friendly Standards
G5.3.2 I can label the capital of each state on a map.
E. Procedure: 1. Ask students to raise their hands if they know the capital of Nevada. Using the
Elmo, use the map of the United States to show students where Carson City is located.
2. Explain all states have one capital city and each one is located within the state. Stress that the capital is a city within the state.
3. Students will receive lyrics while before playing Wakko’s 50 State Capital Song. Students will listen the first time and sing together the second time.
4. Washington D.C. is included in the song. Explain to students that it is not a state capital.
5. Students will work on the “Fill in the States” worksheet with a partner. They will fill in as many states as possible from memory. Students can refer to map for help with the remaining questions and to check their answers.
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: Jamie Holst
6. Students will continue working in partners to complete the word search.
7. CLOSURE: Students will sing Wakko’s 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 name and the other asks for the capital. Students are able to practice with both names. Student’s answers on both worksheets will show how well students understand the capitals as they relate to each state.
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: Jamie Holst
Lyrics to Wakko’s 50 State Capitals Song
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, IndianaAnd Columbus is the capital of Ohio
There's Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, MontanaThen there's Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho.
Texas has Austin, then we go northTo 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, MissouriYou've got Richmond in Virginia; South Dakota has PierreHarrisburg'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 jauntTo Montpelier, which is up in Vermont
Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fallAnd Kansas has Topeka; Minnesota has St Paul.
Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in NebraskaAnd it's Raleigh out in North Carolina and then
There's Madison, Wisconsin, and Olympia in WashingtonPhoenix, Arizona, and Lansing, Michigan.
Here's Honolulu; Hawaii's a joyJackson, Mississippi, and Springfield, IllinoisSouth Carolina with Columbia down the way
And Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay.
They have wonderful clam chowder.
Cheyenne is in Wyomin' and perhaps you make your home inSalt Lake City out in Utah, where the Buffalo roam
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: Jamie Holst
Atlanta's down in Georgia, and there's Bismarck, North DakotaAnd you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.
Salem in Oregon; from there we joinLittle 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 Wakko’s 50 State Capital MP3
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: Jamie Holst
Fill in State Names
Montgomery ____________
Juneau ____________
Phoenix ____________
Little Rock ____________
Sacramento ____________
Denver ____________
Hartford ____________
Dover ____________
Tallahassee ____________
Atlanta ____________
Honolulu ____________
Boise ____________
Springfield ____________
Indianapolis ____________
Des Moines ____________
Topeka ____________
Frankfort ____________
Baton Rouge ____________
Augusta ____________
Annapolis ____________
Boston ____________
Lansing ____________
Saint Paul ____________
Jackson ____________
Jefferson City ____________
Helena ____________
Lincoln ____________
Carson City ____________
Concord ____________
Trenton ____________
SantaFe ____________
Albany ____________
Raleigh ____________
Bismarck ____________
Columbus ____________
Oklahoma City ____________
Salem ____________
Harrisburg ____________
Providence ____________
Columbia ____________
Pierre ____________
Nashville ____________
Austin ____________
Salt Lake City ____________
Montpelier ____________
Richmond ____________
Olympia ____________
Charleston ____________
Madison ____________
Cheyenne ____________
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: Jamie Holst
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: Jamie Holst
State Capital Word Search
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography
Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals
Submitted By: Jamie Holst
Labeled map of the USA that will be used with the Elmo
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