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8/13/2019 First Grade Civics Lesson

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Lesson Plan #2: Collaboration

Grade: 1st

Social Studies Strand: Civics

Submitted By: Courtney Donnelly

Partner: Kellie Thompson

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science

Nevada State CollegeSpring 2014

Instructor: Karen Powell


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Lesson Plan #21stgrade:Civics submitted by:Courtney D & Kellie T

Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor page 2

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:In this 1stgrade lesson, I will teach the students about caring about others and helping in

the classroom along with teaching those about the Pledge of Allegiance as well as having

them recite it. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook School and

Family. (p. 36-41)

C. Basic Information: Grade Level:1st Time to Complete this Lesson:50 minutes Groupings:whole group during discussion

small group during pledge and helping hands

individual working on the worksheet

D. Materials: Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook Paper & Pencils Worksheet from User Resources p. 5

Scissors, markers, colored paper

E. Objectives:o NV State Social Studies Standards


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C13.1.3 Participate in class decision-making, i.e., individual responsibilities in theclassroom and school.

C13.1.4 Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.o Student-Friendly Standards

I can show how important it is to have my own job in my classroom so Ican help others.

I can say the Pledge of Allegiance without any help.

F. Vocabulary Job- work that must get done; a task or a duty. Responsibilitysomething you do because it is the right thing to do; a duty or task you

are expected to complete.

Pledge - a promise.

G. Procedure:1. Have the children read and examine the pictures on pages 36 and 37. Ask: How do these

pictures look the same as our playground and classroom? How are they different?

2. In a whole group discuss the definitions of a job and responsibilities and ask the studentswhat type of jobs they do at school each day? In the pictures on page 37, what types of

job are the students doing?

3. Students will complete the Lesson 2 Reading Skill worksheet, where they will have toclassify two things: the ways in which they can care about each other and jobs they have

to do in the classroom.4. Discuss the importance of why we have classroom helpers and the kinds of jobs they do

each day. Students will write down what a job is, and the type of job they do. Students

can then share answers.

5. Switch topics to the Pledge of Allegiance by giving some background information frompage 38 in the teachers edition. The students and I will then discuss why we recite the

Pledge, and what the proper form for reciting the Pledge is.

6. Have the children practice reciting the Pledge multiple times in a choral reading.7. Break the students up into groups of four to complete the Helping Hands tree from the

teachers edition page 40-41. While they are working, I will call individual groups to come

and recite the Pledge to me.

8. To conclude the lesson, students will share some of the jobs they wrote down for thehelping hands tree.

H. Assessment:


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What will you use to measure student understanding?I will use the helping hands from the tree as well as the students reciting the Pledge of

Allegiance in front of me.

Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.By looking at the helping hands, I can see if the students understand what a helpingjob is whether its in the classroom or at home. I can also make sure they are reciting

the Pledge of Allegiance accurately when they are reciting it with their group.

I. Closure: I will ask the students again what type of job they do at school and have a few

students share their answers. Then I will ask the students again why they think we recite

the Pledge of Allegiance.

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

I feel like the easiest part of the lesson is just having the children memorize and

recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Since the Pledge of Allegiance isnt exactly a

brand new idea to the students, they might have an easier time understanding why

I want them to recite it as well as memorize it.

2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?The hardest part of the assignment to me right now is having the students realize

what types of jobs are helpful to other people around them. I have a feeling they

will discuss any type of job whether it has anything to do with our class.

3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?I think a follow up is just mentioning when a student is doing a helpful job in the

classroom. I dont want them to forget how important it is to have a responsibility

even if it is holding the door open for the classroom for a week at a time.

4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?I think students who dont grasp the concepts need more examples that they can

work with. These students might need extra worksheets or more pictures from the

textbook to look at to see what types of helpful jobs are going on in the book. I

could also bring in outside resources like videos for the students that need more

help with the pledge of allegiance.

5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?I might need to take out the idea of the helping hands tree since I might run out

of time. I never know if the students will understand the Pledge of Allegiance in 10

minutes or 20 minutes.

6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?


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I think the most difficult part was just trying to see how the procedure would go.

After I found a state standard to go by, I couldnt realize if my procedure was too

long or not long enough. It was nice to have a partner for once since they could

show me things that I couldnt see.

7. Describe your experience collaborating on this lesson plan.It was nice working with someone that was as mellow as I, for once. Kellie was easy

to talk to about the lesson since she was so easy going about what topic we should

teach and about what standard we should pick. She also was open to my ideas of

changing the topic when I was having trouble finding a standard to teach about.

Working with Kellie was a breath of fresh air since she was easy to work with but she

also showed me things in the lesson that I would have never thought of. I love the

idea of working with others since I get the chance to learn so much.

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