Lesson Plan

Unit: _____Geography________

Lesson #_9__

Level: Foundation/Prep_

Time:50 minutes_

Inquiry Question: How do you use a map?

Curriculum
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Communicating
Present information using everyday language to describe location and direction (ACHGS005)

Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will have an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to:

Direct a partner around the classroom and playground using their pictorial map.
Follow instructions as given by a peer to move between two designated points.

Student Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, I will have:

Used my map to help my friend move in the classroom and playground.

Follow instructions to move around the room and playground.

Students Prior Knowledge:

Have completed both a group pictorial map of the playground.

Completed an individual pictorial map of the classroom.
Geographical language (as focused on in previous lesson)

LESSON STRUCTURE:
Time

10
minutes

Time

Introduction & Motivation:

1. Students will be seated in two lines outside of the
classroom. The teacher will inform students that they
will be following the teachers instructions getting
from the classroom door and the carpeted area.
2. Teacher will give directions to students slowly doing
one step at a time. Students will follow each
instruction to reach to carpeted area.
3. The teacher will use the appropriate geographical
language as used in previous lesson.

Main Content:

Teaching Approaches &

Resources
Teacher led whole class activity.

Teaching Approaches &

Resources
Students will review the language used by the teacher Two large groups swapping
between the classroom and
during the activity. Suggesting other words the
teacher could of used and recalling the geographical playground.
terms use.
Pictorial Maps
The teacher will hand out the students previous
pictorial maps including a copy of the group pictorial

maps for each student.

Support and/or Extension
Activities
The students will be split into two groups with one
Support:
group staying in the classroom and the other heading
Students can be given a list of
out to the playground with the teacher aide. Student
30 mins
words/direction to prompt and
will find a partner.
help students direct their partner.
One of the pair will use their pictorial map of the area
(15 mins
in each
they are in. Students will direct their partner through Teacher and Peer speech will
location)
the area using the pictorial map. Students will detail also be of great support to
instructs including moving towards the slide ect so students. The Zone of Proximal
Development.
their parent can move between to designated spots as
chosen by the map holder. The students will then
Extension:
swap and the other student will direct their partner. Students can add more obstacles
to move around to create a more
difficult.
The groups will then swap locations.
1st Rotation
Group 1- Playground
Group 2- Classroom
2nd Rotation
Group 1- Classroom
Group 2- Playground

Time

Conclusion:
1. Students will return to the classroom and sit on the
carpeted area.
2. Teacher will open discussion on activity.

10 mins

How did the students use the map?

How successful were the instructions?

What geographical words did they use in their

instructions to their partner?

Teaching Approaches &

Resources
Whole class discussion

Assessment of Learning
Formative:
Observations on student instructions to their peers.
Ability to follow instructions including the ability to understand the geographical terminology.

Evaluation/Reflection
Did the students enjoy my lesson?
Did the students maintain or follow the behaviour expectations?
Did I monitor student learning during group work and individual work?
What was effective in this lesson?
What could I improve on?
What will I do in the next lesson for those that were unable to do this?
What will I do next lesson for the students who easily grasped the concepts?
What will I do in the next lesson?
How would I summarise my teacher presence? (Confidence, voice, pace, time management)