Title of Unit: Then and Now Title of Lesson: People Who Make a Difference Submitted By: Brittini Mrozek

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is designed for 1st grade students to learn about the different kinds of community helpers. This lesson uses the book Career Day by Anne. F. Rockwell. Target Population: Grade Level: 1st grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: Group discussion and reading, small group activity, small group discussion

B. Materials: Chart paper Pencils/markers/colored pencils The book Career Day by Anne. F. Rockwell.

C. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o H3.1.3 Identify and describe occupations in the community that help people, i.e., police officers, fire fighters, and nurses.

Student-Friendly Standards I can tell you about people in my neighborhood who have jobs that help people.

D. Procedure: 1. Discuss with the students the kinds of jobs that people have. What are some jobs that help people? 2. Read the book Career Day. After reading the book, have a short discussion about jobs discussed in the book. 3. Have students get into small groups of four. Each group will be given a large sheet of chart paper. Each group will pick an occupation that helps people, that wasnt discussed in the book. Students will draw a picture of the worker and also a short description of how they help people. 4. Each group will present their chart paper to the class. As the group is presenting students need to write down all the occupations being shared and how they help the community. 5. CLOSURE: As a review each group will have to tell me about one other groups occupation they chose and how they help the community.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: Then and Now Title of Lesson: People Who Make a Difference Submitted By: Brittini Mrozek

E. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use a formative assessment for this lesson. I will pay attention to the discussions in the classrooms and how well they participate. I will also collect each of their drawings and hang them up on the walls for this unit. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will be able to Identify and describe occupations in the community that help people. If students can successfully complete their chart papers with their drawing of a community helper and a short description, I will know they can identify and describe occupations in the community that help people. F. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think it will be easy to teach about the jobs that help people, for example police officers, firefighters, and doctors. I think it will be easy for students to think of those types of jobs because it seems like common knowledge. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the challenging part will be for students to think outside the box with certain occupations. The book will go over the obvious ones but things like a park ranger or mailman might be a little less obvious. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? Students can write about what they want to be when they grow up. They can describe how this job would either help people, the environment, or someone in need. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For students who dont grasp the concept, we could go on the internet and find a list of jobs. We can explore the things they do and relate it to the community. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I wouldnt really change anything about the lesson; I think it would work successfully in a classroom. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? Finding a book that was appropriate was the most difficult part. I found books that were catered to one job mostly. The lesson I got this from had a book called Old Macdonald had a Community. It seemed like a great book for kids but I couldnt
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Title of Unit: Then and Now Title of Lesson: People Who Make a Difference Submitted By: Brittini Mrozek

find it anywhere. I didnt want to use something that teachers who not be able to easily access so I had to change up my plans a little bit.

This is the book that will be red to the classroom.

This is the chart paper to be used for activity.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: Then and Now Title of Lesson: People Who Make a Difference Submitted By: Brittini Mrozek

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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