Title of Unit: Geography Title of Lesson: Maps Contd.

Submitted By: Tylor Striegel

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson plan is designed to help 3rd grade students learn basic geographic skills. The students will take time to complete, as well as present, their projects. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3rd grade Skill Level: At grade level Grouping: Group for completing and presenting the projects. C. Materials: Blank paper, construction paper Scissors and glue Crayons or colored pencils

D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o G5.3.1 Identify and use cardinal directions on a compass rose to locate places on a map. G5.3.5 Construct a simple map including a title, symbols, and directions from a bird's eye view.

Student-Friendly Standards The students will be able to identify and use cardinal directions on a compass rose to locate places on a map. The students will be able to make a map that includes a title, symbols, and directions from a birds eye view.

E. Procedure: 1. Quickly review the requirements of the project (title, compass rose, symbols and key, five locations, and short story). 2. Break the students into groups and allow them time to complete the assignments (no more than thirty minutes). 3. Begin presenting the projects. The students will go up as a group and hold the map. Each student will take a turn reading the short story, while pointing to where the visitor is headed. 4. CLOSURE: Remind students of the symbol and key necessities by using examples from the students who have already presented.
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Title of Unit: Geography Title of Lesson: Maps Contd. Submitted By: Tylor Striegel

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will measure student understanding by the presentation of the cities. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. If the students have correctly used the symbol key (meaning the symbols are consistent), as well as included a title, five locations, and a compass rose, they will have grasped the basic concept of a map. If the short stories, that include the directions, are logical it will show that they understand the concept of the directions. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? There is not necessarily much explicit teaching in this lesson, but rather just reinforcement of the concepts weve been learning, so the whole lesson should be fairly easy. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I cant imagine anything being very challenging. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? I will follow up this lesson plan by allowing the students to finish presenting their projects. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? The students who dont grasp the concepts can ask questions so that I might clarify them, or they can ask questions to their group. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I might have to change the time allotted for completion of the project. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part was deciding how much time to give the students to complete the projects.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Title of Unit: Geography Title of Lesson: Maps Contd. Submitted By: Tylor Striegel

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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