Teacher Candidate Lesson Planning Sheet

Urban Institute of Teacher Education

Teacher Name Galiba Dzaja

Grade Level 5th
Subject Social Studies
Date 09/09/19

Part One: Lesson Focus – “The What”

Thinking Points: What am I expecting students to learn? What materials and resources am I
planning to utilize? What will I accept as evidence that my students have learned?
Content Objective: Students will know what geography is and understand how it affects
What do I want my where people live.
students to know and be
able to do? Students will
be able to ……

Standard: Standard 1
What is the CCSS that Students will understand how the exploration and colonization of North
corresponds with this America transformed human history.
objective? Objective 1
Describe and explain the growth and development of the early American
colonies.
a. Using maps – including pre-1492 maps – and other geographic
tools, locate and analyze the routes used by the explorers.
b. Explain how advances in technology lead to an increase in
exploration (e.g. ship technology).
c. Identify explorers who came to the Americas and the nations
they represented.
d. Determine reasons for the exploration of North America (e.g.,
religious, economic, political).
e. Compare the geographic and cultural differences between the
New England, Middle, and Southern colonies (e.g., religious,
economic, political).
f. Analyze contributions of American Indian people to the colonial
settlements.
 Language Objective:
What will my students do
to learn and/or
demonstrate their
mastery of the lesson by
reading, speaking,
writing, or listening?
Assessment:
What assessments will I
utilize to determine that
my students have learned
and met the objective?
Materials and Resources:
What materials and
resources will I utilize to
facilitate student
learning?
Students will read grade level text then write, using sentence stems,
details and selected vocabulary to explain what geography is, how it
affects us and where we live.
Vocabulary Words
 Physical features
 Climate
 Vegetation
 Volcanoes
 Earthquakes
 Fault
 Geography
Student will engage in meaningful conversations with their
groups/partners. They will also fill out a worksheet to show their
comprehension. While students are in groups working, I will be walking
around observing, listening and asking questions. This way I can hear and
see what students are engaged and comprehending and what students
are not.
Materials
 Pencil
 Activity sheets
 Reading/informational text
Resources
 https://geology.utah.gov/hazards/earthquakes/utah-faults/
 https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm
 https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-earthquake.htm
 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/06/pacific-
ring-of-fire-volcanoes-earthquakes-threaten-millions/
 https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/physical-
geography/volcano-facts/
 https://www.ducksters.com/science/earthquakes.php
 The book Social Studies Alive! America's Past

Part Two: Lesson Implementation – “The How”

Thinking Points: How will I teach to ensure learning for all students? How will I engage my
students in the learning process? How will I check for understanding throughout the lesson?
How will I make instructional adjustments for students that are in need of additional support?
Lesson Components with Teacher Expectations: Student
Estimated Timeframe Instructional Strategies/Activities/ Expectations
Questions
Lesson Introduction: The students will be seated at their desks Students are
5 minutes as I am standing up at the front of the expected to be
How will I clearly communicate class. I will announce to them that we are listening and
the objective and purpose for about to begin our social studies block. I following class
learning? How will I provide
background knowledge? How
will I “hook” the students?
Check for Understanding:
How will I know that all
students know the objective and
purpose of the lesson?
Instructional Strategy: Teacher
Modeling – “I Do”
10 minutes
What will I say and do as I
demonstrate the concept?
will ask the class what geography is then procedures. This
have them turn to their partner and share includes staying quiet
their answer. I will then call on a few when someone is
students to tell me what they think. We speaking and
will then as a class engage in a discussion participating when
about geography. By asking the right necessary.
questions I will guide the student’s and
explain to them in the process what
geography is.
I will have the content objective and Students will be
language objective up on the board for expected to listen
students to read. I will clearly explain our and give a thumbs up
objective and ask if anyone has any or down to show
questions before we begin the next part. they understand and
Students will give me a thumbs up if they are ready.
understand or a thumbs down if they
don’t.
I will explain to students that we will be Students will be
working in groups and transitioning intently listening,
between 3 activity centers. In each center with their bodies
students will have some reading/activities facing the speaker.
to do. I will show them where the first They will raise their
center is. Then explain to them they will hand when they
have some material there they will need to want to speak. They
read. I will tell them that they will be will ask questions
reading about geography and how it and show that they
affects where people live. Then I will grab understand what to
one of the graphic organizers and quickly do at each center by
explain to them what their organizer giving a thumbs up or
should look like. They need to have 1 thumbs down.
example for each of the 3 parts of
geography. Students will know that they
need to read and fill out on their organizer
while reading. After explaining what to do
at the center I will ask students if they
have any questions before l show students
where and what to do at center 2 is. I will
explain to students that in center 2 we will
be reading about the geography of Utah
and how it affects how we live. I will show
them that they will have 4 questions to
answer as they are reading. I will then
show them where the 3rd and last center
is. I will tell them that at this center they
will learn how volcanoes and earthquakes
affect where people live. I will then show
them that they will have 4 fill in the blank
questions to answer as they read. Once I

Check for Understanding:
How will I know that the
students have a clear
understanding of the concept?
Instructional Strategy: Guided
Practice – “We Do”
10 minutes
How will I engage my students
instructionally with the
concept?
Instructional Strategy;
Independent Practice
10 minutes
How will I provide my students
with the opportunity to engage
in independent practice? What
will the students who have
finished early do?
Check for Understanding
How will I know that the
students have a clear
understanding of the concept?
am done explaining what they will be
doing in each center I will explain to them
how we will be transitioning from one
center to another. I will inform the
students that they will have about 7
minutes in each center. I will let students
know that when we go from one center to
another, we need to be quick and quiet. I
will set an alarm during each center and
tell students to switch centers clockwise
when they hear the timer go off.
I will know that the students are Students are
understanding my instructions by required to
observing their reactions and listening to participate and show
them. I will also ask them to show me if they understand with
they understand by giving me a thumbs up their thumbs
or thumbs down.
Students will start in groups at center 1 Students are
and transition to center 2 then center 3. expected to work in
They will have about 7 minutes in each teams and be kind
center and then transition. Throughout and supportive
this activity they will be expected to work towards their team
with their group members and members. They will
independently to fill out their graphic need to be
organizer in center 1, worksheet in center considerate of their
2, and sentence stems in center 3. They teams’ ideas and
will first read or look through the work on getting the
information at each center and then with right answer
the help of their group members they will together.
complete the activity assigned to that
group by helping one another.
Once students are done transitioning Students are
between centers they will be instructed to expected to quickly
go back to their assigned seat. I will then glue in their activity
tell the students that they will be gluing sheets and quietly
their 3 activity sheets from each center review them once
into their social studies notebooks. I will they are done.
tell them that once they are done gluing,
they need to sit quietly and review their
activity sheets from each center.
While students are gluing, I will walk Students will be
around and quickly glance at their activity expected to show
sheets to make sure they were that they have
participating. I will check their social learned the concept
studies notebooks later and assess what by answering my
each student has learned or needs more questions and
practice with. Once students are done showing their work
gluing, they will have time to sit and
 review. This also gives me an opportunity on their activity
to walk around and look at their activity sheets.
sheets.
Lesson Closure While students are gluing, I will have Students will be
5 minutes copies of the activity sheets on the smart expected to walk up
How will I review and clarify the board and have them take turns filling out to the board and
concepts taught? parts of the sheets while they are gluing. answer one of the
Once everyone has completed gluing and questions from the
reviewing, we will go through the activity activity sheets until
sheets. Check our answers and discuss the all have been
ones we missed to understand it better. answered. They will
be expected to
participate in
correcting the sheets
and reviewing.

Part 3: Post Lesson Analysis – “The What’s Next”

Data Analysis:
What will I do next based on
analysis of the assessment
results?
Reflection:
What components of the lesson
went well? What components
will I modify?