Lesson+Plan

Grade Level: 3rd Topic: Geography

Standards met: Standard 1) The student understands the world in spatial terms.(SS.B.1.2) The student knows ways in which people view and relate to places and regions differently. Standard 2) The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment.(SS.B.2.2)

Objectives:

Day One: Activity #1: Community Flier Using the computers in class,the 3rd grade students will demonstrate their understanding of different communities by creating a flier in Microsoft Office Word 2007 with 90% accuracy. Materials: example fliers, pictures and examples of communities( family pictures, school pictures), computers with MS Word. Over View: We will discuss what a community is and what the communities in which the students belong to. Once the students have a grasp on the concept there will be a review tutorial on how to use MS Word 2007. The students will be in cooperative groups describing a community in which they are involved in.

Day two: Activity #2: Our Local Community The third grade students will name and sketch local community structures with the use of their journals and a digital camera during our class mini-field trip with a 90% accuracy. Day three: Our Local Community Continued... The third grade students will name and describe different aspects of our community using Power Point on the computers in class with a 90% accuracy. Materials( for day two and day three): Notebook, pen/pencil, class digital camera. Computers with Microsoft Power Point Overview: (Day 2) The class will be taking a walk down Morgan street, the street in which our school is located. We will be taking pictures using the digital camera, as well as drawing and taking notes on the structures we have located. Once we get back to class we will have a show and tell of what we have discovered. ( Day 3)The next day I will have prepared a Power Point Presentation including the pictures the class toke the day prior, along with other photos of structures in our community. The Power Point consists of only pictures. The students must insert the name and describe the photo on the Power Point slides.

Activity # 3 Comparing the Continents! Materials needed: Computer with internet access, Microsoft Word, wall map of the world, blank outline map of the world. Using the computers in class,the third grade students will examine and compare the seven continents. After a general overview and a fun computer game(GeoSpy), the students will be assessed on their knowledge of the continents on a black outline of the world with 90% accuracy. Overview: The students will get to learn about the differences between the continents through discussion and a fun computer game. Then they will type up their responses using Microsoft Word.

Activity #4 Continental Explorers! Materials needed: Computers with internet access, hat, paper, pen, markers, and tape. Using the computers in class, the third grade students will investigate the different continents in cooperative groups. Provided with a list of links, paper, and markers, the students must demonstrate their knowledge of their continent by drawing and presenting their continent with 90% accuracy. Overview: The students will randomly pick one of the continents out of a hat. After dividing into groups, each continent has a set up center at a computer. The students will be exploring their continent on National Geographic's website (the links are provided). After thoroughly delving into the project, each group will be given a large sheet of paper where they must draw what their continent looks like, the continent's name, and five facts about their assigned continent. When through, we will go around the "world" and have a presentation of each continent.

To see the activities planned for this week in further detail visit the Student Activity Page!