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Teacher Candidate: Shakema Smith Grade: 2nd

Subject/EEDA/SSCA: Social Studies/EEDA

Date and Time of Lesson: March 26, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.

Learning Objective: Students will create index cards that contain a definition and a picture for the terms President, Governor, Congress, and Supreme Court. Alignment with Standards: Standard 2-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of local, state, and national government. o Indicator 2-2.3: Identify the roles of leaders and officials in government, including law enforcement and public safety rules. o Indicator 2-2.4: Explain the role of elected leaders, including mayor, governor, and president. o VA2-2.3 Select and use various elements and principles of design to communicate his or
her ideas, feelings, and stories through works of visual art.

Developmental Appropriateness: My learning objectives are appropriate because students have prior knowledge of summarizing the concept of authority and giving examples of people in authority. My learning objectives will meet the students social needs by the students being able to interact with one another and the teacher. My learning objective will meet the students physical needs by the students being able to write definitions and draw pictures for the terms using their locomotor skills. My learning objective will meet the students emotional needs by the students being able to give and receive constructive criticism. Assessment(s) of the Objectives: Students will be assessed based on their ability to copy what is being written on the chart paper. Students will also be assessed on their ability to create a picture based on their ideas of the terms. Accommodations: For the ESOL students and the students who have a hard time thinking of pictures to draw to represent the vocabulary, I will provide visuals of the vocabulary. I will also provide clear directions for the ADHD student and for the ESOL. If students need re-teaching, then I will re-teach the lesson to the students that will need re-teaching. I will also speak clearly so that the students will understand what they are learning about.

Materials: Index cards, Ziploc bags, markers, chart paper, Social Studies: People and Places big book, and pictures of the local mayor, city council, President, judge, Supreme Court, Congress, and governor. Use of Technology: Technology will not be used during this lesson due to the pictures have already been printed. Procedures: 1. Before we begin our lesson for today, I am going to let you take a couple of minutes to finish your index cards from yesterday. I have brought pictures to show you what you can draw for the vocabulary that you are having trouble with. I have also gone through your

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cards and chosen a few cards that have very good illustrations for the vocabulary. 2. I want the table helper from each group to grab the marker blocks for their group. You will have about ten minutes to finish up your cards from yesterday then we will start our lesson. (Allow students to get marker blocks) Show pictures and student example index cards while students are working. As students are working, walk around and assist the students that need help. 3. (Time is up for students to finish) Now I want you to get your index cards, clipboards, and a pencil and come to the carpet. 4. Yesterday we talked about the local government. Today we are going to be continuing our lesson and talk about the state and national government. Who remembers what a government is? (Allow students to respond) (Refer students back to their index cards.) 5. We are going to learn about important leaders in the state and national government. We are going to learn about are governor, President, Supreme Court, and Congress. 6. (Pull out big book) (Read pages 160-161) First we are going to define the term governor. Governor is a leader of a states government. (Write the vocabulary on the chart paper) (Students will copy the definition for the term when I am finished writing.) 7. Now we are going to look at our federal government. Federal means having agreed to join together. (Do not write) (Read pages 166-169 in the big book) 8. Our next term is President. President is the leader of our country. (Write the vocabulary on chart poster, then show a picture) A president signs laws and work with the leaders of a country. (Students will copy the definition for the term when I am finished writing.) 9. Our next term is Congress. Congress is the part of a government that writes and votes on laws for all of our states. (Show a picture) (Write vocabulary on the chart paper) (Students will copy the definition for the term when I am finished writing.) 10. The last term we are going to learn is Supreme Court. Supreme Court sets laws for our country and decides if laws are fair and have been broken. (Show picture) (Write vocabulary on chart paper) (Students will copy the definition for the term when I am finished writing.) 11. When you are done writing, put all your cards in your Ziploc bags and sit quietly in crisscross applesauce. 12. Lets go back over our vocabulary we learned today. 13. Now we are going to go back to our seats and I want you to create pictures for the terms we learned. Draw the pictures based on your ideas on the terms. Do the best you can and remember the pictures I have shown you. 14. Dismiss students row by row from the carpet. (Give students time to draw their pictures.) References: www.google.com and Teachers Edition Social Studies: People and Places (2006) by Scott Foresman. Activity Analysis: The instructional strategy that supports the lesson objective is the students vocabulary cards and illustrations. The activity includes pictures of elected leaders and local public officials to meet the needs of students. Technology will not be used during this lesson.