Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals Submitted By: Jamie Holst

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: Students will begin learning the names of each state capital by singing along to a capital song and by filling in the missing state or capital working with a partner. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3 Skill Level: on level Grouping: Whole group for procedure steps 1-4. Partners for steps 5-6. C. Materials: Map of United States with capitals labeled Elmo Computer with speakers MP3 file Wakkos 50 State Capitals Song (if website is unavailable) Lyrics to Wakkos 50 State Capitals Song Fill in the States worksheet State Capital word search D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o G5.3.2 Differentiate between a city and a state using appropriate examples.

Student-Friendly Standards G5.3.2 I can label the capital of each state on a map.

E. Procedure: 1. Ask students to raise their hands if they know the capital of Nevada. Using the Elmo, use the map of the United States to show students where Carson City is located. 2. Explain all states have one capital city and each one is located within the state. Stress that the capital is a city within the state. 3. Students will receive lyrics while before playing Wakkos 50 State Capital Song. Students will listen the first time and sing together the second time. 4. Washington D.C. is included in the song. Explain to students that it is not a state capital. 5. Students will work on the Fill in the States worksheet with a partner. They will fill in as many states as possible from memory. Students can refer to map for help with the remaining questions and to check their answers. 6. Students will continue working in partners to complete the word search.
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals Submitted By: Jamie Holst

7. CLOSURE: Students will sing Wakkos 50 State Capital song once more as a class. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? 1. The worksheet and word search will serve as the assessment in this lesson. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. 1. The worksheets are different from one another since one asks for the state name and the other asks for the capital. Students are able to practice with both names. Students answers on both worksheets will show how well students understand the capitals as they relate to each state.

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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals Submitted By: Jamie Holst

Lyrics to Wakkos 50 State Capitals Song

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana And Columbus is the capital of Ohio There's Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, Montana Then there's Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho. Texas has Austin, then we go north To Massachusetts' Boston, and Albany, New York Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, D.C. Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee. Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know. Trenton's in New Jersey, north of Jefferson, Missouri You've got Richmond in Virginia; South Dakota has Pierre Harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine And here is Providence, Rhode Island, next to Dover, Delaware. Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt To Montpelier, which is up in Vermont Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall And Kansas has Topeka; Minnesota has St Paul. Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in Nebraska And it's Raleigh out in North Carolina and then There's Madison, Wisconsin, and Olympia in Washington Phoenix, Arizona, and Lansing, Michigan. Here's Honolulu; Hawaii's a joy Jackson, Mississippi, and Springfield, Illinois South Carolina with Columbia down the way And Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay. They have wonderful clam chowder. Cheyenne is in Wyomin' and perhaps you make your home in
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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals Submitted By: Jamie Holst

Salt Lake City out in Utah, where the Buffalo roam Atlanta's down in Georgia, and there's Bismarck, North Dakota And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home. Salem in Oregon; from there we join Little Rock in Arkansas; Iowa's got Des Moines Sacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city Charleston, West Virginia, and Nevada, Carson City. That's all the capitals there are!

Link to Wakkos 50 State Capital MP3

Wakko's 50 State Capital Song.mp3

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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals Submitted By: Jamie Holst

Fill in State Names

Montgomery ____________ Baton Rouge ____________ Columbus ____________ Juneau ____________ Phoenix ____________ Little Rock ____________ Augusta ____________ Oklahoma City ____________ Annapolis ____________ Salem ____________ Boston ____________ Harrisburg ____________ Sacramento ____________ Lansing ____________ Providence ____________ Denver ____________ Hartford ____________ Dover ____________ Saint Paul ____________ Columbia ____________ Jackson ____________ Pierre ____________ Jefferson City ____________ Nashville ____________ Tallahassee ____________ Helena ____________ Austin ____________ Atlanta ____________ Honolulu ____________ Boise ____________ Springfield ____________ Lincoln ____________ Salt Lake City ____________ Carson City ____________ Montpelier ____________ Concord ____________ Richmond ____________ Trenton ____________ Olympia ____________ Indianapolis ____________ SantaFe ____________ Charleston ____________ Des Moines ____________ Albany ____________ Madison ____________ Topeka ____________ Frankfort ____________ Raleigh ____________ Cheyenne ____________ Bismarck ____________

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State Capital Word Search

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Title of Unit: 3rd Grade Geography Title of Lesson: Introduction to state capitals Submitted By: Jamie Holst

Labeled map of the USA that will be used with the Elmo

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