Kate Cervone Grade: 2/3, Lesson #1 A Pirates Life Compass Rose Lesson

Content Area: SS Topic: Compass Rose

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVE After a whole group discussion, the student will be able to identify the directions of the compass rose by completing a map activity in small groups in at least three out of five trials. STANDARDS AND INDICATORS Social Studies Standard #3: Geography The student will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we livelocal, national, and global including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earths surface. This will be evident when the students identify the directions of the compass rose and complete the treasure map activity, utilizing the compass. MOTIVATION The students will watch a BrainPop Jr. movie on the SmartBoard entitled Reading a Map to introduce the compass rose and elements of maps. MATERIALS SmartBoard + BrainPop Jr. website North, South, East, or West? worksheet Pencils A Pirates Life treasure map worksheet Red crayons STRATEGIES Cooperative learning Modeling Group discussion Small group work ADAPTATIONS The student who has behavioral tendencies will work with his one-to-one TA to help complete the activities using his incentives to help reinforce positive behavior. The student who has difficulty with reading and writing, will utilize the highlighter strategy with a teacher to help write the names of the compass directions. For this particular class, the teachers and TAs will work in small groups with the students to achieve the objective.

DIFFERENTIATION OF INSTRUCTION Teachers are aware that not all students learn the same way. For the student who needs extra time to complete the assignments, he/she will have extended time. The third graders will be expected to complete at least five direction steps to find the treasure, and the second graders will be expected to complete at least three direction steps to find the treasure. The small groups will be separated by grade level. DEVELOPMENTAL PROCEDURES The students will watch a BrainPop Jr. movie on the SmartBoard entitled Reading a Map to introduce the compass rose and elements of maps. (What did you notice about how Moby and Annie read the map? What did they use to help them? What was the name of the item that told them where to go?) The students will participate in a whole group discussion about the compass rose and why it is important, while filling in the blanks of the North, South, East, or West? worksheet. (Have you ever heard of a compass? What do you already know about a compass? Why might a compass be important? When do you use a compass?) The students will work in small groups with a teacher or TA to complete A Pirates Life treasure map worksheet. The teacher or TA will model the worksheet as the students work on it. {How will we use the compass to find the pirates treasure? Which way is north? Can we use our first worksheet to help us? How?) ASSESSMENT Following the lesson about the compass rose, the teacher will review the treasure maps to see if the students have reached the treasure accurately. If the students have found the treasure they will be given a treasure incentive. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE Following the lesson, the students will complete the same North, South, East, or West? worksheet to reinforce the lesson. The same worksheet will be used because the students will have to refer to what they have already learned to recall the compass rose directions. An added bonus would be the cardinal directions. FOLLOW-UP Academic Enrichment: For the student who easily meets the objective, they will be introduced to cardinal directions (Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest) and be asked to add them to their compass rose. Academic Intervention: For the student who did not easily meet the objective, the teacher will work one-on-one with the student to help them, as well as have them make their own compass rose to help

reinforce the concept. REFERENCES BrainPOP Jr. | Social Studies | Learn about Reading Maps. (n.d.). BrainPOP Jr. - K-3 Educational Movies, Quizzes, Lessons, and More!. Retrieved September 25, 2011, from http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/geography/readingmaps/ Compass Rose Printout - EnchantedLearning.com. (n.d.). ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE. Retrieved September 25, 2011, from http://www.enchantedlearning.com MapMaker Page Maps - National Geographic Education. (n.d.). Teachers Homepage National Geographic Education. Retrieved September 25, 2011, from http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map