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Create a map showing important sites or landmarks on a school or community (i.e., firehouse, city hall, churches).
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE (What evidence do I need to show the students have
learned the Walk-Away?)
Formative Evidence (checking for understanding throughout the lesson): Looking
over students maps, and helping them as they draw.
Content Walk-Away Evidence (Summative): Map of our school.
Language Walk-Away Evidence (Summative): Correctly label map.
Approx.
ACTIVE LEARNING PLAN
Time
Activate/Building Background Knowledge
Review previous lesson on compass rose, identify cardinal directions, and discuss different landmarks.
Formative assessment: Ability to recall previous lessons, and discuss prior map knowledge.
Learning Goal
Review and activate previous
knowledge about maps.
Success Criteria
Ability to share past examples, and
identify cardinal directions and
examples of landmarks.
Assessment Strategy
Class discussion.
Modification/accommodations: (ELL, IEP, GATE, etc.) SL: Review past experiences, HLL: What are some
landmarks we talked about that are tricky to know if they are man made or physical features? BC: Remind
to raise hands if they want to share.
IEP:
Call
on
Sophia
and
have
her
share.
Focus Lesson (I do it)
Model drawing a map of the school over the overhead projector.
Draw a compass rose.
Formative Assessment:Following along and can recall what landmarks would be on maps.
Learning Goal
Success Criteria
Assessment Strategy
Understand how to draw a map of the
school.
Modification/accommodations: SL: Show map (visual). HLL: Visual- map IEP: What would the school look
like if we took off the roof? BC: Reminder to be listening like Lucy the listener.
Guided Instruction (We do it)
Have students help identify their classroom in the school and other important landmarks. (lunchroom, office,
playground, etc.) Draw and label these areas in the school.
Formative Assessment: Identify landmarks on map.
Learning Goal
Success Criteria
Identify landmarks on map.
Assessment Strategy
Share a landmark they want to
include.
Modification/accommodations: SL: Visual- words to help with spelling. HLL: Visual- map IEP: Visualwords to help with spelling. BC: We dont shout out the answer, we raise our hands.
Collaborative/Cooperative (You do it alone)
Students then begin to draw the outline of the map of the school along with a compass rose.
Summative Assessment: Map
Modification/accommodations:SL and IEP:if you arent sure how to draw your map, look at mine and use
it as a reference. Dont make it exactly like mine, but it can help you get started. HLL: Can have a map that
looks down on the school, or one designed similar to mine. BC: When you are finished you dont start
talking, you can start reading your library book.
Closure/Review of walk-aways, vocabulary, and essential questions
(Note: Closure includes student interactions, reflection, and/or demonstrations.)
What landmarks did you label on your map? What are the cardinal directions, did you include them on your
map? Why is it important to have a compass rose on our maps?
SIOP
Indicators
(Add
SIOP
number
and
description
within
the
lesson
plan)
Preparation:
1-Content
objectives,
2-Language
objectives,
3-Content
appropriate,
4-Supplementary
materials,
5-Adaptation
of
content,
6-Meaningful
activities
Building
Background:
7-Linked
to
background,
8-Linked
to
past
learning,
9-Key
vocabulary
Comprehensive
Input:
10-Appropriate
speech,
11-Clear
explanation,
12-Variety
of
techniques
Interaction:
16-Opportunity
for
interaction,
17-Grouping
supports
objectives,
18-Wait
time,
19-Opportunity
for
L1
students
TEACHING NOTES
What do I need to remember to do? What materials do I need to have ready? What is the approximate time needed for
this lesson?
Paper for students to draw their maps on.