GENERAL LESSON PLAN

Name: Steven Thomas

Date: 10/2/14 (When the plan was written.)
Subject: Social Studies
Length of Lesson: 40 Minutes
Grade Level: 3rd
Core Curriculum Objectives:
Describe how various communities have adapted to existing environments
and how other communities have modified the environment.

a.

Describe the major world ecosystems (i.e. desert, plain, tropic,

tundra, grassland, mountain, forest, wetland).

b.
Identify important natural resources of world ecosystems.

Common Core Objectives (ELA):

Standard 3.4
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and
relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Vocabulary Development:
Through the course of the lesson, the following vocabulary terms will be introduced and
explained.
Desert
Plain
Tundra
Forest

Wetland

 Habitat
Preparation:
You will need to have pictures of animals that live in each of the habitats that you are
defining.
1:00-1:20

Introduction:
I will begin this lesson by
calling attention to the front of
the classroom (the
whiteboard) and explaining
what the word habitat means.
I will then define six different
types of habitats (forest,
wetland, desert, plain, and
tundra.)

Management:
I will manage the class by
leading the discussion
amongst students and by
calling upon random students
to ensure that they remained
focused on the activity at
hand.

1:20-1:30

I will then split the students

I will manage the class by
into four separate groups
making sure everyone is on
(based upon the rows in class task.
where they sit. I will then
have them move to four
separate corners of the room. I
will then show them pictures
of different types of animals.
They will have to decide as a
group what habitat the animal
belongs in. I will randomly
call upon a group to explain
why they believe the animal
belongs in that particular
habitat.

1:30-1:35

I will then ask the students to I will manage the class by

explain what habitat they
making sure everyone is on
think Salt Lake City would
task.
belong in. I will ask them to
explain that answer by
providing concrete examples.

1:35-1:40

I will then end the lesson by

asking students to look at
habitats that exist within their
community and think about
animals that could possibly
live there.

I will manage the class by

leading the discussion
amongst students

Adaptations:
You could provide a translation for the habitats and animals that you use in the lesson. that
might help elucidate it for ELL students.
With gifted students, you could group them together and provide them with more difficult
animals to place in habitats.
Integration:
This lesson could be integrated with visual art fairly easy ( you could have students
illustrate each individual habitat.)
Furthermore, a classroom that is tech-focused could do interesting things with this lesson.
You could show them videos the different habitats show students get a clearer sense of the
differences between the habitats.