Title of Unit: Making Economic Choices Title of Lesson: Day 4: Tricks of the Trade Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This is the 4th lesson in a unit about the economy and money. In this lesson students will learn about persuasive technology and advertisements. Students will use the Houghton Mifflin 3rd grade social studies textbook: communities, pages 278-279. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 3rd grade Skill Level: at skill level Grouping: whole group instruction/discussion, independent activity C. Materials: Houghton Mifflin 3rd grade social studies textbook: communities, pages 278-279 Social studies journals Pencils White paper Crayons/colored pencils Sample ads D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o E.9.3.3- Give examples of prices set by businesses for selling goods and services

Student-Friendly Standards I will give examples of prices set by businesses through an advertisement.

E. Procedure: 1. Introduce advertisements to students through a discussion about their purpose o o o o Ask students what advertisements are used for Name some advertisements Where can you find them? Show some samples of ads

2. Read Tricks of the Trade on pages 278-279 to students as they follow along 3. Discuss the different types of ads from the reading 4. Students will create their own ads o
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Title of Unit: Making Economic Choices Title of Lesson: Day 4: Tricks of the Trade Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

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Use paper for illustrations with crayons and colored pencils Include illustrations and catchy words, price, creativity

5. Students will write a brief description of their ad on the back of the illustration o Tell why they chose that type of ad Description and explanation 6. CLOSURE: Students will share ads whole group o Conduct a discussion about ads and students will vote on their top 3 favorite they would buy

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use informal assessment of discussions and the ad activity to measure student understanding of this concept. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will know students understand this concept when they can describe an ad, why its important and how it can be helpful to attract buyers. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think this whole lesson will be easy to teach. Ads are everywhere and students are most likely going to be very familiar with them when they learn more about them in this lesson. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the different types of ads might be difficult for students to understand. Some of them might be confusing but with samples, hopefully students will better understand the varieties. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? We will talk more about ads later in the unit when continuing to talk about money and the economy. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I will pull small groups and work one-on-one with students who dont understand the concepts being taught. Additional help will be given to the students who need help with their personal ads. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?
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Title of Unit: Making Economic Choices Title of Lesson: Day 4: Tricks of the Trade Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

I dont think any part of the lesson needs to be changed. I think there is a good introduction and activity to the lesson that will be engaging to students. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? There wasnt a difficult part of this lesson. This lesson was really easy to create and write.

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