Title of Unit: Holidays and Symbols from Around the World Title of Lesson: Holidays Submitted By: Gina

Bogden

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is designed for 2nd grade students to learn the differences about national, state, and religious holidays. This lesson uses the 2nd grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 144-147). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 2nd grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading & discussions, independent for activity and assessment C. Materials: 2nd grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 144-147) Reading skills unit resources p. 41 Pencils/crayons/markers/paper Whiteboard Vocabulary & Study guide (Unit Resources p. 42) for each student see last page of lesson plan for sample D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C13.2.5 - Describe traditional patriotic activities, holidays, or symbols from around the world.

Student-Friendly Standards C13.2.5 - I can describe special celebrations or symbols of different countries.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to notes on TE 144- Get Set to Read Explain the study guide students will complete as we read Call students attention to the pictures on the pages 144-145. Identify and discuss the differences among national, state, and religious holidays. Introduce vocabulary (national holiday, religious holiday)

2. As a class, read p. 144-145, stopping to ask questions as indicated in the margins of the TE. 3. Students should take notes and record information on their Study Guide while we are reading.
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Title of Unit: Holidays and Symbols from Around the World Title of Lesson: Holidays Submitted By: Gina Bogden

4. Ask questions listed in the margins of the TE as an ongoing check for understanding. Focus on the questions about culture: (TE 145) What is a state holiday you know or have read about? (TE 146) What is one religious holiday and a tradition that goes with it? (TE 146) What is one thing that Muslims, Christians, and Jews all do on religious holidays?

5. CLOSURE: Discuss the question in the Review/Assess section of TE p. 147 F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Draw a picture (TE 147): Draw a picture of people celebrating a holiday you like. Tell if it is a national, state, or religious holiday. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students drawing must clearly show people celebrating a holiday; type of holiday shown is correctly identified. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the easiest part will be discussing what is happening in the pictures. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the challenging part will be explaining the differences between national and religious holidays, especially if a religion is not taught or being practiced in the students household. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? As an extension, I would use the Extend Lesson 4 (p.148-149) about a state holiday, Cesar Chavez Day. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For the students who dont grasp the concept, I will use the Reteach mini lesson at the bottom of TE 147. We will work together to fill in the bubble map of key details from the lesson and the text. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?
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Title of Unit: Holidays and Symbols from Around the World Title of Lesson: Holidays Submitted By: Gina Bogden

This lesson is pretty clear; I dont think it needs to be changed. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The difficult part for me is always the assessment. I dont think using a worksheet would be a good assessment for this lesson; I like the idea of having students draw a picture to show understanding.

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Karen Powell- Instructor

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