Indiana Wesleyan University

Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (DIRECT INSTRUCTION)

Social Studies--2007 ACEI Standards

Student: Hannah Lynn School: Riverview Elementary

IWU Supervisor: Professor Schuler Co-op Teacher: Mrs. Yeakle
Teaching Date:_3/29/17__ Grade Level: Kindergarten

READINESS
I. Goal(s)/Objective(s)/Standard(s)
A. Goal Students will understand a community and how it functions.

B. Objective(s) After completing the matching game, students will be able to

identify different community helpers and explain how they help others by placing the correct
picture with its description.

C. Standard(s)
NCSS: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions Strand 5

IAS: K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community

helpers and leaders and describe how they help us.
II. Materials & Management:

A. Materials: Accident pictures, community helper pictures, Popsicle sticks, magnets,

matching sentences, helping hand picture, definitions, badges
B. Time: 40 minutes
C. Space: Carpet Rug for everything except the drawing will be at their tables
D. Behavior: Teacher student response for attention, clip chart, tapping heads to
transition to seats, calling tables to transition back to the carpet
E. Technology: Smartboard for picture slideshow

III. Anticipatory Set I have some friends that are in need of help, and you are
going to help them. Lets take a look at the screen to see how we can help my
friend. (Show picture of girl falling off bike) What happened to this girl? (Select a
student who is raising their hand Answers may vary) What could you do to help
this girl? (Answers may vary) That is a great idea. I think my friend will be all better
now. Lets take a look and see how we can help out my next friend! (Show picture of
trash pile) What happened to this boys trash? (Answers may vary) How could we
help him out? (Answers may vary) Great thinking that would really help out my
friend. Lets take a look at one more friend of mine that is in need of your help!
(Show picture of a house fire) What happened to this familys house? (Answers may
vary) How could we help this family? (Answers may vary) What a great idea! You
were awesome helpers today and my friends really appreciate it. In some of these
situations we have people in our community that would also be really good at
helping out my friends.

IV. Purpose: Today we are going to learn about different community helpers because it is
important to understand how a community can work together, and how we can also be
helpers in our community.

PLAN FOR INSTRUCTION

V. Adaptation: (ACEI 3.2)
A. Remediation Read the sentences during the matching game for the students who
are unable to read.
B. Enrichment For students who are advanced, they can write a sentence with their
drawing.
C. ELL LR: Have clear and visible pictures. Point to words when I read them so she can
see what the words look like and follow along.
D. Exceptional Needs- AJ: Give him an object to hold to keep him stimulated
throughout the lesson or give him a special job so he can be a class leader.

VI. Lesson Presentation:

A. INPUT:

Input Modeling/Modeled Practice Raise your hand if you think you know what
a community is. (Call on a few students) A community is a place where people live
and work. Marion is the community that we live in. But our school can also be its
own community. In every community there are community helpers. Community
helpers are people in the community that help others. I am going to show you a few
pictures of community helpers. I will give the picture to one student to hold in front
of the class so everyone can see. Everyone who receives a picture will stand in the
front together. When we are done with all the pictures you will hand it back to me
and have a seat. (Hand the first picture to a student) If you know who any of these
helpers are I want you to raise your hand. I am going to call on students who have
their hands quietly raised to answer the question. (Identify the community helper)
How does this (doctor, teacher, principal, parent, garbage man, bus driver, crossing
guard) help the community? (Call on students) That is right. The police officers help
keep us safe, The firefighters keep us out of danger, the doctors help us when we
are sick or get hurt, parents help us with a lot of things, teachers help us learn, bus
drivers help us get to school, crossing guards help us cross the street safely, and
garbage people help to keep our community clean. These community helpers use
their special skills to keep our community together.

Checking Understanding Throughout the lesson I will be observing the

students engagement levels to see if everyone is receiving the information. I will
also be listening to their responses to my questions and pictures. After I give a few
community helper examples, I will ask the students if they know any other
community helpers and explain how they help the community. This will give me a
good idea as to whether the students understand what a community helper is or if I
will need to review the concept.

Guided Practice To make sure that we know who our community helpers are
and what they do, we are going to play a matching game. I will read the sentences
for you, and then you guys are going to choose the picture of the community helper
that goes with the sentence. Once we have completed the matching game, I will go
over the answers with you.
 B. OUTPUT:

Independent Practice Now that we have learned about our community

helpers, I want you to draw a picture in the helping hand about how one of these
community helpers has helped you personally. (Remember it can be a parent,
teacher, principal, police officer, firefighter, ambulance, etc.)I am going to give you
a few minutes to work on this and then I am going to ask you to share with the class
what you drew.

- When I tap the students heads they can return to their seat quietly to start
working on their drawing.

Closure We are going to take a look at the wonderful drawings you did. When I
call you up I would like you to tell us about your picture and the community helper
you chose. (Look at student work) Remember that a community is a place where
people live and work, and community helpers are people in the community that
help others to keep the community together and strong. And we can all be
community helpers too by picking up trash, helping our friends, and following
directions. If you agree to be a community helper like you do in the school
statement every morning then I will award to you a community helper badge!
(Recite the Riverview Elementary Pledge)

- Call the students back to the carpet by their table numbers.

- Draw sticks for students to show their work.

PLAN FOR ASSESSMENT (ACEI 4.0)

Formative: I will observe throughout the lesson the students responses, conversations, and
engagement levels. I will also assess how they do on the matching game to determine if I
need to review the concept before moving forward.
Summative: I will assess the description of their drawing to see if they understand who
community helpers are and how they can help others.

REFLECTION AND POST-LESSON ANALYSIS

1. How many students achieved the lesson objective(s)? For those who did not, why not?
2. What were my strengths and weaknesses?
3. How should I alter this lesson?
4. How would I pace it differently?
5. Were all students actively participating? If not, why not?
6. What adjustments did I make to reach varied learning styles and ability levels?
a. Blooms Taxonomy
b. Gardners Multiple Intelligences
7. Did my anticipatory set get the students excited about the lesson?
8. Was each student able to identify a community helper who has helped them?
9. Was each student engaged throughout the entire lesson?
10. Did my activities help the students understand what a community helper is?
Accident Pictures for Anticipatory Set:

Community Helper Pictures for direct instruction and matching game:

The Helping Hand Drawing for Independent Practice:

Community Helper Badges for Closure: