Lesson Plan (Direct Instruction)

Teachers: Subject:
Alexis Santa Cruz Sustainability and Poverty
Common Core State Standards:
4.MD.A.2. Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid
volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and
problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent
measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.

Objective (Explicit):
Students will be able to understand poverty in different countries.
Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):

Students will be able to reflect on what they learned by completing a journal entry
Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):
Students will be able to research information on different countries
Students will be able to create and present a thorough prezi presentation
Students will be able to compare and contrast poverty in different countries
Key vocabulary: Poverty, impoverishment, scarcity, Materials:
inferiority Plain paper
Pencils
prezi presentation
lap tops
Smart board
Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life)

Ask students what they already know about poverty in different countries.

Teacher Will: Student Will:

Guided Practice Input tional Instruc

With the use of a power point I will go over Students will listen and contribute to the discussion
what poverty looks like in different countries. when asked.

Teacher Will: Student Will:

Talk about the effects of poverty around Listen and contribute to discussion when
the world asked
Compare the standard of living in
impoverished countries to our own
 Teacher Will: Student Will:

Students will be asked to count off by
eight to separate into groups
Each group will be assigned a different
country to research
A list of 4 questions will be displayed on
the board for each group to answer
related to their specific country
I will ask students to work together and
use the internet to answer the questions
and create a prezi to display the
information for their country
After thirty five minutes I will ask
students to come back together as a class
and share what they have found
I will ask students to take out a sheet of
Independent Practice
Get into groups of three based on their
number
Conduct research on the country they were
given by using the internet
Create a prezi to display research used to
answer questions provided
Share their presentations with the rest of the
class
Be asked to record two facts that they found
interesting about each other groups
presentation
Share their interesting facts with the class
Complete a journal reflection on what they
learned
Share their journal reflection with their group

paper and record two facts that they members

found interesting from each of the other
groups presentations
I will ask each group to stand up and
share their presentation with the rest of
the class starting with group 1 and ending
with 8
After all the groups have presented their
information to the class I will ask
students to raise their hands and share
some of the facts that they found
interesting
Students will be asked to take out another
piece of paper and complete a journal
reflection on what they learned
After 10 minutes students will be asked
to share their reflection with their other
group members and then asked to turn
their reflections in

Differentiation Strategy:
If Students continue to struggle throughout I will refer them to websites to use to get information from.

Assessment:
Students will be graded on their presentations based on a rubric
Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections:
Students will be asked to complete a reflection journal entry on what they learned, share it with their group
members and turn it in.