Where+Should+We+Live+Lesson+Plan

= Where Should We Live? Lesson Plan =

Jessica Thomas || **Grade ** 4th || **Class Size ** 24 || **Date / Time ** April 4 9:20 am || Social Studies |||| **School ** Waverly Elementary || **Mentor ** Brian Eisentraut || = I. Value of the Lesson  – //What will the students learn? Why is this learning meaningful, important and appropriate? What will the students say or do that will serve as evidence of learning? // = Students will identify reasons or the movement of people to, from and within Maryland. || Students will read a description of two people and identify which region of Maryland would be best for the couple. ||
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**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">II. Context for Learning ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">– //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">What factors will influence my instructional decisions? How will my instruction respond to these factors? // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Ex. IEP Accommodations, ESOL, Social Concerns, Etc.) |||| <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Differentiated Practices for <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">this Lesson ** ||
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 * Savannah and Samuel are struggling readers. |||||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We will read the description of the two people together so all the students are on the same page. Any difficult or unknown words we will discuss. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Ex. Family/community/cultural assets; Perspective- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Taking; etc.) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Implications for this Lesson** || = <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">III. Instructional Procedures //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">– What instructional strategies will I use to ensure that every child is a successful learner? // = We will discuss real estate agents and what they do. I will model by reading the role cards for the two people. Then I will read aloud the passage about Eastern Shore. We will discuss why the Eastern Shore is suited for the two people. The students will be seperated into groups and read the six paragraphs on the regions and determine which region is best suited for their two people. After, each group will present to the class so they can each fill out their Maryland map with the characters and their roles.
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 * < Perspective-Taking |||| The students will put themselves in the perspective of the couple to help figure out where it would be best for them to live. ||