04-01-08- Thematic Unit 2 Week Lesson Plans
March 10, 2008
Objective:
Pre-test on how well the students know
fifty states in America.
Students will also learn vocabulary
Procedure:
Give out test, have students complete tests.
See afterwards how well the students know states and see if the states would be a unit I could do.
I will write out six vocabulary words and
explain the vocabulary that will help children for their future projects.
1) Rural 2) Suburb 3) Towns 4) State flags and birds 5) Location 6) Population
March 11, 2008
Objective:
Learn about New Mexico; learn about the lives and contributions of people that helped shape our state.
Procedure:
Have an overhead and begin discussing with
a map where New Mexico is at, what does the state flag look like, the state bird, stamp, quarter and the state flower.
We will then go into people in history
who have shaped New Mexico such as Kit Carson, Billy the
Kid, Mangus Coloradas, Pope, Maria Martinez.
Have the students work on a word search
looking for key words we discussed during the day.
Have the students stop and jot in their
journals about one or two things they learned today about New Mexico.
March 12, 2008
Objective:
Learn about New
Mexico and read literature that relates to New Mexico
Procedure:
I will have a number of picture books that
either were written by a person from New Mexico or a story about a person, place or thing
in New Mexico. The class will break into small groups; they
will then read their books aloud in there groups and then act out a scene or page from the book they just read, and present
to the class. (Acting will be done previous to this unit)
March 13, 2008
Objective:
Students
will use the writing process to write an adventure story
Students
will use research materials to learn about states other than New Mexico
Procedure:
I will hand out a picture of an animal
to each student in the class.
Ask the following
question: If you and your animal friend could go on a vacation to any state, where would you go? Make a list on the board.
Tell the students
that they are going to choose a state, (every student a different state) and write a story about their adventures with their
animal while they were there.
Next, the students will research the state they chose, and
decide on three places they would like to visit in their state (cities, museums, landmarks, parks, etc.)
From research, students will write their adventure story
using the people, places or things they researched.
Student will write the final draft of their adventure story.
Students will create and share with the class a final poster
project. The poster will include a final draft if their adventure story, “pictures” of them and their animal at
each of the three places they visited (these will be hang drawn), and captions for each picture.
March 15, 2008
Objective:
Continue from
day before students will use research materials to learn about states
Procedure:
Students will continue with their project
with the states and present to class
March 18, 2008
Objective:
Create graphs using 10 state populations
Create graphs using climates of the 10
states
Start to create games with states
Procedure:
Pick states that are close to New Mexico and popular states. Colorado,
Arizona, Utah, California,
Texas, Florida, Nevada,
Oklahoma, New York and of course New Mexico.
Look at Social Studies book for the population
and climate information and demonstrate with the class on the board of an x and y graphing system with the 10 states populations.
Students will then copy the graph. (Will have previous knowledge about graph)
Then write the average climate on the board
of each state but in random order.
The students will then create their own
x and y graph using the climates.
Students will then have the chance to make
with 2-3 people a game using the states. It could do with spelling, where they are located, what there climate is like, what
their population is like, what activities or symbols are known at a specific state (example Texas is known for there long
horns or there symbol is a star). If students are confused, show them an example using the game cranium but for states.
March 19, 2008
Objective:
Create state game and play
Procedure:
Continue working on state games and play
them amongst the group and with other students in the classroom.
This is a two week thematic unit
lesson for third grade
March 20, 2008
Objective:
Post Test
Procedure:
Will give out the same test I did before
with possibly some extra bonus questions that were not on the pre-test.