Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Intro to three communities

Date

November 17, 2014

Subject/Grade
Level

Social/Grade 2

Time
Duration

30 min

Unit

Looking At Places

Teacher

Mike Greeno

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

2.1 - Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how geography, culture,
language, heritage, economics, and resources shape and change Canadas communities
2.1.2 Knowledge and Understanding Students will investigate the physical geography of an
Inuit, an Acadian, and a Prairie community in Canada by exploring and reflecting upon specific
inquiry questions.
2.1.1 Values and Attitudes Students will appreciate the physical and human geography of the
communities studied.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Recognize three different communities
2. Analyze different locations in Canada

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:

Products/Performances:

Participation in class discussion

Does the student recognize differences and similarities in the land of the communities
What is a community?
What province is this?
Where are they located?
How do you know that?
Map of Canada
Verbal answers

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Alberta Education Program of Studies

Alberta Social Studies Many Voices Teacher Resource

Teacher:
Smart board/white board
Looking at Places
Map of Canada handout
Student
Pencils

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson

Attention Grabber
Assessment of Prior
Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and Behaviour
Advance
Organizer/Agenda
Transition to Body
Learning Activity #1

1. Set up Smartboard
2. Have handouts ready
3. Review Lesson Plan
Introduction
ASK: What is the farthest place that you have been?
ASK: What is a community?
A group of people who share the same things such as where they
live, language and history
Respect the teacher and classmates
Participate
Be Safe
Students will be learning about different communities in the North, East
Coast, and Prairies.
Everyone lets go take a seat on the carpet
Body
Reading Looking At Places
Introduce the class to the new unit of studying three different
communities

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Time

Time

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Teacher Notes: Assessments/

Differentiation

Learning Activity #2

Teacher Notes: Assessments/

Differentiation

Learning Activity #3

Teacher Notes: Assessments/

Differentiation

Consolidation of
Learning:
Feedback From Students:
Feedback To Students
Transition To Next
Lesson

We will learn about each community and the people from the
community
Read pages 4-6
Show the students the pictures of the children and where they live
ASK: Why do you think we are going to learn about these children
in particular? What makes them special?
Reiterate that children need to sitting on the carpet
Make sure all the children see the pictures in the book
Smartboard Activity: Where are the children from?
Write the names of the three children down on the board
Ask the students who they think belongs to each community
Get a show of thumbs up and thumbs down to see if students agree
Remove the green sliders one at a time
Remind the students that they are also a part of a community
Make sure that all students are giving feedback with their thumbs
Remind students of what a community is
Map of Canada
Have students give you the initials of the provinces where the
children (including themselves) are from
Have them write down the initials of the provinces on a map of
Canada
Once they are done they can lightly shade in the provinces
Make sure students are participating by writing down initials are
shading them in
Be sure to have students write their name on their maps and hand
them in
Closure

Time

ASK: What is a community?

The ability to label their maps correctly
Complementing correct work using and assisting students struggling with
answers
Students will learn more about the three communities

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe