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Greg Lynn
Social Studies
1st
Map Reading

Lesson Overview

Write a brief, yet concise, description of what occurs in this lesson (50 words).
What will students learn during the lesson? In this lesson, the students will
learn..
In this lesson, the students will learn and read maps by relating different spaces to maps. Students will be
able to navigate directions using a map. Students will also be able to get onto the world wide web and
search out different sites finding their own landmarks and virtually visit them.
State Standards

Go to the state standards website:

http://www.tn.gov/education/standards/index.shtml
Reference State, Common Core, ACT College Readiness Standards and/or State
Competencies. Select the grade content/level appropriate standards that are being
met in this lesson. Copy and paste here:
1.15 Recognize basic map symbols, including references to land, water, cities, and roads.
1.24-Summarize in their own words, that a map is a representation of a space, such as the classroom, the
school, the neighborhood, town, city, state, country or world.
National Education
Technology
Standards for
Students (NETSS)
met in this lesson

Go to the NEW NETSS standards http://cnets.iste.org/and select grade level (K2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) appropriate standards/profiles that are being met in this lesson.
Copy and paste here.

Instructional
Clear, Specific, and Measurable NOT ACTIVITIES. Student-friendly. The
Objectives
objective for this lesson [learning outcome] should identify the A, B, C & D.
The students will be able to take a treasure map and be able to read the map and find the desired area that
they will be looking for.

Prior Knowledge

What prior knowledge will the students have to have to be able to do this lesson?
You might look at the year before state standards to see what they were suppose to
learn before doing the state standard you chose.
Students will need prior knowledge of surfing the internet, but they will be doing
it with assistance from the teacher. Once the students find their landmarks then
then the teacher will use the Promethium board to do a virtual tour of different
places around the world.

Need or Purpose

Why do students need to learn this lesson?

Every student needs to learn how to navigate using a map and how to browse the
internet.

Teacher Preparation

Explain what the teacher has to do to get ready for the lesson including activities
such as gather materials, bookmark websites, create research guides, schedule
labs, gather parent permission for fieldtrips, etc
The teacher needs to make sure all computers are ready and on the correct website to be able to search out
different landmarks. The teacher also needs to have 3-4 different treasure maps created and the treasures
placed in the correct places for the students to be able to find. The teacher also needs to have the virtual
tour ready on the Promethium board.
Active
Explain what the students do in this lesson that puts them in an active learning
Participation
situation.
Students will be put in the active learning situation by browsing the internet and finding different
landmarks. They will be able to search the World Wide Web that will benefit them throughout the rest of
their school.
Formative
Assessment

The criteria should directly align with the instructional objectives and standards.
How will you monitor student progress? Also describe your plan for providing
feedback to your students during the lesson?
Oral assessment of landmarks from the childrens home town/city, county, state, and country. Students will
be given examine in small groups so their feedback will be immediate.

Materials

List all materials and include how each will be used during the lesson. Must align
with the Instructional Objective
Handmade treasure maps of the school courtyard or playground.
Treasures for the children to find.
A computer/Ipad for each child to use small groups
Wheres is my State? by Robin Nelson
Instructional Procedures
Essential Question
An Essential Question encourages students to put forth more effort when faced
with complex, open-ended, challenging, meaningful and authentic questions.
Students will understand and read maps by relating different spaces to maps. Students will be able to
navigate directions using a map.

Lesson set

Motivator/Hook - How will you open the lesson to motivate the students? How
will you relate this lesson to previous learning & to real life experiences, to
explain the importance of the learning to the students? (student involvement
required)
Teacher hooks students: By asking the students if they want to go on a treasure hunt?

Techniques &
Activities

List the instructional procedures step-by-step, in sequential order as they occur

in the lesson. What will you do? What will the students do? How will you keep
learners engaged? Within the procedures a variety of classroom teaching
strategies (methods) are identified. Student centered activities are included as
well as guided practice of the learning is included.
Teacher hooks students: By asking the students if they want to go on a treasure hunt?
I would then go over the state standards that would be covering in this lesson. Social Studies 1.15 and
1.24 would be covered in this lesson.
Then I would go over how this lesson on reading and identify landmarks on a map can help students
navigate a map and help get them to where they want to go.
Content Input (I do activities): First we would go over the book Where is my State by Robin Nelson.
I would read the book to the class and discuss the different new vocabulary words that the students may
not be familiar with. I would show the class how each part of the book can show you how to navigate a
map. I would discuss some of the major world land marks to give the children an idea of why it is
important to be able to recognize and identify for the purpose of reading maps. I would also ask the
students to tell me if they have visited any of the land marks that I will be identifying.
Guided Practice (We do): Since my hook was asking the students whether or not they wanted to go on a
treasure hunt, this is where we would split off into small groups of 3-4 children a piece and each group
given a treasure map. Each map would go to a different place to a different buried treasure. I would
have staged different buried treasures on the school grounds that is fenced in and the children can take
their maps and let them search and see if they understood how to read a map. The children would be
reminded that they are on a team and the entire team needs to help participate in finding the reward.
Independent Practice (You do; may include Homework): Have the students to go home and on a piece of
paper draw a map that is important to them. It could be anything, their room, their house, or their
neighborhood. It will show that the students understood the purpose of this lesson.
Extension

How will I provide modified instructions for gifted students? I call this Gearup. Extensions are additional activities to expand the learning on the lesson. If
students finish early what will the supplemental activity be? - I will have them
do.
Students build/draw a map of the classroom or school. If making a map of the
classroom is to easy then students will then build one of the school.

Remediation

How will I provide modified instructions for below average? I call this - geardown. Remediation activities include methods to re-teach the learning for
students who need more instruction. If a student falls behind I will ..
Students will be paired with higher achieving students if they fall behind to help
them learn pupil to pupil.

Adaptions
Modifications

How will I provide modified instruction for special education? How will you
adapt the learning for learners with special needs? Choose one disability and
tell me how you would adapt this lesson for that disability.
Johnny has a vision problem. I would also provide Johnny group with an enlarged copy of their map to
make sure he has no problems seeing the map or its directions.

CLOSURE

Reflection / Wrap-Up. How will you close the lesson, summarize the lesson
content, relate the lesson to future lessons & tie it to previous lessons? (studentinvolvement required). How will I review subject-matter and purpose with
students?
To finish out the lesson I would ask the students what they have learned today. Give a few of them the
chance to respond and see if any of them get the I CAN objectives. If no students get the I CAN
objectives then I will review them to make sure all students understand what they were expected to learn.
I would then go over the state standards that we covered in this lesson Social Studies 1.15 and 1.24.
Then I would transition this lesson to the next one. Since we all know how to use a map to find different
landmarks in our town/city we are next going to talk about the major cities and state capital of Tennessee
and the 3 different sections of the state. Everyone go home and finish out your maps for homework, do
the best you can on this and I will take it up tomorrow first thing before we get started tomorrow.
Summative
Assessment

Describe the assessment process that you will use to measure whether the students
achieved the instructional objectives. How will you assess the student
performance/mastery of skill? What are the criteria for achievement, and
performance level? How will you assess that students have learned? How will you
monitor student progress? The criteria should directly align to the instructional
objectives and standards. Also describe your plan for providing feedback to your
students.
Achievement will be assessed when students are able to find the treasure from the treasure map that each
small group had been given. Students will also be given an oral assessment over different landmarks and
directions.

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