Lesson Plan: Venn Diagrams (2 periods)

Subject: Social Studies Grade: 1 Date: Tuesday, March 19th, 2018

Critical Inquiry Question: What makes Rosemary special?
Lesson: What is a venn diagram? How do I use it?
Time: 1:24-2:04pm (40 minutes) 2:22-3:05pm (40 minutes)
GLO:
General Outcome 1.1 My World: Home, School, and Community: Students will demonstrate an
understanding and appreciation of how identity and self-esteem are enhanced by their sense of
belonging in their world and how active members in a community contribute to the well-being,
growth and vitality of their groups and communities.
SLOs:
Skills & Processes:
1.S.7 Research for Deliberative Inquiry
Students will…
 compare and contrast information gathered.
 draw conclusions from organized information

1.S.9 Develop Skills of Media Literacy

Students will…
 identify key words in media presentations to determine the main idea (YouTube video in
this lesson)

Instructional Objectives:
By the end of the lesson students will be able to…
 Identify key ideas about Venn diagrams from a media presentation.
 Use Venn diagrams to compare and contrast information.
 Sort images into Venn diagrams.

Key Questions:
Key focus question for this lesson:
What is a Venn diagram? How do I use it?
Related questions for this lesson:
-How can I compare and contrast characteristics?
-Where do differences go on a Venn diagram?
-Where do similarities go on a Venn diagram?

Materials:
 YouTube Video: Venn Diagram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkV_uRErIqk
 Whiteboard and white board marker (Teacher)
 SmartBoard
 Interactive SmartBoard Activity:
http://rwtinteractives.ncte.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=230
  Six hula hoops
 Different categories for Venn diagrams: big, small (1 copy)
 Different categories for sorting urban and rural communities (4 copies)
 Copies of Venn Diagrams (20 copies)
 Math shapes
 Math plastic worms
 Scissors and glue sticks (students)
 Alphabet books
 Plastic sleeves/covers

Preparation:
 Gather hula hoops (6 of them)
 Print off different categories for Venn diagrams (big, small) –cut them out
 Print off different categories for sorting urban and rural communities (4 copies) –cut out
into strips
 Copies of Venn Diagrams (20 copies)
 Find plastic sleeves/covers and put Venn Diagrams into them

Lesson Procedure: (80 minutes)

Introduction: (5-6 minutes)
 Have students meet near the SmartBoard at the front of the room. Tell them we are
going to learn about Venn diagrams today.
 Show students a picture of a Venn diagram. Ask students what shapes are used in the
diagram? (Answer: circles)
 Tell students that Venn diagrams use overlapping circles to show how things are similar
or different. (students may need an explanation that overlapping is when shapes go
over top of each other, show this on the picture of the Venn diagram).

 Have students watch the YouTube video about Venn diagrams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkV_uRErIqk. Play the video starting at 0:25
minutes, but put it on silent or a low volume, so you can read the directions for students
as they do not do this in the video. Stop at 2:30 minutes.
 Ask students what are the key steps in creating a Venn diagram? (answers will vary, but
some of the key ideas are that: Step 1 Choose topics Step 2 Ask students to list
characteristics/traits, Step 3 Draw overlapping circles Step 4 Explain part of the diagram
Step 5 Ask students to find traits that are different Step 6: Ask students to find traits
that are alike.)

Development: (69 minutes)

Activity One (15 minutes): Interactive Smart Board Venn Diagram
  Tell students that we are now going to play an interactive Smart Board Venn diagram
game. (http://rwtinteractives.ncte.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=230)
 Have students read the topics at the top of the diagram (Answer: Red and yellow).
 Review with students where similarities go on a Venn diagram (the middle). Review with
students where differences go on a Venn diagram (both sides).
 Tell students that items that are yellow go in the blue circle. Items that are red go in the
pink circle. Items that are both yellow and red go in the purple part in the middle.
 Sort the first item with students as an example. Have the class sort the rest of the items
in the activity. It should look like this at the end:

Activity Two (20 minutes): Hula Hoop Venn Diagrams: Small, Medium, and Big (In Groups)
 Have students find objects around the room that fit the following category: Big vs.
Small.
 Give each students a pair of hula hoops (six hula hoops are needed total).
 Do an example using a big, medium, and small object. The big object goes in the left
hand side, the medium object goes in the overlapping circle, and the small object goes
in the right hand side. Remind students the different objects go on the sides and where
the circles meet/overlap is where they are similar.
 Divide students into groups of 3 to do this activity. Tell them to find as many objects
around the classroom as they can to put into the Venn diagram. Give them each a baggy
with the words big and small to label their Venn diagrams.
 As students do the activity, check that they are sorting objects into the right
categories/place.
Activity Three (15 minutes): Venn Diagrams: Math Shapes (Individually) and Worms
(Individually)
Math Shapes:
 Have students find objects that fit the following categories:
o Red shapes vs. triangles (red triangles would go in the middle)
o Blue shapes vs. circles (blue circles would go in the middle)
o Yellow shapes vs. rectangles (yellow rectangles would go in the middle)
 Give each student a Venn diagram chart and put it in a cover/laminated slip.
 Have them use their white board markers to write the above categories.
 Rotate around the room to see that students are understanding the activity and are
sorting objects into the right category/place.

Worms:
 Have students find objects that fit the following categories:
o Long worms vs. Green Worms (long green worms would go in the middle)
o Short worms vs. yellow worms (short green worms would go in the middle)
 Give each student a Venn diagram chart and put it in a cover/laminated slip.
 Have them use their white board markers to write the above categories.
 Rotate around the room to see that students are understanding the activity and are
sorting objects into the right category/place.

Activity Four (19 minutes): Venn Diagram Writing Prompt

 Tell students that V is for Venn Diagram. Write this on the board as they will need to put it in
their Alphabet Books.
 I can compare urban and rural communities.
 Let students work on their alphabet books/completing the writing prompt.
 Give each student a Venn diagram. Tell them they have to put urban and rural at the top
of each circle.
 Have students sort pictures of things in an urban and rural community:
 Urban communities: taxi, skyscraper, lots of people
 Rural communities: tractor, barn, a few people
 Similarities: Schools, playgrounds
Closure: (5 minutes)
 Ask students what they learned about Venn diagrams today. (answers will vary)
 Have students clean up the classroom and get ready for home time.

Assessment:
 Interactive SmartBoard Venn Diagram: Individually see which students can sort each
image into the different categories: red, yellow, red & yellow.
 Oral Conversations while they Are Working in Groups: Check that students can sort
objects into the different categories (small, big, medium). Ask them why they are
putting certain objects in different places in the diagram.
Reflection: