Week #12 Social Studies and Science Lesson Plans
November 3rd – November 7th, 2014
Monday, 11-3 Day #1
Topic: Voting
TEKS: (Voting) 1.1A, 1.1B,
1.12A, 1.13C
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Tuesday, 11-4 Day #2
Topic: Voting
TEKS (Voting) 1.1A, 1.1B,
1.12A, 1.13C
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Wednesday, 11-5 Day #3
Topic: Bats
TEKS: 2A; 2D; 9C;
10A; 10C; 10D
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Engage: ask students what it means to vote.
What are some things we can vote on?
Explore: What are some reason why we would
want to vote? What does an I.D. card look like?
*Students will create a personal I.D. card with
their picture, address, lunch number, and
signature on it.
Explain: Discuss that their parents and grandparents will probably go out and vote for our new
bond election. They will need their personal
identification: Photo Identification Card, Drivers
License, Passport or a state I.D. card in order to
vote.
Vocab: vote, identification, good citizen,
ballot, election
(Daily Grade: (daily grade in LA & SS) combined
grade of election sentence writing and ABC order of wor
Shared reading: Read a book/newspaper articles/or
weekly readers about voting.
*S.S. book- read about voting in the All
Together (blue classroom books)
pg. 218-221
Engage: Students will vote on 2 student
representatives from their class. They will
need to fill out a ballot to vote for 2
students. The winners will be announced.
(Test Grade: Election Quiz)
Engage: Students will view videos online/discuss books
on bats.
Elaborate: Students will construct bats and information
for hallway display.
OBJ: Students will learn about bats: their life cycle,
habitat, food supply, pros/cons, and other information
about bats.
Questions: What is the life cycle of a bat? Where does a
bat live? What does a bat eat? How do bats fly? Why do
bats come out at night?
Vocabulary: nocturnal, echolocation, habitat,
life cycle, colony, pup, mammal
Thursday, 11-6
Day #4
Topic: Bats
TEKS: 2A; 2D; 9C;
10A; 10C; 10D
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Friday, 11-7 Day #5
Topic: Bats
TEKS: 2A; 2D; 9C;
10A; 10C; 10D
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Engage: Students will be engaged in the bat PBL through
videos and books.
Explore: Students will continue to explore information
about bats through research online and in books.
OBJ: Students will learn about bats: their life cycle,
habitat, food supply, pros/cons, and other information
about bats.
(Daily grade: bat vocabulary worksheet on
nocturnal, mammal, echolocation, pup)
Engage: Students will be engaged in the bat PBL through
videos and books.
Explore: Students will continue to explore information
about bats through research online and in books.
OBJ: Students will learn about bats: their life cycle,
habitat, food supply, pros/cons, and other information
about bats.