LESSON PLAN NUMBER ______
Teacher Education Candidate
Melissa White/Lyndsey Robbins
Supervising Teacher
Lyn Steed
School
Block No. 2
UWG Supervisor
Date of Implemented Lesson Plan March 27, 2012
Subject: Magnificent Major Mountains and Rivers Activity
Grade Level: 3rd grade
Teaching Skills Focus for This Lesson:
Stage 1 The Desired Results
Standards
SS3G1 The student will locate major topographical features.
a. Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi,
Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson.
b. Identify major mountain ranges of the United States of America:
Appalachian, Rocky.
NCSS3 How to Analyze the Spatial Organization of People, Places, and
Environments on Earth’s Surface
Element 11: The World in Spatial Terms
Specific Learning Objective(s)
Assessment Instrument
(Ex. Test, Poster, Presentation,
Picture, etc.)
Evaluation (Grading) Instrument
(Ex. Point System, Rubric,
Checklist, etc.)
The students will be able to locate the five major rivers and two
major mountain chains in the United States.
Stage 2 Assessment Evidence
The students will make an edible map and show it to either Melissa or Lyndsey.
Checklist: to see if they have all five rivers and two mountain chains on their map
before eating.
Sequence of Teacher Actions
Stage 3 Learning Plans
Books on each river and mountain chain, mini chocolate chips, candy corn,
Twizzlers, maps of the U.S.A.
Present Artifact Bag
*Attention-Getter/Motivator
Introduce standard
*Tie to Previous Learning
Introduce Agenda
*Significant Actions to Introduce
and Guide Lesson
Go through power point of rivers and mountains
Materials
Tell the students to get into seven groups.
Explain that they are going to make an edible map of the rivers and mountains we
have gone over.
Tell the students to divide into seven groups. (Help if necessary)
Give directions about the “I Am” poem they will complete as a group. The “I
Am” poem will contain 3-5 facts to help the students identify their assigned topic.
Sequence of Student Actions
The students will try to guess our topic by pulling stuff from an artifact bag.
*Explain How Students Are
Engaged During Lesson
The students will listen as we go through the power point.
The students will divide into seven groups.
* Explain How Students Discuss
or Present Results of What
They Did During the Lesson
Each person will make an edible map.
Each person will help comprise the “I Am” poem.
Teacher’s Lesson Closure/WrapUp/Transition
Adaptations for Exceptional
Students (Anyone who requires
modifications for their needs)
Related Activities/Extensions
(What can students do who need
more than is in the lesson? Should
be related to lesson.)
Connections to Other Disciplines
One student from each group will read their poem to see if the other classmates
can figure out which topic the group had.
Teachers will restate the five major rivers and two major mountain chains in the
United States.
For the children that need help I could pair them with a partner to help with their
maps or give them a map that is already completed and have them rewrite the
information.
I could give the students that need more instruction a map with the rivers and
mountains labeled. I could have them make a foldable that includes some facts
along with pictures.
ELA by writing the “I Am” poem
Candidate’s Reflection After the Lesson:
Submit Lesson Plan Agenda with this Lesson Plan
Agenda:
Artifact bag
Agenda
Rivers and Mountains Power point (includes Standard)
Get into groups
Edible Map
I Am Poem
Booklist:
Colorado by Barbara A. Somervill
Appalachian Plateau by Doraine Bennett
Blue Ridge Mountains by Doraine Bennett
The Mississippi by Stephen Currie
Mississippi Going North by Sanna Anderson Baker
New York by Barbara A. Somervill
Ohio by The Capstone Press Geography Department
Texas by Barbara A. Somervill
The Big Rivers by Bruce Hiscock
Fireboat by Maira Kalman
The Midwest by Dana Meachen Rau
The West by Dana Meachen Rau
Let’s Discover the Mountains by Maria Rius
Student Name
Ohio
River
Colorad
o River
Rio
Grande
River
Mississipp
i River
Hudson
River
Rocky
Mountain
s
Appalachia
n
Mountains