Grade/Class/Subject:

1st – 3rd Grade, Mrs. Harrison/Library Media Skills

Unit/Theme:

Reference Materials/Atlases, Maps and Globes

Common Core State Standards (3rd Grade):

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Language Objectives:

Students will become comfortable using common reference terms.

Key Vocabulary:

• Atlas(es)
• Maps
• Globes

Supplementary Materials:

• Streaming video: Maps & globes. U.S.A. Schlessinger, 2004.
• Maps and Globes Video Focus Questions (Click on this link to download Word document with questions)
• Pencils

Preparation:

• Adaptation of content

• Links to background

• Links to past learning

• Strategies incorporated

Scaffolding:

• Modeling

• Guided practice

• Independent practice

• Comprehensible input

Group Options:

• Whole class

• Independent

Integration of Processes:

• Reading

• Writing

• Speaking

• Listening

Application:

• Hands-on

• Meaningful

• Linked to objectives

• Promotes engagement

Assessment:

• Individual

• Group

• Written

• Oral

Transition:

Review what students remember about using atlases last week. Go over the Key Vocabulary words.

Anticipatory Set:

Tell students they will watch a video today that might answer some of their questions about information to be found in an atlas.

Instruction:

1. Pass out the focus questions and read them with the students.

2. Tell students they are to write down the answers to the questions as they hear them or see them in the video.

Check For Understanding:

The teacher will observe students as they make decisions throughout the above process. Following the video, students will present their answers to their table mates and come to an agreement about the answers to each question. One student from each table will report out the answers that they have chosen.

Students will demonstrate their understanding of research by the facts they choose to note and their group discussion.

Closure:

Tell students we will continue working on atlases next week.