SPED:SocialStudies(SouthernColonies)

Author:KimberlyHarris
Datecreated:02/02/20162:06PMEDTDatemodified:02/02/20164:19PMEDT

VITALINFORMATION
TotalNumberofStudents

Therewillbe4studentsparticipatinginthislesson.

Area(s)StudentsLiveIn

Thestudentsliveinasuburbanareaconsistingofsinglefamilyhomesandapartments.

Free/ReducedLunch

Approximately6%ofstudentsatthisschoolreceivefreeorreducedlunch.

EthnicityofStudents
EnglishLanguageLearners

NoneofthestudentsinthisclassareEnglishLanguageLearners.

StudentswithSpecialNeeds

AllstudentsarecurrentlyinthisclassbecauseitistheLREforthemaccordingtotheirIEP's.Twostudentscurrently
haveIEP'sforSpecificLearningDisabilities.OnestudenthasAutismandonestudenthasaSpeechorLanguage
Impairment.

Subject(s)

SocialStudies

TopicorUnitofStudy

ThisisthefirstlessoninaseriesofclosereadsandactivitiesaboutthesoutherncoloniesinAmerica.

Grade/Level

Grade4

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KEYCONCEPTS&STANDARDS
BigIdea&Essential
Questions

Whatdoweknowaboutlifeinthesoutherncolonies?

LearningOutcome(s)

TheStudentWill(TSW)completeaclosereadaboutthesoutherncolonies.
TSWbeabletocategorizeaspectsofthesoutherncolonies.

Summary

Standards

Thislessonwillbeginwithanintroductiontoannotationmarksandhowtousethem.Asaclasswewillthenread"Close
Reading:SouthernColonies".Nextwewilldiscusswhatwereadbyusing"ColonyCards"tocategorizethedifferent
aspectoflifeintheSoutherncolonies.

CACaliforniaK12AcademicContentStandards
Subject:History&SocialScience
Grade:GradeFive
Area:UnitedStatesHistoryandGeography:MakingaNewNationStudentsingradefivestudythedevelopmentofthe
nationupto1850,withanemphasisonthepeoplewhowerealreadyhere,whenandfromwhereothersarrived,and
whytheycame.StudentslearnaboutthecolonialgovernmentfoundedonJudeoChristianprinciples,theidealsofthe
Enlightenment,andtheEnglishtraditionsofselfgovernment.Theyrecognizethatoursisanationthathasaconstitution
thatderivesitspowerfromthepeople,thathasgonethrougharevolution,thatoncesanctionedslavery,that
experiencedconflictoverlandwiththeoriginalinhabitants,andthatexperiencedawestwardmovementthattookits
peopleacrossthecontinent.Studyingthecause,course,andconsequencesoftheearlyexplorationsthroughtheWarfor
Independenceandwesternexpansioniscentraltostudentsfundamentalunderstandingofhowtheprinciplesofthe
Americanrepublicformthebasisofapluralisticsocietyinwhichindividualrightsaresecured.
SubStrand5.4:Studentsunderstandthepolitical,religious,social,andeconomicinstitutionsthatevolvedinthe
colonialera.
Standard1:Understandtheinfluenceoflocationandphysicalsettingonthefoundingoftheoriginal13colonies,
andidentifyonamapthelocationsofthecoloniesandoftheAmericanIndiannationsalreadyinhabitingthese
areas.

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ASSESSMENTS
Assessment/Rubrics

Thestudentswillbeassessedbasedonteacherobservationandcompletionoftasks.Thiswillbeaformative
assessmentandwillguidefuturereadingsofthesamepassage.

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MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
InstructionalMaterials&
Technology(handouts,etc.)

AnnotationMarksPosterandIndividualSheets
CloseReadingoftheWeek:SouthernColoniespassage
Colonyobjectandpeoplecards("ColonyCards")
Categorizingposter

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IMPLEMENTATION
SequenceofActivities
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IwillbeginthelessonwithanintroductiontotheAnnotationMarksandhowweusethem.
EachstudentwillthereceiveaCloseReading:SouthernColonies.
Wewillreadthepassagealternatingbetweenmereadingasentenceandastudentreadingasentence.
WhennecessarytheycanasktostoporIwillremindthemtostopandmakeanecessaryannotation.
Afterweread,wewilldiscussthedifferentcategoriesandaspectsoflifeinthecolonies,including,colonies,cash
cropsandplantations.
6. Eachstudentwillthenbegiventwo"ColonyCards"andwilltaketurnsplacingthemontheposterinthecorrect
category.
7. Onceeachstudenthastakenaturntheprocesswillrepeatuntilevery"ColonyCard"hasbeenplacedonthe
chart.
8. Wewilldiscusswhythecoloniesneededcertaincropsandjobs.
GroupingStrategies

ThislessonwilltakeplaceInasmallgroupoffourstudents.Thestudentswillbeintheirindividualdesksandthenwork
togethertoplacethe"ColonyCards".

DifferentiatedInstruction

Usingtheannotationmarksandreadingasaclassallowsthestudentstoaccessthereadingpassage.Thislessonwill
alsoincludevisualsforstudentswhodidnotunderstandthereadingtoseethedifferentpeople,placesandobjectsthat
wereapartoftheSoutherncolonies.

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REFLECTIONS
PriortoLesson
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