CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template

Student Teacher : Sydney Magaldi

Grade Level: 3

Date of Lesson: 9/24/15

Content Standards/Relationship to Standards: State the appropriate curriculum standard(s) and how
this lesson aligns with the standards outcomes.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2.a
Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding
comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2.b
Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the
basis for the answers.
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.
Learner Background: Discuss prior learning that has occurred that will support the lessons learning
objective and how this lesson supports subsequent lessons.
Student Learning Objective(s)
By the end of this lesson, students will be able
to identify the seven continents and where
they are located on a map. Students will be
able to learn about the continents and its
background.

Objective(s) for
most/all students

Modification/Accommodations of
Objective ( IF needed)

Assessment:
Students will be assessed by being given a
map that has each continent labeled with a
number. Students will be asked to identify
which continents are which. Students will
have to write a short summary about one of
the continents that they learned.

Assessment
tool(s) for most/
all students

Modification/Accommodations of
Assessment ( IF needed)
Students will be given a map that is
labeled with numbers for each
continent and they will be able to
identify what each one is by
unscrambling the continents
provided on the bottom of the page.

Map of the world

Classroom Learning Environment: Cite positive strategy (ies) that will be utilized to support
student learning and increase student engagement throughout the lesson based on your evaluation

from previous lessons. Be sure to include response strategies for off-task behavior and/or
conflict. Provide detail for each checked items.
Standards of Behavior
Routines
Procedures
X Group Work Students will
work together in small
groups to learn about the
different continents.
X Transitions We will
transition from learning the
map to learning about the
continents themselves by
doing a movement break.
Other
Instructional Arrangement
Instructional Model/Strategy: Explains how you will best facilitate student learning through a
specific model of instruction. Be sure to include a rationale for the chosen model(s). You may
check more than one.
Direct Instruction
Cooperative Learning specific strategy ________________________
Inquiry
Concept formation/Concept Development
Discussion
Other
Materials/Resources

Materials/Resources
for most/all students

Modification/Accommodations of
resources ( IF needed)

Modifications/
Accommodations
Initiation
Briefly
describe how
you will
initiate the
lesson by:
1) motivating
learners to
focus on
expectations
for learning
and
behaviors;
2) explaining:
a) what they
will be doing
and learning
in the lesson;
b) how they

Students will take initiative by integrating technology

into their group assignments. By guiding, assisting, and
assessing students will be able to create their own
Padlet pages about their continent. Students will take
initiative in their work by creating a Screencast of their
PowerPoints and uploading it onto their Padlet page.
Students will use their knowledge that they learned in
class to the assessment.

Differentiation

will
demonstrate
learning; and
c) why it is
important.
Lesson
Development
A.
Descr
ibe
sequentially
how you
will:
1) develop
the lesson;
2) model and
guide
practice;
3) engage
students in
learning
experiences
to enable
them to meet
learning
outcome(s);
B. Identify the
instructional
grouping you
will use in
each phase of
instruction
(whole
group, small
group, pairs,
individuals,
etc)
Closure
Briefly discuss
how you will
enable
learners to
demonstrate
both their
learning and
understanding
of the purpose
of the
learning.
Elements of

1. As a class, we will learn about the seven

continents of the world on a map that will be
provided to each student
2. We will label the continents on the map
together
3. Students will be divided up into seven groups
(seven continents)
4. Each group will create a Padlet page where
classmates can discuss their continent
5. Students can use Screencast by Screencasting
their PowerPoints and uploading them to the
Padlet page
6. Students will be assessed on the map of the
world and will need to label each continent
7. After the students have been assessed, as a
class we will create a larger map on poster
paper and label each continent

The closure of this lesson will be when students take an

assessment that requires them to label each continent
on the map with its corresponding number. Students
will write a short summary about one continent that
they learned. As a class we will create a large poster of
the seven continents and label them.

closure may
include
questioning,
application,
analysis,
evaluation,
and relevancy

Worksheet 1: For students that need modifications and accomidations

Worksheet 2: For students that dont need modifications and accommodations