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Observation

Social Studies Instructional Lesson

Classroom: Alisca Observer: Erin AlgeGrade: 3rd Date: March 14, 201

C!rric!l!m Area: "ocial "t!dies #ime: 10:1$%10:4$

&hat ' notice #ho!ghts, (!estions, Connections toMethods Classes

%)esearch China%)eading the boo* +&elcome to Chinab-

%.e/ore reading, teacher as*ed

!estions abo!t non%ction and hat itis and this tet

%Disc!ssed tet /eat!res ith thest!dents

%#he teacher as*ed the st!dents toma*e observations b- loo*ing at thecover o/ the boo* #he teacherassessed st!dents5 6rior *noledge b-as*ing hat the- *ne abo!t China

%As the st!dents read each 6age anddisc!ssed then the- lled o!t theor*sheet

%#he teacher o!ld not 7!st give thest!dents the ansers b!t o!ld ma*ethem read and nd them 8or eam6le,on the rst 6age o/ the boo* st!dentslearned abo!t the 6o6!lation and si9eo/ the co!ntr- On their or*sheet, the-had to identi/- the 6o6!lation and si9e

%&e learned abo!t all these socialst!dies boo*%%Also riting children5s boo*s%%'t is a good a- to teach anintegrative social st!dies and lang!age

arts lessons

%As*ed abo!t 6!r6oses o/ the tet/eat!res eam6le: 6ict!res, title, anda!thor, and table o/ contents; and h-the- are !sed #his area o/ the lessontied into lang!age E


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o/ the co!ntr-

%A/ter research, st!dents ent bac* toseats to or* on ord sort

%#his is a small social st!dies mini%lesson and ill be a !nit that is goingon /or to ee*s China )esearch;

%' li*ed ho the st!dents read along #he teacher o!ld read 6art o/ a

sentence and o!ld randoml- sto6 #hest!dents o!ld 6ic* !6 the sentenceand o!ld contin!e to read here theteacher le/t o= #his hel6s ens!rest!dents are /olloing along and 6a-ingattention

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At the ver- beginning o/ the lesson, the teacher as*ed st!dents i/ the-

*ne hat research as and i/ the- had ever done research be/ore #he

lesson as introd!ced b- teacher sa-ing that the- ere going to be learning

abo!t China toda- and /or the net to ee*s introd!ced the lesson #he

teacher also introd!ced their Co!ntries )esearch >ro7ect A/ter st!d-ing

China, st!dents ere going to be able to research an- co!ntr- that the-

anted to "he e6lained to the st!dents that it as im6ortant to 6a-

attention to ho the- ere doing research /or China, in order to s!ccess/!l in

their on research 6ro7ects ' tho!ght it as creative that the teacher told the

st!dents that the- ere going to be researchers /or the net month #his

seemed to get st!dents ecited abo!t the 6ro7ect and di=erent co!ntries #he

teacher connected this to China b- as*ing st!dents hat the- *ne abo!t

China #his hel6ed connect their 6rior *noledge and transition into the

lesson

#he 6!r6ose o/ this lesson as so that st!dents co!ld learn abo!t

China and ho do research on a co!ntr- "t!dents ere aare o/ hat an

econom- as and hat 6art o/ ?nited "tates econom- consists o/ "t!dents

also *ne that China as on the other side o/ the orld and that it is di=erent

/rom the ?nited "tates ' tho!ght this as im6ortant in/ormation /or the

teacher to go over at the beginning o/ the lesson to ens!re !nderstanding 't

is eas- to /orget that st!dents are sometimes !naare o/ other co!ntries and

6arts o/ the orld M- teacher made this 6art o/ the lesson seem so eas- 't

as eas- to tell that she as 6re6ared and /olloed the st!dent5s lead based

on hat the- *ne and hat the- did not


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M- teacher ta!ght the st!dents ne material b- reading a nonction

boo* abo!t China called Welcome to China b- Car-n @enner #he teacher and

st!dents read onl- a co!6le 6ages o/ this boo* together #he teacher !sed a

choral reading techni!e here the teacher o!ld read and then the

st!dents o!ld contin!e reading here the teacher le/t o= ' had never

observed this techni!e being !sed be/ore and ' tho!ght that it as ver-

e=ective in this case 't *e6t st!dents5 attention and /oc!s on the teacher and

content o/ hat as being read A/ter the reading and disc!ssion as

nished, st!dents moved bac* to their seats to com6lete their or*sheets

One thing that ' noted as that the st!dents ere able to access the 6ages

the- had read online on their Canvas Moodle%li*e 6ages; mod!le ' thin* this

as an im6ortant move b- the teacher beca!se the st!dents ere able to go

bac* and search /or the in/ormation i/ the- had /orgotten it

#his lesson as 6robabl- one o/ the shorter lessons that ' observed

thro!gh m- 'M. to%ee* e6erience #he teacher didn5t necessaril- close

the lesson she 7!st had them transition their things to the lang!age arts

lesson "he e6lained to me a/ter that "ocial "t!dies is given little to no time

/or instr!ction so she s!ee9es it in the best that she can ' thin* is ver-

res6ectable beca!se some teachers do not even tr- to teach "ocial "t!dies at

all ' believe that the st!dents ere able to learn a lot abo!t China in a short

6eriod o/ time

&hat ' too* aa- /rom this lesson that ill im6act m- /!t!re "ocial

"t!dies teaching o!ld be that ' ant to teach lots o/ hands on and

interactive m!ltidisci6linar- activities ' ant st!dents to be e6osed to hands

on and virt!al activities, as ell as non%ction tets that are 7!st im6ortant '


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also ant to ma*e s!re that ' remain as 6ositive as ' can at all times in the

classroom beca!se that denitel- has an im6act on -o!r st!dents

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