This collaborative lesson plan involves a two-day lesson on the history of transportation for third grade students. Day 1 will be a social studies lesson taught by Ms. Schreiber using a textbook. Day 2 will be taught by Ms. Knight in the library and focus on using the Netrekker website to research transportation and complete a timeline worksheet. Students will learn search skills, how to navigate websites, and critically evaluate information. The teachers will assess student learning through observation, questions, worksheets, and discussion to evaluate the success of the collaborative lesson.

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Collaborative Lesson Plan
Library Media Specialist’s Name: Ms. Knight
Other team members’ names and roles (if applicable): Ms. Schreiber
Title of Lesson: History of Transportation – STAAR Review
Intended Grade Level(s): 3rd Grade
Number of Students Involved: 8
Length of Lesson (Number of periods, days, minutes, etc.): 2 days
AASL 21st Century Learner Standard(s) addressed (4 possible):
2.1c Information skills instruction is based on student interests and learning needs and is linked
to student achievement.
2.3a Candidates employ strategies to integrate the information literacy curriculum with content
curriculum.
TEKS (optional):
English Language Arts
2 Reading/Beginning Reading/Strategies: Students comprehend a variety of texts on useful
strategies as needed.
(26) Research/Gathering Sources. Students determine, locate, and explore the full range
of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they
gather.
(C) Take simple notes and sort evidence into provided categories or an organizer.
Technology
4A Apply appropriate electronic research
4B Acquire Information
6A Apply critical analysis to resolve information conflicts and validate information.
8B Use electronic tools and research skills to build a knowledge base regarding a topic, task, or
assignment
Goals and Objectives of the Lesson:

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Students will be able to retell the order of important events in chronological order/sequence.
Students will be able to locate and explore relevant sources using Netrekker.
Students will be able to perform an internet search, sort response list, and navigate web pages in
Netrekker.
Students will be able to record simple notes and place information into a time line.
What Is the Problem to Be Solved:
What types of transportation are there and when were they invented?
Proposed Learning Activities and Projects:
Social Studies Lesson on types of transportation using Scott Foresman curriculum, including
reading the chapter, completing main idea/supporting details graphic organizer, and individual
completion of review questions.
Lesson on how to use Netrekker to locate websites including locating a virtual transportation
museum, performing a scavenger hunt, completing a time line worksheet.
List of Materials and Technology Needed for Lesson:
Student computers, access to Netrekker website, Time line anchor chart, Time Line worksheets,
pencils
Responsibilities of Each Team Member (What will each of you do/teach in the lesson?)
Example: Day 1, Day 2, etc. or a similar format.
Day 1, Ms. Schreiber will conduct a social studies lesson on transportation from the Scott
Foresman textbook. She will preteach key vocabulary words, students will take turns reading the
chapter aloud, she will review by having students complete the main idea/supporting details
graphic organizer together as a class, students will then complete the review handout. Day 2, I
will conduct the lesson on Netrekker within the library, while each student is using a student
computer.
Description of Information Literacy Skills Integrated into the Lesson:
Students will become familiar with the Netrekker website. Students will conduct a search using
key words. Students will sort the results list by readability level. Students will learn how to
recognize links and follow them. Students will use the <Back> button to navigate a website.
Students will also critically think about the search results and determine whether the information
found will be useful for the assignment.
Description of How Student Learning Will Be Assessed:

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The teacher will assess by observation, higher order thinking skills questions, how well students
participate in the completion of the graphic organizers, grading the review sheet, and verifying
that students completed the Time Line worksheet correctly.
How Will You Evaluate the success of the Collaborative Planning Process?
I will evaluate the success of this lesson by assessing the students during the interactive lesson
and the completion of their worksheets. Also, I will ask the students how they feel about their
experience with Netrekker. Student responses to the review questions will also assist me in
determining whether the lesson was successful. I will also meet with the third grade teacher I
worked with and together we will discuss how well the lessons worked and if there is anything
we would add or change.