This lesson plan is for a 1st grade social studies class focusing on neighborhoods. The lesson will take place in February 2014. Students will discuss what they see in their own neighborhoods and compare to a video example. Each student will then draw and present their own neighborhood, using vocabulary like street address, community, and park. The teacher will assess students by having them each share about the features of their neighborhood in their own drawing.

1. PlanificaciónCienciasSociales
Prof. Monika Lubrano
Grade Level: 1st
Teachers: Ana Ortiz, Pamela Ramos.
Age: 7 and 8 years old
Date: November 15th, 2013
Class Duration: 45mins
Time Frame: February 2014
Unit: My Community
Theme: My Neighborhood
Content Objective: Identify the neighborhood they live at.
Language Objective: Define and discuss the concept: Neighborhood. Develop oral discussion
of examples of Neighborhoods, characteristics, etc.
Vocabulary: Neighborhood, street address, community, houses, stores, supermarket, park.
Lesson:
1. APK: Discuss: What do you see in your neighborhood?
The teacher will make a web on the board while the students participate.
2. New Information:
The teacher will put a video of the theme: “My Neighborhood” and will
pause it when they say every thing that can be on their neighborhood and
will ask the kids if they have it on theirs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMfJaeJ50SY
Other questions the teacher can do: If you don’t have that in your
neighborhood, have you seen it in another one? Where?
Discuss their ideas in groups. (Compare what they have and what the others
don’t.) (5 minutes)
3. Eachstudent will make a drawing about their neighborhood, and then will share it
with the class telling everything they have on their neighborhood.
Differentiation:
High students: They have to share their drawings with full sentences.
Low students: When they share their drawings they don’t need to make full
sentences.
*All the students need to use some of the vocabulary words in their letters.
Review/assessment:
Everyone will share the things they have on their neighborhood like the video, and then they
will make a drawing about it, saying what they have in each of their neighborhoods.
(Oral development, discussion in groups, opinions)

2. Materials:
White paper
Colors
YouTube Video
Computer
Speakers
Projector
Board
Marker
Eraser
Pencils