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posted by Partners In Learning @ 12:30 PM
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At 12:26 PM,
Aubrey Cobb said…
As I was during my methods field experience, I developed this lesson as a way to teach the Preamble to th Constitution. I realized after being in the school, that the fifth grade students struggled greatly with using dictionaries. This lesson integrates language arts and social studies nicely, and there is great room for differentiation of instruction.
Anticipatory Set
Review what the class talked about on Friday (Constitution introduction). Play the sound bit of Preamble to students. Ask them what their reactions are to this. Then tell them what they just listened to if no one knows. (6 minutes)
Learning Activity:
Have students work in pairs to find synonyms for the difficult words in the Constitution’s Preamble. These words are union, justice, tranquility, defense, promote, welfare, liberty, posterity, ordain, and establish. Provide each group with a dictionary and thesaurus that will help them find their meanings and match them up with the synonyms provided on the worksheet handed out. (25 minutes)
CFU:
Bring students back together to discuss the answers for the difficult word synonyms. Have ten different students write down one of the answers for the 10 difficult word synonyms on the board:
Discuss each word with students using the thumbs up/thumbs down method to see if they agree with the word the students wrote on the board. Discuss each word if there is a disagreement until the right conclusion is discovered.
Learning Activity:
Re-read the Constitution aloud using the synonyms in place of the difficult original words. (15 minutes) Teacher guides the reading pointing to the synonym on the board when it is appropriate for the students to read it in place of the original word.
Read to the students the picture book We the kids by David Cratford. (8 minutes) Have students actively engage in the reading of the story by commenting on the pictures in the book and how they show what the meaning of the difficult words is.
CFU: Have students write down one question they have concerning the Preamble. Use as exit pass after story in order to know what to clarify the next day.
Closing
Review the major points of the preamble and its significance. Explain to students why Preamble is so important (it sets the stage for the rules of the government and the government’s purpose) and connect it with the rest of the Constitution to set up for tomorrow’s lesson on the different branches of government as laid out by the government. (5 minutes)
Assessment: Students fill out and correct their own worksheets and the teacher makes sure they know what each word means by going over the worksheet in class. Teacher will see the remaining questions at the end of lesson via exit passes.
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