Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template
Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template
Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template
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Daily Lesson Objective: Students will be able to determine why certain artifacts were important
for European explorers and support this idea with details from the text.They must find the main
idea and details for 8 different artifacts.
21st Century Skills: Critical thinking
and problem solving, Collaboration,
Communication
Prior Knowledge: Understand that nonfiction text is factual information. Understand that America
was Discovered by European explorers.
Activity
2. Statement of
Objective
for Student
Today you are going to read a selection of non fiction text and
summarize main ideas to learn about the discovery of America.
Time
15 min.
3. Teacher Input
2-3 min.
5 min
5. Independent
Practice
The students will work together finding artifacts and writing down
their findings (main ideas and details) on a worksheet. I will walk
around and ask students about their findings.
25-30 min
6. Assessment
I will assess the students based on their ability to follow the instructions and their
Methods of
ability to use the nonfiction text as a means to find main ideas and details.
all objectives/skills:
7. Closure
The students will come together as I class and I will ask one or two
groups to share an artifact that they found and what they learned
about that artifact.
5-7 min.
8. Assessment
I will collect the worksheets as an assessment. I expect students to find 6 out of
Results of
the 8 artifacts and write sufficiently about their findings.
all objectives/skills:
Targeted Students
Modifications/Accommodations: If students in
the class are ELL students, or students with
reading disabilities I will group them together and
help them read the passages while they find key
details to write about.
Student/Small Group
Modifications/Accommodations:
Students who finish early can write a reflection
about the simulation lesson and talk about what it
was like to be an archaeologists for a day.
Materials/Technology:
- Tape
- Corn
- Coins
- Bible
- Tobacco leaves (Green Construction paper)
- Flags (paper on popsicle sticks)
- World map
- Compass
- Plastic astrolabe
- worksheet (1 per student)
- Student textbook ( Social Studies Alive: Americas Past) -1 per student
References:
Reflection on lesson: