EDUC 330 Lesson Plan

Teacher: Course: Grade: Lesson Title:

Cambria Smith EDUC 330 5th Grade State Capitals Relay
Subject: Lesson Length:
P.E. 40 min

Content Standards and Content Objectives

Subject Common Core or Content Thematic Unit Goal: (Not measurable)

Standard:
(write out the entire standard(s) Fun With Fitness

P.E.:
3.6 Perform flexibility exercises that will
stretch particular muscle areas for given
physical activities.
Social Studies:
5.9 Students know the location of the
current 50 states and the names of their
capitals.
Multiple Intelligences Addressed:
(must use at least three)
Visual/Spatial, Bodily/Kinesthetic,
Interpersonal, and Verbal/Linguistic
Lesson Objective: (measurable, can be
assessed-must be tied to the standard)
Students will be able to match states with
capitals.
Students will be able to recognize the different
stretches necessary to stretch certain muscles.
Students will understand the difference
between static and dynamic stretching.

Assessment

Strategy for Assessment: (Tool you use to measure the objective)

Participation in activities, quiz graded

Learning Environment

Strategies to Meet Diversified Learners: (how to reach all students)

For the relay race, different locomotive skills can be used such as skipping, hopping,
shuffling, etc. Demonstrations can be performed for visual learners and ELL. Group help can
be an option for students struggling with the capital they grabbed.
Materials, Equipment, and Technology Needed:
Laminated Capital Cards, State Map For Every Team, Cones,
Steps Through the Lesson
Into: (to gain background knowledge)
To warm-up, we will go over stretching
techniques and how to stretch different
muscles in their body. We will perform
static and dynamic stretches
Through: (direct/indirect instruction)
Students will be split into teams of five or
six and participate in a relay race. There
will be an area of laminated cards with
state capitals on them. Students will run
over to them, grab one, bring it back to
their group, and place it in the proper area
on their team map of the states. However
properly matches the most capitals and
states wins.
Beyond: (show how objective is metdo
they get it?)
After the activity, the students will
individually take a quiz matching all 50
states with their capitals.
Rationale:
We will perform static stretches to go over
how to stretch specific muscles in their body.
We will then do dynamic stretches as well to
get their legs moving and warmed-up.
Rationale:
Students will work together as teams to
compete. A fun option may be to offer a few
points extra credit on the quiz for the winning
team. Instead of just running for the relay
race, students could also perform different
skills such as skipping or hopping on one leg.
A more advanced version would be with two
partners at once doing wheelbarrows or three
legged relays.
Rationale:
This quiz will test students knowledge
individually after they have had time to review
through the activity as a group. This will be a
final form of assessment on this subject.