Unit: Chapter 7 Lesson Title: Lesson 1 (Reading Part 1) Grade/Period: 4th grade

CCSS or State Standards:

CCSS 44C1.0.2
Resources and Materials:
Meet Michigan textbook
Journals

Objective:
What students will know and be able to do
stated in student friendly language (use
Bloom’s and DOK levels for higher level
thinking objectives)
Essential Question(s):
Over-arching questions of the lesson that will
indicate student understanding of
concepts/skills What is it you want the
students to learn/know? Why?
Inclusion Activity:
Describe an activity that will ensure that all
students and their voices are included at the
beginning of the lesson.
I can:
I can state what tax means.
I can state what rights are.
I can state what elections are.
I can state what consequences are.
I can state what the government does?
Who gets to vote?
What are the four reasons we have government in Michigan?
How do we pay for government?
Who gets the final say in government?
We will start class by discussing what we already know about
government. The table groups will each write down four things they
know. Then the class will go around in a Community Circle and state the
things they know. Then the class will begin the reading. (10)

1. The teacher will read the first section on page321 under Why Do
Sequence of Activities: We Have Government? The two questions in red will need to
Provide an overview of the flow of the lesson. have a lot of emphases put on them. They are the questions
Should also include estimates of
pacing/timing. students need to keep in mind while reading. Teacher may need
to give students a minute to think about each question. (5
minutes)
2. Next the teacher will call on different students to read each
paragraph. The teacher needs to keep in mind the length of the
paragraph and the reading skill of the students.
3. At the end of page 321 ask students why they think the bridge
gave way and broke. (5-7 minutes)
4. Then turn to the next page and have chose students to read. Stop
when the class reaches One Reason- Services We Cannot Do
Alone. (5-7 minutes)
 5. Ask students why they think the farmer stopped fixing the bridge?
Who is in charge of taking care of roads now? Do the people have
to do it or does the government? (3 minutes)
6. Students will now take turns reading the section on One Reason-
Services We Cannot Do Alone. (7 minutes)
7. Ask students why it is important to have these different services
provided by the government? Can they think of any other services
that the government provides? (5 minutes)
8. Teacher will tell students that they will continue reading
tomorrow. It is now time to clean up the classroom to go back to
their homeroom and go home for the day. (5 minutes)

Instructional Strategies: The students will use the Community Circle to start with. It will get them
Research-based strategies to help students all talking a sharing.
think critically about the concept/skill.
Assessment: Formative: The discussion in class is the formative assessment. In the
List both formative and summative beginning we discuss what they know so the teacher can see what they
assessments that you will use to assess student
understanding. Formative assessments are need to learn. Then as the class discusses different parts of the reading
given during instruction (check for in class, the teacher can see what they are learning.
understanding), summative are after
completion of instruction (how will you grade –
quiz, test, project, paper, presentation,
demonstration, etc.).
Summative:

Differentiation: Students that struggle with reading may be given a smaller paragraph to
Describe who will need additional or different read. The teacher might also pull them aside ahead of time and tell them
support during this lesson, and how you will
support them. Differentiated instruction could which paragraph they will be reading and give them a copy to practice
include testing accommodations, preferential with.
seating, segmented assignments, a copy of the
teacher’s notes, assignment notebook, peer
tutors, etc.
Summary, Integration and The students will talk about what they read today in the next class. They
Reflection: will review it at the beginning to see what they remember. They will share
List the way that you will bring students with classmates.
together to integrate and reflect on their
learning from this lesson