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Cynthia Harris WGU ID #010511728 C104 Task 1 Social Studies Learning Segment A. Outline Central Focus Elementary Grade Level (K–6) State of Texas 4 th Grade Week State or Local Social Studies Standard (full description) Social Studies Theme (one week must include culture) Lesson Idea and Alignment to Central Focus, Standard and Theme Week One TEKS Chapter 113.15.b.17.A, Social Studies, Grade 4-The student understands the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to Texas culture. The student is expected to: identify customs, celebrations, and traditions of various cultural, regional, and local groups in Texas such as Cinco de Mayo, Oktoberfest, and Fiesta San Antonio. Culture Students would do research on the contributions of people in various racial, ethnic, and religious groups. Each student will pick one and write a paragraph that identifies the customs, celebrations, and/or traditions of the group they pick. Texas Teaching Resources | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) Week Two TEKS Chapter 113.15.b.20.A-B, Social Studies, Grade 4-Social studies skills. The student uses geographic tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data. The student is expected to: apply mapping elements, including grid systems, legends, symbols, scales, and Production, distribution, and consumption Students will use their textbook to fill out the map of Texas. They will add the rivers in Texas that were significant obstacles, the Camino Real, mountains influential cities, and where natural resources originated from. They will also need to include a legend. Texas Teaching Resources | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) PAGE 1

compass roses, to create and interpret maps; and interpret geographic data, population distribution, and natural resources into a variety of formats such as graphs and maps. Week Thre e TEKS Chapter 113.15.b.14.A, Social Studies, Grade 4-explain the meaning of various patriotic symbols and landmarks of Texas, including the six flags that flew over Texas, the Alamo, and the San Jacinto Monument. Time, Continuity, and Change We will discuss the meaning of the six flags that flew over Texas, why they flew, and for how long. Students will complete the following worksheet. Texas Flag Teaching Resources | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) Week Four TEKS Chapter 113.15.b.14.C, Social Studies, Grade 4-The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations of Texas. The student is expected to: recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge to the Texas Flag Civic ideals and practices We will discuss the Texas Flag. Why it is the state flag? And what it represents. And the students will have to recite the pledge to the Texas Flag. Texas Symbols FREEBIE by Little School on the Range | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) Week Five TEKS Chapter 113.15.b.16.A-B, Social Studies, Grade 4-The student understands the importance of effective leadership in a constitutional republic. The student is expected to: identify leaders in state, local, and national governments, including the governor, local Power, governance, and authority We will research the importance of effeictive leadership. Students will do research in order to write an essay on one important official in Texas government past or present. PAGE 2

past and present. Additional Non-Social Studies K–6 Standard TEKS Chapter 113.15.b.11.A, English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 4- Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to: plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping. TEKS Chapter 113.15.b.11.C, English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 4- Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to: revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity. Learning Objective (aligned with both standards and includes: condition, behavior and criterion) Given writing prompt about Texas leaders, students will write an essay, with 80% accuracy. Inquiry based Integrative Lesson Description Students will compose a draft and complete essay on leadership qualities of one state and/or local leader either past or present. Skills/concepts of non-Social Studies standard The students will need to write a essay in the correct writing process using a draft first then followed up with a revised copy. Student Group Differentiated Instruction including how the differentiation meets the need of the student Gifted and Talented Student These students will write an essay using one past and one present Texas leader. By having them write about one past and one present leader it would have them use their higher-order thinking. Student with a Specific Special Education Exceptionality A student with an intellectual disability, such as dyslexia, would be allowed to write a shorter essay using the computer. With extra help from an adult in a small group. Using the computer would help them with their editing and proofreading needs which would meet their unique needs. English Learner (EL) Student These students would work in pairs with another student for better understanding of the work, but would still need to turn their own work in. D. Assessment and Student Outcomes Student Learning Assessment (select either a formative or summative conducted during the learning segment) Student Outcomes and Informed Instructional Decisions based on formative or summative assessment from D1. PAGE 4

Summative Assessment: Essay on a Texas Leader past or present. I would use the student outcomes in this essay to help inform my instructional decisions by seeing how the students understood the essay. If my students performed well on this essay then it would be a good thing to keep. If the students didn’t perform well on the assessment then I know that I would need to change the way the lesson is presented in the future. E. References: Texas Teaching Resources | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) Texas Teaching Resources | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) Texas Flag Teaching Resources | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) Texas Symbols FREEBIE by Little School on the Range | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com) PAGE 5