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This lesson plan is for a 3rd grade social studies class. It introduces students to the concept of landforms through discussion of how the Earth's surface is not uniform. Students develop a definition of landforms and examples through discussion. The lesson then models different landforms like mountains, hills, and valleys through pictures and maps. Students independently create a "Landform Dictionary" with drawings and definitions of each landform. The teacher assesses understanding and provides differentiated support or enrichment as needed.

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Social Studies

This lesson plan is for a 3rd grade social studies class. It introduces students to the concept of landforms through discussion of how the Earth's surface is not uniform. Students develop a definition of landforms and examples through discussion. The lesson then models different landforms like mountains, hills, and valleys through pictures and maps. Students independently create a "Landform Dictionary" with drawings and definitions of each landform. The teacher assesses understanding and provides differentiated support or enrichment as needed.

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Lesson Plan

Grade: 3
Subject: Social Studies

Lesson
Introduction (10 minutes)
Introduce the lesson by telling and discussing with students interesting facts about the Earth. For
example: One-fourth of the Earths surface is covered by land. The land on the Earth is not the
same everywhere. These different physical features found on the surface of the Earth are
called landforms. Landforms can affect the weather, climate, and lifestyle of a community.
Develop a definition of landforms that includes some examples through discussion.
Discussion should include the impact of landforms on a community. For example, landforms
affect where people live and build their communities. Travel routes are often designed according
to landforms such as mountains.
Write down the definition your class develops where all students can see it.
Have students write down the vocabulary word landform and the definition in their notebooks.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (15 minutes)


Display pictures of landforms, and label them on the board.
Remind your students that mountains are the highest landform on Earths surface, and they may
be steep and covered with snow or have gentle slopes with a rounded top. Explain that a group of
mountains is called a mountain range.
Show your students a picture of hills, and explain that these are areas of raised land.
Tell your students that plateaus are areas of high land that often have steep sides but are
typically flat or hilly on top.
Display an example of plains, informing them that these are large areas of flat land.
Remind your students that valleys are low areas that lie between two mountains or hills, and they
are often formed by rivers or glaciers.

Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (15 minutes)


Display a geographic map of the state in which you live where all students can see it.
Locate and discuss any landforms that exist in your state.
Talk about the symbols used to represent hills, mountains, plateaus, or valleys on the map.
Demonstrate how a map has a legend, or a map key, that identifies the symbol and its meaning.
Extend the lesson by looking at a geographic map of the United States or the country your
students live in. Locate and discuss various landforms.
Independent Working Time (20 minutes)
Hand out at least 3 pieces of paper to each student to make a mini dictionary of the terms from
this lesson.
Instruct students to fold their papers in half to create a booklet. Have them staple them on the
sides.
Ask your students to title the booklet Landform Dictionary or something similar.
Have your students create a page for each vocabulary word and write the definitions. Direct them
to include a drawing with each landform.
Collect all mini dictionaries when completed.

Extend
Differentiation
Enrichment: Challenge your students to include additional landforms and map symbols in their
dictionaries.
Support: Have your students verbally define the landforms instead of writing them out in their
booklets. Show them the pictures of the landforms again to help them differentiate between
landforms such as mountains and hills. Give them other real-life examples, such as the Rocky
Mountains.

Review
Assessment (10 minutes)
Review students work in their mini dictionaries.
Provide feedback and assess their understanding of landforms.
Work with students that did not display a clear understanding of the concepts in a small group.

Review and Closing (10 minutes)


Return mini dictionaries to students.
Ask for student volunteers to come up and share one of their pages with the class.

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