Name:Daniel Harm Date of lesson: 5/3/2017

Lesson Title: Immigrants of America Content Area:

Reading/ Social Studies
Grade: 2 School:
Ivytech Community College
Type of Lesson: Introductory
Objective(s):
SWBAT read and comprehend the non-fiction New Americans and will be able to
interperete information from the text.
SWBAT use s bar graph to compare the number of immigrants each year.
SWBAT describe and compare different aspects of the culture

Academic Standards:
Social Studies: 2.2.4
Reading: 2.RN.1 2.RN.3.2 2.RN.3.1

Differentiation/Adaptations:
Listen to the Sotry New Americans on tape

Background Knowledge/Prerequisite Skills:

interpret graphs
general understanding of continents and countries

Materials:
Auditory tape of New Americans
globe
student text
worksheet/KWL Chart

Learning Styles:
Linguistic-reading and tapes
Logical-mathematical-working with bar graph

Anticipatory Set:
Display Countries flags and have them repeat the name of the country
Ask if any of the students know where their ancestors come from.

Procedures :
Today I want you to read the story about immigrants. And read information from a
bar graph.

Who remembers what non-fiction is?

Introduce 3 new vocabulary words: immigrants, countries, culture

Read the story one page at a time

pg 144) Can anyone tell me what the word immigrant means? (Bloom's level:
Comprehension)

pg 145) Text feature, interpret bar graph

I see something interesting at the top of the page. I see a text feature called
a bar graph. Can anyone tell me what the bar graph is measuring? (Bloom's
level: Knowledge)

Can anyone explain what countries are represented on the graph?(Bloom's

level: Knowledge)

pg 146)

Why do you think more immigrants come to the united states from Mexico
compared to Cuba?(Bloom's level: Analysis )

pg 147)
What words, objects, or foods listed in the story that immigrants brought to
America?(Bloom's level: Knowledge)

Do you know of some other things that immigrants have brought that are not
part of the story?(Bloom's level: Comprehension)

Modeling/guided Practice:
Looking at the bar graph on pg 145, I am going to use the graph to compare
differences

Can someone tell me how many came from Mexico? (Bloom's Level:
knowledge)

Let's look at Cuba and Korea. Cuba has a greater number of immigrants than
Korea. Can someone tell me another country that has more immigrants than
Korea? (Bloom's Level: Analysis)

What is the TOTAL number of immigrants from the bar graph combined?
(Bloom's Level: Application)

Independent Practice:

Have students complete the graphing worksheet

Closure:
does anyone know what the objective was?(Knowledge)

Story questions

Tell me one thing you learned about immigrants( Comprehension)

 What would it be like to be an immigrant?(Bloom's level: Synthesis)

Does anyone have family from or live in a different country? Do you know
where your ancestors come from? Do you have any special foods or special
traditions? (Bloom's level:knowledge, knowledge, application)

Why is it important for us to learn about immigrants( Bloom's

level:Evaluation)

Bar graph questions

Can someone tell me something they learned about the bar graph (Bloom's
level:Comprehension)