Direct Instruction Lesson Plan

Topic: Define income and identify different Grade: 2nd Ann Dee Engman
ways to earn and save.
Lesson #_4___in a series Grouping: Whole Group
CCSS: W.2.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to
describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Social Studies State Standard: 2.SS.3.1.2 Define income and identify different ways to earn and
save.

Social Studies Objective: Students will be able write a short story about something they would save up for and how
they would earn the money for it, using correct principles of income and savings.
Vocabulary terms and definitions:
Income: Earning money through work.
Saving: putting money aside for a specific purpose.
Technology Integration: The teacher will use the go noodle website to keep track of student
points and have it up periodically for students to see how much they have earned and saved.
Accommodations: The teacher will put the student in the front row, and have visuals for the student
to read along with and see as the lesson is being taught. The teacher will face the students and use a
microphone.
Time What the teacher will say and do. What the student will say and do. Materials
3 Anticipatory Set: Ask the students a The students will answer the
min. question about if they have ever gone questions the teacher asks about
to the store with their parents and saving for something they wanted. (a
saw something that they wanted. Ask
toy, a game, etc.)
them what their parents said when
they asked their parents for that item
(did they tell you that you could save
for it?) The teacher will tell students
about a time they had to save for
something he/she wanted.
3 Accessing Prior Knowledge: The Accessing Prior Knowledge
min. teacher will ask students to tell The students will tell the teacher
different ways they saved for the item about what they wanted and how
they wanted.
they saved up and earned the money
to buy what they wanted. (a new toy
or game, a bike, etc.) (earned money
by cleaning room, helping with
laundry, pulling weeds, doing dishes,
etc.)
5 Input & Modeling: The teacher will Input & Modeling: The students will
min. write down the definition for saving be listening to the teacher explain Pictures of
on the board. After writing the how different people save money. different
definitions down, the teacher will
Students may ask questions about occupations.
explain to the students how different
earning and saving if they have any.
 jobs help people earn money. The
teacher will show pictures of different
jobs and tell the students how the
people in the pictures earn money.
(teachers earn money by teaching
students, a judge earns money by
making judgement calls, a police
officer makes money by keeping
people safe).
3 Check for understanding: The teacher Check for understanding: The
min. will give examples of a few more students will answer the teacher and
occupations and jobs (a garbage man, tell the teacher different ways money
a waitress at a restaurant, and a is earned with the jobs the teacher
hairdresser) and ask the students how asks about. (garbage man- collects
they would earn money. trash, waitress- serves food and
drinks, hairdresser- styles and cuts
hair).
15 Guided practice: The teacher will Guided practice: Students will be PAVE
min. write the word income on the board working with each other and the sheets for
and hand out a paper to each student teacher to figure out what income each
explaining that they are going to find means. They will guess what income student
out what income means using the means (make money, something with
PAVE strategy. The teacher will ask money, saving money, etc.) and then
what the students think income work through the rest of the sheet
means (possible answers: make with the teacher.
money, something with money,
saving). After that the teacher will The students will be working
guide students through making throughout the school day to earn
association, verifying, and evaluating money to buy prizes with at the end
income. of the day. The students can earn
Extension activity- The teacher will money by staying on task, helping
explain that he/she has play money others, cleaning up, and other various
for the students to earn throughout tasks throughout the school day.
the day. The teacher will give
examples of how the students can
earn money and show some of the
prizes that can be saved up for. The
teacher will tell the students that
he/she will be keeping track of things
the students are doing on the
computer throughout the day and
handing out the money right before
the end of the day. The teacher will
 be watching throughout the day for
students who do things to earn
money (cleaning up, tucking in chairs,
being quiet, etc.)
5 Check for understanding: The teacher Check for understanding: The
min. will give students the following students will listen to the scenario
scenario: If you helped out around given and then raise their hand if they
your house by cleaning up your room, have an answer to give the teacher.
doing your dishes, or vacuuming the (Income, earning money, etc).
floor and got money for doing that,
would it be income or saving?
(income because you earned money
by doing something).

3 Closure/Summary: The teacher will go Closure/Summary: The students will

min. over the definitions of income and listen to what the teacher is saying
saving one more time with the class, and help define income and saving,
clearing up any confusion between
and can ask any other questions
the two.
about saving money or income.
10 Independent practice/Assessment: Independent practice: The students Paper for
min. The teacher will explain to the will be writing a story impression the students
students that they will write a story about how they could earn and save to write on.
impression about how they could
money to buy something that they
earn and saved money to buy
something that they wanted. The really wanted.
teacher will give a short example of
what students could write and how
they could write it.
Reflection: