USC Aiken School of Education Lesson Plan Template

Candidate Name: Santanna M. Templeton

On my honor as a University of South Carolina Aiken student, I have completed

my work according to the principle of Academic Integrity.
Lesson Title: Police Officers
Subject Area(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s) 4k
Number of Students: 20
Date: December 8, 2019
Duration: 35 mins
Standards & HPD8- Identify people who can help them in the community (police, firefighter,
Indicators: nurse).

Learning Objective: Students will be able to recognize, identify, and understand the role of a police
officer with 90% accuracy.
Assessment: Pre-Assessment: Formative Assessment: Summative Assessment:
See the lesson plan After the teacher has read
guide for suggested The teacher will begin the Police Hurrying! Helping! There will be a summative
assessments. Attach a lesson by asking the Saving!, the teacher will assessment at the end of
copy of all rubrics, students the following: ask the student the the unit.
checklists, rating sheets, 1. What is a police following question: After
and scoring guides you officer? reading this book, how do
will use. 2. Is a police officer a police officers help our
community community?
helper?
The teacher will ask the
following questions after
the police officers are
done with their visit?
1. What is the role of
a police officer?
2. How do you know
what a police
officer looks like?
3. How does a police
officer help us?
Differentiatio Accommodations will be made for all students that need them. Accommodations
n will be established in accordance to a student’s IEP, ESOL, and/or 504 plans.
Students who learn better with hands on examples will be able to understand by
being able to try on police officer’s gear, getting into the police car, and being able

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 Accommodati to touch the equipment. Students will visual learning abilities will learn best through
Student Learning ons watching the police office video, as well as, seeing the police officers. Auditory
Diversity for

learners will learn best through the teacher reading the read aloud, as well as,
listening to the police officers. Also, auditory learners will learn best through the
Modifications
discussion about police officer.
Modifications will be determined once the teacher has assessed students at the end of
the week and knows if students understood the content or not.

Grouping Students: Whole Group:

- Police Officer
- Read Aloud
Materials/Resources: Teacher Materials
Attach a copy of all - Smart Board
handouts for your - Police Helping! Hurrying! Saving! by Patricia Hubbell
lesson. Student Materials
- N/A

Other Materials
Materials that the police officer brings to the classroom.
Educational - Smart Board (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28yn_3BEraM)
Technology:

Pedagogical
Strategies: ☐ Anticipation Guide ☐ Direct instruction/lecture ☐ Mnemonic
See the lesson plan
device
guide for suggested
strategies. Attach a copy ☐ Brainstorming ☐ Demonstration ☐
of all activity sheet(s) to Drawing/artwork
your lesson plan. ☐ Graphic organizer/concept ☐ Hands-on manipulatives ☒ Movement
map
☐ Structured notetaking ☐ Small groups ☐ Music
☐ Analyze image, photo, or ☐ Inquiry stations ☒ Video
object
☐ Annotate or highlight text ☐ Gallery Walk ☐ Roleplay
☐ Guided practice ☐ Turn & Talk ☐ Game

☐ Quick Writes ☐ Think-Pair-Share ☐ Project

☐ Inquiry Learning Cycle ☒ Other: Read Aloud

Police Officer Visit

Video: The video is appropriate for this lesson because it allows students to see what
polices officers do through a child’s point of view. This allows students to relate to
the video but also be able to recognize, identify, and understand the role of a police
officer.

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 Read Aloud: The read aloud is appropriate because it is colorful and engaging but
reinforces how police help within the community.

Movement: Students will have the opportunity for movement when the police
officers come in and visit the classroom.

Police Officer Visit: This is appropriate for students and the objective because
students get to meet and see real police officers which reiterates the ability for
students to recognize, identify, and understand the role of a police officer.

ENGAGE (5 mins)
The students will be asked to come to the carpet and sit in the semi square. The
Lesson Structure/ teacher will sit students where it is appropriate to avoid disruptions during the
Procedures: lesson. The students will be engaged by being asked the following questions:
See the lesson plan 1. What is a police officer?
guide for step-by-step 2. Is a police officer a community helper?
procedures. The teacher will call on a few students to answer these questions. After the questions
have been answered, the teacher will then play the Police Officer video which allows
Include: students to see what police officers do through a child’s point of view.
 Launching the EXPLORE (5 mins)
lesson with a strong Students will get to explore about police officers by listening to the read aloud
opening Police Hurrying! Helping! Saving! by Patricia Hubbell. This book helps children see
 Opportunity for and understand how police help the community.
students to explore After the read aloud, the teacher will ask students:
 Direct teaching 1. After reading this book, how do police officers help our community?
 Opportunity for
students to practice The teacher will call on a few students to answer the question. After the question
 Assessment has been answered and discussed with the students, the teacher will introduce
embedded that there will be visitors in our classroom. The visitors are police officers and
throughout the they are going to explain their job. The teacher will reiterate that the students
lesson need to be on their best behavior in order to participate.
 A meaningful EXPLAIN (20 mins)
closure The students will be able to get a real world understanding of what police officers
do within our community. A few police officers will come to the classroom and visit.
The police officers will come and talk to the students about their job, allowing
students to try on gear, and visiting the police car.
EVALUATE (0 mins)
The teacher will be able to assess the students’ knowledge at the end of the week.
END (5 mins)
Once the police officers are done with the students, the students will come back
inside and sit back in their semi square. The teacher will review what was discussed
about police officers from the video, read aloud, and the visit from the police officers
to ensure students are able to recognize, identify, and understand the role of a police
officer. Before reviewing, the teacher will ask the following:
1. What is the role of a police officer?
2. How do you know what a police officer looks like?
3. How does a police officer help us?
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Safety Considerations: Students will be asked to keep all hands, feet, and other objects to themselves.
Students will be asked to follow directions and pay close attention to what the police
officers ask them to do since they will bring equipment.
Follow Up: EXTEND (0 mins)
A follow up will occur once the teacher has given the summative assessment at the
end of the week.
Once the teacher has assessed each student, then the teacher can properly work with
students who did not achieve mastery, as well as, extend with the students who did
achieve mastery.
Questioning: Knowledge and Application and analysis Creation and
comprehension evaluation
1. What is a police 1. What is the n/a
officer? role of a police
2. Is a police officer?
officer a 2. How do you
community know what a
helper? police officer
looks like?
3. How does a
police officer
help us?
Linking Theory to Social Cognitive Theory: Learning occurs in a social context through observation,
Practice: imitation, and modeling. The teacher focuses on demonstration and repetition.
See the lesson plan  Students will be learning about police officers through many different ways.
guide for suggested However, students will be able to observe and imitate police officers through
theoretical perspectives. the video, read aloud, and the visit from the police officers.
The theory you select
should support the
teaching strategies and
groupings described in
your lesson plan.
Reference(s): Radical Jr. “Police Officer-Kid’s Dream Job- Can You Imagine That? (June. 2,
2018). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-fOWq1-w4E

South Carolina Early Learning Standards. (2017, August). Retrieved November 8,

2019, from http://sc-ccccd.net/pdfs-docs/SCEarlyLearningStandards.pdf

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