What are the Different Types of Landforms?

What are the Different Types of Landforms?

Social Studies 1st Grade

5 Lessons, approx. 25 minutes each Miss Emily Schreiner November 2013

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Rationale...page 3 Stage 1...page 4 Stage 2...page 6 Stage 3...page 7

Lesson 1...page 7 Lesson 2...page 10 Lesson 3...page 12 Lesson 4...page 15 Lesson 5...page 17

Pictures of Worksheets/Activities...page 19 Supplementary Work...page 25

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Rationale

Dear Principal, Parents, and Colleagues:

This unit is about types of landforms and bodies of water on our planet. Therefore, it is a unit in the subject area of Social Studies. This is also the introduction to a map unit (which is scheduled to begin a week after this unit does).

In this five-day unit, first grade students will be exposed to many types of landforms and bodies of water. They will understand what these formations look like (in cartoon version and reality), as well as what makes up these landmarks. By completing several games, activities, and worksheets, these five- and six-year-old children will be exploring concepts and ideas they probably are not that familiar with at first. In other words, while many students have been to the Susquehanna River, many students are not quite as knowledgeable about canyons simply because there is not one around here.

Additionally, in these lessons, students will be comparing different types of landforms, such as lakes and oceans, and mountains and hills. Throughout the process they will be filling out a KWL chart, with guidance from the teacher, so they can appreciate how much they have learned in a week on this topic.

At this young age, first graders are beginning to notice more and more about the world around them. Whether or not their families take them on vacation or not, these boys and girls are becoming more aware of their surroundings than they ever were before. After Day Five of this unit is taught, students will be much more knowledgeable about the landforms and bodies of water that they see around the community, on television, or in literature.

This unit paves the way for further geography lessons, specifically maps, which clearly is important to anyone's education because knowing how to read a map is a crucial skill to have in life. While my lessons address some standards in Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening and Interpersonal Skills, more importantly they implement goals from Pennsylvania's Academic Standards for Geography , like identifying physical characteristics in our community (7.3.1.A.) and identifying the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places (7.2.1.B.).

Through interactive, social activities and games these children will be growing closer to their peers while learning more about landforms and bodies of water at the same time. At this age, developing positive social habits is basically just as worthwhile as learning an academic lesson.

Sincerely,

Miss Emily Schreiner

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What are the Different Types of Landforms?

First Grade

STAGE ONE--DESIRED RESULTS Identifying standards and objectives

Content Standards: PA Academic Standards for Geography 1) 7.1.1.A. Identify geographic tools 2) 7.1.1.B. Describe places in geographic reference to physical features 3) 7.3.1.A. Identify physical characteristics in the community and region 4) 7.2.1.B. Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places 5) 7.4.1.A. Describe how lakes, rivers, and streams impact people

PA Academic Standards for Interpersonal Skills 1) 1.6.1.5.A. Examine the impact of emotions and responses on view of self and

interactions with others 2) 1.6.2.5.A. Establish relationships that are positive and supportive of others 3) 1.6.2.5.C. Explain the impact of communication on interactions with others 4) 1.6.3.5.C. Actively engage in creating an environment that encourages healthy

relationships

PA Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening 1) 1.1.1.B. Use word recognition techniques: demonstrate knowledge of letter

sound correspondence (alphabetic principle) to decode and encode words 2) 1.2.1.B. Demonstrate the difference between facts and opinions within a text 3) 1.6.1.A. Listen actively and respond to others in small and large group

situations with appropriate questions and ideas 4) 1.6.1.B. Use appropriate volume and clarity in individual or group situations;

deliver brief oral presentations on a topic supported by visual aids 5) 1.8.1.A. Generate appropriate questions about a topic

Enduring Understandings/Goals (students will understand that...): 1) There are many types of landforms and bodies of water. Students will come to understand these formations through visual and written means. 2) Landforms are the natural features of the earth's surface. 3) Students will come to understand what each type of landform or body of water is made up of. 4) We identify landforms by looking at the land/water that make it up, as well as the land/water surrounding it. 5) By looking at their size, shape, and components we can compare and contrast different landforms and bodies of water while using venn diagrams.

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6) There are many examples of deserts, islands, lakes, oceans, volcanoes, mountains, and rivers in our community and world.

Essential Questions: 1) What are the different types of landforms and bodies of water? 2) What are landforms? 3) What do we already know about landforms in our world? 4) What are the main characteristics of each type of landform? 5) How do we identify landforms and bodies of water? 6) How are some landforms alike and different? 7) What are "real life" examples of landforms in our world?

Student Objectives (outcomes; performance standards): To meet the standards, students will know... - What a KWL chart is. - Landforma are natural forces of the earth's surface. - What many types of landforms look like. - How to be a respectful audience to their peers when they present or contribute to discussion. - KWL charts are an ongoing tool to use in the classroom

To meet the standards, students will be able to... - Match landforms to pictures and definitions. - Recognize different types of landforms, and present them to the class. - Share with the class landforms they know of, and what they are made up of. - Share what they want to learn about. - Reflect on what they have learned thus far. - Copy from the board onto their KWL chart. - Label and compare varying heights of landforms. - Read a passage and complete true/false questions about landforms and bodies

of water. - Color in landform worksheets appropriately. - Cut out worksheets appropriately. - Draw and color symbols of various landforms on a map.

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