Incorporating Tier 2 and Tier 3 Vocabulary into a History Lesson

Below you will find a lesson for a kindergarten class. Kindergarten students learn about their community and the people who live and work their. This lesson would be a great introductory lesson to get the students to start thinking about who lives and works around them. As the unit builds, more tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary would be added.

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Lesson: A Community Of People

Subject: History

Grade: Kindergarten

Standard: Historical and Social Sciences - K.3: Students match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of related jobs at the school, in the local community, and from historical ac­counts.

Objectives: Students will learn that a community is made up of different people who live and work near each other. Students will learn who lives in their community and the type of work that they do.

Vocabulary Words:

Tier 2:

work

play

help

different

Tier 3:

firefighter

teacher

community

Materials:

Computers and Headphones

Large Print version of article

Crayons

Pencils

Writing paper (with space for drawing)

“Play” booklet

Books about community

Lesson:

1. Students will sit on carpeted area for whole group lesson. The students will listen as the teacher reads the article “A Community of People” (readworks.org). The article will be presented large print for the class to see along with a picture of a person working in their community.
2. The teacher will circle a vocabulary word and say the word asking the students to repeat the word. Students will make inferences about what the word means and the teacher will provide them with a correct definition. The teacher will provide a sample sentence (e.g. I play outside when it is hot.) The students will “think pair share” their own sentence with their partners.
3. Students will repeat step two for each word.
4. Teacher will explain and model each station that the students will be working at prior to students moving.

Students will use computers with headphones to listen to the article again, then read books about community members.

Students will write sentences with teacher support using the vocabulary words to write about the community.

Students will add a drawing to their writing that shows community helpers working.

Students will practice using the sight word “play” to fill in the blanks in a book about the word. Then color the pictures.

5. Students will rotate to each station as they finish each task.
6. Teacher will close by having students gather back on the carpet and discuss what they learned about the community. Teacher will make sure to highlight and repeat when students use vocabulary words in their explanations.