Week 4- Lesson Plan with Evaluation of Instructional Materials

My lesson plan that I am posting on here is the one I plan to teach in my host teacher's classroom; I am observing in. I am posting the lesson and then how it meets the Evaluation for Instructional Materials.

Lesson Plan 

5th Grade Science

Standard: Human Impacts on Earth's Systems 5. ESS3.C.1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Objective: Students will be able to read for content, using the printed article and fill in a Bubble map with three ideas on ways to save the environment; using 100 percent accurate information supplied by the article; including at least one  reason for each idea on why these ideas can save the environment.

Duration: 1 hour 15 mins. max

Materials: Missouri Conservation Magazine, Copied Articles, Pencil, Paper, Tree Saplings or Seed packets

Bloom's Taxonomy: Create, Evaluate, Analyze, Apply, Understand, Remember 

Vocabulary: 

Anticipatory Set: I will have the students take a magazine walk with me using the document camera, through the Xplor Missouri Conservationist magazine for kids.

Input: I will tell the students about the conserving of animals and how this magazine helps students like them; to know ways of practicing conservation of the Earth. 

Modeling: I will name one way I practice helping my environment; through composting.

Guided Practice: I will ask the students to raise their hands and name some ways they can practice helping their environment. 

Independent Practice: I will ask the students to read the article I print out from the conservation magazine, with a partner. Then I will ask the students to fill in a Bubble map with 3 ideas of what they learned from the article, on ways to save the environment. They will need to include at least one  reason for each idea; on why they feel these would help the environment.

Extension: Students can research the growth of a certain plant. They can draw and label a progression picture for each day that the plant would grow.

Check for Understanding: The students are to each fill out their own bubble map during this lesson.

Closure: We can get out in the dirt, make some mud and plant seeds that will support our Earth in a positive way. You can sign up for your own Xplor magazine, delivered free to your home at mdc.mo.gov/xplor This is when I will give out the seed packets or tree saplings for the students to take home and explain to them that by planting these plants we are helping to conserve our planet.

Extension: Students can research the growth of a certain plant. They can draw and label a progression picture for each day that the plant would grow.

Accommodation/ Modification: I will pair students who have special needs or are ELL students; with a typical or above average reader to read the article. I will provide a list of some keywords for special needs or ELL students to choose three ideas of conservation from; to fill in their bubble maps. A list of the vocabulary words will be provided as well; including a alternative language to English language conversion of each word.

Differentiation: I will provide for differentiated learning through, providing students with different learning styles, different learning strategies. I am providing writing and reading opportunities. I am also providing the magazine walk for visual and auditory learners. The extension activity is geared toward kinesthetic learners.

Technology: Document Camera, SMART board, Chrome books for extension activity

Thinking Map: Bubble map with three main bubbles and several lines leading to bubbles; for supporting reasons.

Research Based Instructional Strategies: Cooperative Learning- partner reading

Accurate Information: Information is provided through a reputable children's nature magazine; The Missouri Conservationist. 

Meets Learning Objectives: This lesson meets my objective of getting the students to read for content; by allowing the students to independently read the article in a group of two and showing the content they learned through filling out a bubble map.

Appropriate To the Audience: This lesson is geared toward students 5th grade and under and uses a children's magazine for literary support.

Interesting to Age Group: This lesson is supported by a popular children's magazine with information for various ages; thus I know that these topics are interesting to this age group.

Good Condition: Within my objective, the condition is met through the students using the printed article for content reading.

Employs Creative Thinking: This lesson provides for students to be able to creatively think about all the ways they can practice Earth conservation.

Motivating and Engaging: This lesson is motivating and engaging to students; to be able to get out in their yards and practice conservation for themselves.

This was extremely hard for me to complete for some reason this time. However, I feel like I have learned a little more about lesson plans this way as well. I think this lesson will be really fun for the students and myself. Thank you for reading all of this.