knox county schools - kaylee harlamert

knox county schools - kaylee harlamert Knox County Schools C & I Department TEAM Lesson Plan Template Teacher: Kaylee Harlamert stClass: 1 grade Course Unit: Science: life cycles Lesson Title: Life cycle of a butterfly Summary of the task, challenge, investigation, career-related scenario, problem, or LESSON OVERVIEW community link. The students will work to understand the life cycle of butterflies through various activities. Identify what you want to teach. Reference State, Common Core, ACT College STANDARDS Readiness Standards and/or State Competencies. Standard 4: Heredity GLE 0107.4.1 Observe and illustrate the life cycle of animals. Clear, Specific, and Measurable – NOT ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVE Student-Friendly TLWBAT demonstrate and correctly label the life cycle of butterflies. Students show evidence of proficiency through a variety of assessments. ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION Aligned with the Lesson Objective Formative/Summative Performance-Based/Rubric Formal/Informal Formative: Students will point to the picture of the part of the cycle that is being presented in the caterpillar story. Formative: Groups of students will place the cycle in order and answer questions the teacher asks. Summative: Each student will be asked to put the butterfly life cycle in the correct order. Aligned with the Lesson Objective MATERIALS Rigorous & Relevant The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Pasta Plates Markers or crayons Glue Worksheet Motivator/Hook ACTIVATING STRATEGY An Essential Question encourages students to put forth more effort when faced with a complex, open-ended, challenging, meaningful and authentic questions. National geographic video: “Growing up Butterfly”: great video seeing the transition from caterpillar to butterfly Step-by-Step Procedures-Sequence INSTRUCTION Discover/Explain – Direct Instruction Modeling Expectations – “I Do” Knox County Schools C & I Department Questioning/Encourages Higher Order Thinking Grouping Strategies Differentiated Instructional Strategies to Provide Intervention & Extension 1. “Last class we learned the basics of life cycles and today we are going to explore the life cycle of the butterfly. Butterflies go through four stages from egg to butterfly. Let’s demonstrate that cycle using our bodies.” , The students will use their bodies to demonstrate what the life cycle looks like. First, tell them they will become an egg. Have them sit on the floor, grasp their knees, and tuck their head under. Demonstrate the position. Next, tell the students they will change into caterpillars by stretching out on the floor and wriggling. After that, they will stand very still and cross their arms tightly across their chest to look like the chrysalis. Finally, demonstrate how a butterfly gently stretches its wings and begins to flutter. Allow the students to fly around the room as butterflies in the rain forest. 2. Make the cycle of butterflies out of pasta 3. I describe the stages of the cycle more in depth using pictures , “The first stage is called the egg stage and this is when the mother butterfly lays eggs on a leaf. , In the second stage the caterpillar will come out of the egg and begin to grow (like in the book) , In the third stage the caterpillar makes itself a chrysalis that wraps around its entire body , In the final stage the butterfly breaks open the chrysalis and the cycle is started all over again.” 4. Using the plate cycles they made earlier, the teacher will read the Very Hungry Caterpillar and the student will point to the phase on their plate that the butterfly is going through when the teacher stops on a page and asks. “We Do”-“You Do” GUIDED & INDEPENDENT PRACTICE Encourage Higher Order Thinking & Problem Solving Relevance Differentiated Strategies for Practice to Provide Intervention & Extension 5. Pass out picture of the four parts of the butterfly’s life cycle. Place students in groups of four and ask them to place the cycle in the correct order. As students are working, the teacher will go around asking questions (Why do you think their life is a cycle? Why does the caterpillar need to form a chrysalis? What part of the cycle interests you most and why? How are the stages of life similar to yours?) 6. Every child is given the “Butterflies!” worksheet and is asked to place the stages of the butterfly’s life in the correct order and color the pictures if they have time. Reflection/Wrap-Up CLOSURE Summarizing, Reminding, Reflecting, Restating, Connecting What are the four stages of the butterfly’s life cycle? What is a chrysalis? Stand up and demonstrate the four stages together. CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS Reading: Very Hungry Caterpillar NOTES: Knox County Schools C & I Department Jensen, E. (2009). Super Teaching. Thousand Oaks: Corwin. , Implicit teaching: learn by doing (pg. 9) , Physical activity : get them out of their seats (pg. 105) o (Same color because it is the same activity) , Repetition (pg. 102)