Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Rev. 2013

Teacher Candidate:

Erica Davis

Lesson # 3

Subject/Grade: Science/5K Date and Time of Lesson: !/" / 3 # $:3! a%m% Learnin& 'bjective: Students will e a le to demonstrate the li!e cycle o! a pump"in y
illustratin# it in a cra!t activity.

()i&nment *ith Standards: EEDA Standard(s) School districts must desi#n their curricula to provide a well$ rounded education !or students y !osterin# artistic creativity% critical thin"in#% and sel!$discipline throu#h the teachin# o! academic content% "nowled#e% and s"ills that students will use in the wor"place% !urther education% and li!e. SSCA Element(s) Element: Section 59-63-120-1b: insultin or demeanin a student or rou! o" students causin substantial disru!tion in# or substantial inter"erence $it%# t%e orderl& o!eration o" t%e sc%ool' SCCCS: (-2'5 )eco ni*e t%at all or anisms o t%rou % sta es o" ro$t% and c%an e called li"ec&cles'

Deve)o+menta) (++ro+riateness or Cross,curricu)ar connections:

This science lesson is a very asic lesson. Students will en&oy hearin# the oo" and also the completin# the !inial cra!t activity. This lesson involves no pre$re'uisite "nowled#e esides "nowin# what a pump"in is or loo"s li"e. This lesson is very developmentally appropriate ecause students will e #uided with help and the activity will also e modeled !or them.

(ssessment-s. of the 'bjectives:

+esson ,b-ecti.e(s) Students will e a le to demonstrate the li!e cycle o! a pump"in y illustratin# it in a cra!t activity. Assessment(s) o" t%e ,b-ecti.e(s) Durin : 1 $ill listen to students ans$ers as t%e& are %el!in me "ill out an acti.it& s%eet on t%e smart board' A"ter: Students $ill com!lete a cra"t acti.it& s%o$in t%at t%e& can !ut t%e li"e c&cle o" a !um!2in in order' 3e"ore t%e& turn in t%e cra"t t%e& $ill %a.e to tell me eac% ste! o" t%e !um!2ins li"e c&cle' /se o" 0ormati.e Assessment Students $%o s%o$ misconce!tion or con"usion about a li"e c&cle $ill $or2 in a small rou! $it% me durin center time' 1" need be t%e student can %a.e one on one %el!'

(ccommodations: ( will try to #uide students to the correct answers !or the smart oard
wor"sheet. This is an accommodation !or students who are havin# trou le identi!yin# attri utes o! a pump"in ecause o! lac" o! in!ormation. The cra!t activity will e modeled !or students so that they can watch how to put the cra!t to#ether. Early )inishers will e #iven an assi#nment y

Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template Rev. 2013 *rs. +avis. )or those who are not understandin# they will e pulled into a small #roup durin# centers so that they can hope!ully #ain understandin# o! a li!e cycle.

/ateria)s: 45ro$in 6um!2ins7 # smart board# smart board !um!2in acti.it&# smart board li"e
c&cle acti.it&# !a!er# !ainted oran e !late# reen &arn# &ello$ tissue !a!er# lue

0rocedures: 1. Students will e seated on the carpet. ( will rie!ly e,plain to them what we will e learnin# a out. - ( want to tal" to you a little it today a out a li!e cycle% speci!ically the li!e cycle o! a pump"in ecause it.s !all./ 2. -)irst ( want to read to you a oo" called -0rowin# Pump"ins./ ( will then read the oo". 3. 1!ter the oo" ( am #oin# to do two wor" sheets on the smart oard. The students will e as"ed to !ill in the lan"s y raisin# their hand i! they have an answer. ( will write their answers on the smart oard. ( will redirect their answers i! what they are sayin# is not 'uite a ri#ht answer. 2. 3e!ore students move ac" to their seats ( will review the li!ecycle o! a pump"in. ( will also answer and 'uestions that the children may have. 1!ter this students will move ac" to their seats to e#in the cra!t. 4. ( will model the cra!t activity !or the students step y step and they will complete the steps alon# with me so they will "now how to complete it correctly. 5. 6hen students have complete the cra!t they will then tell me what each step o! the li!ecycle process is called. 7. They will then e a le to turn in their cra!t. (ctivit1 (na)1sis: ( am readin# a oo" to the students that will help etter e,plain the li!e
cycle o! a pump"in. 1!ter that we will ma"e o servations o! a pump"in ut that will contri ute to the li!e cycle in!ormation. )inally% !or the last activity the students will illustrate the li!e cycle o! a pump"in on paper.

The students will e interested in these activities. They love learnin# and they love ma"in# thin#s. ( chose to incorporate a cra!t ecause it is more li"e !un or !ree time to them rather than a wor" sheet. This plays up to their rowdiness ecause it is not somethin# that they need to e e,tremely 'uiet while doin#. ( am usin# the smart oard !or an activity to "eep the "ids !rom completin# another wor"sheet. ( will e the only one usin# the smart oard.

2eferences:

8%is lesson $as created $it% t%e %el! o" 6atricia Da.is# +on Cane 6rimar& Sc%ool#5('