USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

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Lesson Content
What Standards (national
or state) relate to this
lesson?
(You should include ALL
applicable standards. Rarely
do teachers use just one:
theyd never get through
them all.)
Essential Understanding
(What is the big idea or
essential question that you
want students to come away
with? In other words, what,
aside from the standard and
our objective, will students
understand when they finish
this lesson?)

Objectives- What are you

teaching?
(Student-centered: What will
students know and be able to
do after this lesson? Include
the ABCDs of objectives:
action, behavior, condition,
and degree of mastery, i.e.,
"C: Given a sentence written
in the past or present tense,
A: the student B: will be able
to re-write the sentence in
future tense D: with no errors
in tense or tense contradiction
(i.e., I will see her

SC1.E.6.3 Recognize that some things in the world around us happen fast and some
happen slowly.

Given various scenarios, students will be able to determine whether is causes a slow or
fast change with justification.

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yesterday.)."
Note: Degree of mastery does
not need to be a percentage.)
Rationale
Address the following
questions:
Why are you teaching this
objective?
Where does this lesson fit
within a larger plan?
Why are you teaching it
this way?
Why is it important for
students to learn this
concept?
Evaluation Plan- How will
you know students have
mastered your objectives?
Address the following:
What formative evidence
will you use to document
student learning during
this lesson?
What summative evidence
will you collect, either
during this lesson or in
upcoming lessons?
What Content Knowledge
is necessary for a teacher
to teach this material?

This is an important lesson to learn about the earth. Fast and slow changes are
happening all the time, and they need to be aware of that, even if it does not feel like it is
directly affecting them.

Students will fill out an exit slip that will have them write down an example of a fast and
a slow change.
I will have anecdotal records of what they say during our class discussions as a formative
evidence. The summative evidence collected will be their exit slip/journal entry.

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What background
knowledge is necessary for
a student to successfully
meet these objectives?
How will you ensure
students have this
previous knowledge?
Who are your learners?
What do you know about
them?
What do you know about
their readiness for this
content?

What misconceptions
might students have about
this content?
Lesson Implementation
Teaching Methods
(What teaching method(s) will
you use during this lesson?
Examples include guided
release, 5 Es, direct
instruction, lecture,
demonstration, partner word,
etc.)
Step-by-Step Plan
(What exactly do you plan to
do in teaching this lesson? Be
thorough. Act as if you needed

Time

Who is
responsibl
e (Teacher
or

1. Start by having the students think about what they have

learned about fast and slow changes thus far.
2. Have them tell you what types of changes they have
observed as a class in the past few days. (Theyve observed

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a substitute to carry out the
lesson for you.)

Students)?
Teacher

Where applicable, be sure to

address the following:
What Higher Order
Thinking (H.O.T.) questions
will you ask?
How will materials be
distributed?
Who will work together in
groups and how will you
determine the grouping?
How will students
transition between
activities?
What will you as the
teacher do?
What will the students do?
What student data will be
collected during each
phase?
What are other adults in
the room doing? How are
they supporting students
learning?
What model of co-teaching
are you using?
What will you do if

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slow changes)
What makes them slow changes?
What could be a fast change?
Bring out the volcano.
Have them think about what kind of change it will be.
Have them write a prediction of the type of change it will be:
I predict it will be a _______ change, because ___________.
8. They can also include an illustration.
9. Have them share their predictions.
10.Have them stand around the back table where the volcano
will be erupted.
11.Add the vinegar to the volcano!
12.Watch it explode!!!!
13.Have the students go back to their seats.
14.Discuss what they observed. Was their prediction correct?
How or how not?
15.Have them write down whether it was correct or not. (I was
correct/incorrect because _______)
16.Read the section on fast changes in the book with the class.
17.Discuss the different types of slow and fast changes they
have explored that week.
18.Have them write an exit slip. They will write one slow change
and one fast change and the justification for why it is slow or
fast.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

a student struggles with the content?

a student masters the content quickly?

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Meeting your students

needs as people and as
learners

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If applicable, how does this lesson connect to the interests and cultural
backgrounds of your students?
This connects with their interests, because before their testing week, they were told
during testing week they could vote on the subject they wanted to learn about the most.
The students were given a brief preview on the different science subjects they could
choose from, and 15 out of the 18 boys in the class chose to learn about volcanoes. They
are all very excited to learn about them, and they mainly only know about them from
movies or TV.

If applicable, how does this lesson connect to/reflect the local community?

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
challenge during this lesson (enrichment)?

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
language support?

Accommodations (If
needed)
(What students need specific

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accommodation? List
individual students (initials),
and then explain the
accommodation(s) you will
implement for these unique
learners.)
Materials
(What materials will you use?
Why did you choose these
materials? Include any
resources you used. This can
also include people!)

The ELMO will be used for reading the passage, and for writing down their sentence
starters for them to use in their journal entries.
The most important material will be a volcano (made from clay, and a can or bottle); and
baking soda, a red dye, and vinegar for the explosion