Unit 3: TIP#1 Lesson Plan

Teacher: Subject: Grade Level:

Miss. Moore Science 3rd
Overall Goal of Lesson: Students will understand what a habitat is and what kinds of animals live in each.

Instructional Objectives:
1. Animals and plants are adapted to the conditions of the habitats in which they live.
2. Earth supports many different animal habitats, each of which has distinct features and
animal populations.
3. Students will use their imagination and creativity to create an information booklet based of 5
different habitat types of animals.
Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) & ELPS: Key Vocabulary: Habitat, Tundra, Rainforest, Artic,
§117.111. Art, Grade 3, Adopted 2013. Ocean, Grasslands
(b)(2)(c)
Higher Order Questions:
1. Name a habitat that you read about
2. Explain why you chose certain animals you put in your habitat book
3. Illustrate what the ocean habitat looks like
4. Describe what a rainforest is
5. Imagine you were an animal, Which habitat would you want to live in and why?
Student Activities: This could be a team building activity as the students have to work together in groups. But
it also works on their social skills and sharing skills.

Modifications/ELL Strategies: Anticipatory Activity for Lesson:

1. If a student has ADHD or Going over what a habitat is by watching “I got a
another learning disability, you can Habitat” on YouTube. Then talking about it as a
make the lesson plan short and group.
concise.
2. If the student has a learning
disability they may need lots of
praise, but be specific. Instead of just
saying, “You did well,” or “I like
your work,” be sure you provide
specific praising comments that link
the activity directly
Time Teacher Input/Lesson Activity:
After going over what a habitat is I would break the students up into 5 different
groups. Possibly just by table number. Then they would make book and write a
story about an animal in their favorite habitat.
10 Mins

Modeling: I will show them how to fold the paper so they can make their own books and explain
5 Mins to them how they are going to do the activity.
 5 Mins Guided Practice: I will walk the kids through how to do research in the different books I have
provided for them.

Independent Practice: I will let the groups of students go between the 5 different stations so they
15 Mins can gather information about habitats and allow them to create their books and story.

5 Mins Lesson Closure: I will ask the students to answer a few of the higher thinking questions for me to
see how much they learned.

Assessment Methods/Strategies:
Having the students present their booklet to the classroom will be able to tell the
teacher what he/she learned.
Resources (supplies, equipment, software, etc.):
1. 5 different habitat books
2. Markers
3. Pencils
4. Color Paint
5. Scissors
6. Vanilla Construction Paper
7. Stapler
8. Decorating materials

Reflection: This lesson could be extended further for students that grasp the concepts quickly by the students explaining

how certain animal habitats are in close proximity to other habitats and how that could be beneficial or

dangerous.

According to Reiser and Dempsey (2012), "instructional design practices have broadened
so that many of the concepts associated with the performance improvement movement are now
regularly employed by those individuals who call themselves instructional designers" (p.
6). There are a few ways that these different lesson plans differ from one another. I think one
way they differ is that instructional designs focus more on the teacher and while learning designs
focuses on the student. They both go hand in hand but I think that the learning design may be the
most important. A Lesson plan focuses on the student, what they do, and how they acquire
knowledge. Teachers must decide what the students are going to do first before the teacher can
figure her objectives and what they are going to do. After doing some research I have seen that
the term "instructional design" is used mainly in America, while most others refer to
"educational design”. If you're a visual learner and can imagine a Venn diagram, Instructional
Design is a circle with a Learning Design circle fully enclosed within it.
 Refrences:

Reiser, R. A., & Dempsey, J. V. (2012). Trends and issues in instructional design and
technology. Boston, MA: Ally & Bacon.