Spring Arbor University School of Education Lesson Plan

Title of Lesson: Earths Landforms Subject(s : Science & Language Arts !rade Level: 2nd #aterials $e%uired: " " " #ower #oint &ingo cards &ingo chi's (ountain) Hill) *sland) +esert) #lain) #lateau) ,olcano) ,alley) -orest) Landform " Landform $or%sheet " Landform Assessment $or%sheet Ti"e Allotted: 6 min! Teacher Candidate: Elizabeth Lahrman & Tiana Hayward

&ocabulary:

'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Co""on Core Standard: Science E(SE()*(*+, +escribe the ma.or landforms of the surface of the Earth /mountains) 'lains) 'lateaus) 0alleys) hills1! Language Arts CCSS(ELA, Literacy!SL!2!2 2ecount or describe %ey ideas or details from a te3t read aloud or information 'resented orally or through other media! CCSS(ELA, Literacy!$!2!4 2ecall information from e3'eriences or gather information from 'ro0ided sources to answer a 5uestion! -bjective(s : TL. describe the ma.or landforms of the surface of the Earth! /6nowledge1 TL. indicate that they can recall information from information gathered by answering 5uestions! /7om'rehension1 TL. demonstrate that they can recount %ey ideas from information 'resented! /A''lication1

Purpose of the lesson: The 'ur'ose of this lesson is for students to learn the ma.or landforms that are found on the Earth) to recount ideas from the information 'resented) to recall information in order to answer 5uestions) and to learn that earths land is always changing! ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' /nstructional Procedure: Ti"e Allotted 8 min! Essential Ele"ents +( Anticipatory Set: a! 2ead: Land on Earth /'g! 961 in :ur Earth b! As% students 5uestions to assess bac%ground %nowledge: Has anyone e0er seen a mountain; Has anyone e0er seen an island; Has anyone e0er seen a hill;

c! <To be successful and ha0e fun today * e3'ect that you will not tal% to your neighbor while * am tal%ing) that you will stay seated) and that you will 2 min! 'artici'ate in the acti0ities that * ha0e 're'ared for you to do today!= *( State Purpose and -bjectives of Lesson: a! +irect: <Today we will be learning about the ma.or landforms that are found on the Earth) to recount ideas from the information 'resented) to recall information in order to answer 5uestions) and to learn that earths land is always changing!= b! E3'licit: *t is im'ortant to learn about the earth>s land because that is where we li0e?= @8 min! 0( /nstructional /nput Plan: a. Modeling:

i! Landform #ower #oint /Slides *ncluded1 Here the term landform and landforms found on the earth will be introduced! +efinitions can be found on #ower#oint! Land forms included in 'ower 'oint: " " " " " " " " " (ountain Hill *sland +esert #lain #lateaus ,alley -orest ,olcano

As * 'resent the 'ower 'oint students will follow along by filling out their Spider

#ap sheets with the terms being

introduced! -or e3am'le) * will introduce what a mountain is! After discussing the term mountain) students will write definition of the term mountain on the lateral detail line of the diagonal mountain line on the S'ider (a'! Students may also draw a 'icture of a mountain ne3t to the definition! b. Guided Practice: @8 min! i! Landform &ingo *n this acti0ity students will determine which 0ocabulary word on their bingo sheet matches the definition read be the teacher!

-or e3am'le: Teacher says: <This ty'e of landform is the highest %ind of land and has a 'ea%!=

Students then would 'lace bingo chi' on the term mountain! The teacher then as%s the students what the answer is! After calling on students and recei0ing the answer the teacher chec%s to ensure that all students ha0e the correct answer!

Aame would be 'layed in 'airs of two! Students would 'artici'ate in this acti0ity with their table buddies!

The game would continue to be 'layed this way until there was a winner! $e would 'lay three rounds of Landform &ingo!

c! Independent Practice: @ min! i! Landforms fill in the blan% wor%sheet Students will inde'endently com'lete a fill in the blac% wor%sheet in which they write the correct term ne3t to its definition! A word ban% is 'ro0ided! 1( 2ifferentiation Considerations (acco""odations : a! Accelerated: *f a student com'letes the fill in the blan% wor%sheet early they may color the 'ictures on the wor%sheet that coincides with the #ower#oint! Students may also read boo%s from the boo% bas%et! b! Struggling: Students who re5uire e3tra time may ta%e as much time as they need to com'lete the fill in the blan% wor%sheet!

c! *E#: (odifications for students whose *E# indicates that they are meeting the
77S B -or these students) * will allow them to wor% with a teacher aid or

'ara'rofessional to ma%e sure that they are meeting the necessary @ min! re5uirements of their *E#! 3( Assess"ent: a! Cuestions " Students will write out answers to assessment 5uestions that are located on the bac% of the fill in the blan% wor%sheet! " The assessment 5uestions are: @! 2! D! 9! D min! 8! 4( Closure: $hat is the definition of a mountain; $hat is the definition of a 'lain; $hat is the definition of a 'lateau; $hat is the definition of a 0alley; $hat is the definition of a hill;

a! 7an anyone tell me what a landform is; b! $hat are some e3am'les of landforms; c! $ho can tell me what 'lain is; d! Areat .ob e0eryone? Today we learned about earths landforms and you all showed me that you can recall what we learned? e! Than% you all for being great learners?

Explanation of Identified Instructional Strategy

$hy did you select this s'ecific strategy to utilize in this lesson; * selected this strategy because the S'ider (a' is easy for students to use and understand! * also a''lied this strategy because it offers students a way to ta%e notes during the lesson!

$hat are the benefits of this strategy o0er another; *t is easy to com'lete! *t does not ta%e long to com'lete! *t 'resents the information in an understandable way! :nce com'leted the S'ider (a' is a great resource for students! $hat are some 'ossible cons or barriers that you may encounter from utilization of the strategy; *t does not offer in de'th details! Students may fill out the ma' correctly but they may not understand the material!