SpecialEducationINSTRUCTIONALLESSONPLAN

Subject/LessonTitle:

NeptuneandSaturn:ComparativeInputChart

Grade:
4th

StandardsCommonCore,State,ModifiedorAlternativeStandards:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.4.2
Writeinformative/explanatorytextstoexamineatopicandconveyideasandinformation
clearly.

Two
Measurable
LearningTargets
Icancomparetwoplanetsbyusingacomparativeinputchart.
Icanwriteacomparativeparagraphusingnewvocabularywords.

Measurable
Objective(s)forthislesson:
LanguageObjective:
Givenapromptstudentwillcomparetwoplanetsusingacademic
vocabularywith100%accuracy.
LearningObjective:
Giventwoplanetsstudentwillcomparetheplanetsusingthe
comparativeinputchartusingfivetargetedvocabularywordsinacomparativewriting
paragraph.

CommunicationSkill(Function):
Vocabulary:
Rotateturningaroundonapoint
Densepartsareclosetogether,compact
Gaseousstateofgas,notasolidoraliquid
Orbitpathplanetsusetomovearound
Ringsmadeofsmalldustandparticles,circlearoundtheplanet

Formative(Informal)Assessment:
Priortowritingstudentswillusethenewacademicvocabularyverbally.
Studentswillmakeavenndiagramoftheinformationfromthecomparativeinputchart.

Evaluation,SummativeorFormalAssessment:
Studentswillwriteacomparativeparagraphusingtheinformationandtargetedacademic
vocabularyfromthecomparativeinputchart.

INSTRUCTIONALSEQUENCE

TIME

WhattheTeacher
DoesandSays

5minutes

ActivatingPriorKnowledge
Goodmorningclass!Wehave
areallyfunlessontodaywhich
willhelpustolearnmore
aboutplanets,andmakeour
writingbetter.Asyoumay
rememberwevebeentalking
abouthowtocomparetwo
things.Willsomeonetellme
whatweshouldremember
aboutcomparingthings?
Excellent,thankyou!Thats
rightwelookathowtheyre
thesame,andhowtheyre
different.Ourtargetsfortoday
are:
Icancomparetwoplanetsby
usingacomparativeinput
chart.
Icanwriteacomparative
paragraphusingnew
vocabularywords.
Listthesequenceofcompleteand
detailedinstructionalsteps.
Include:
Todayweregoingtomakea
comparativeinputcharttotalk
abouttwoplanets,Neptune
andSaturn.Wehaveoneto
showyousoweknowhow
ourswilllookattheendasa
class.(Showchart)
Whatssomethingyounotice
aboutthispage?
Thischarthelpsustolearn
moreabouttwothingsthrough
comparingthem.Ourfirststep
istotracealargerversionof
eachoftheplanets,andthen
addthewordstolabelit.

WhattheStudent
DoesandSays

StudentVoice

Weshouldlookforhowtheyre
thesame,andhowtheyre
different.

Studentslookatchart
Therearepictures,words,names

Studentsoutlineplanetsonlarge
paperortheboard

Wehavesomenewvocabulary
wordstolearntoday.Theyre
thewordsthatareboldand
underlined.Pleasereadthe
wordswithyourpartner.
Thesewordswillbepartofthe
writingyouwilldocomparing
thetwoplanets.
Nowyouregoingtomakea
venndiagramofthe
informationtomakesureyou
canuseitrightatyourdeskfor
yourwriting.(Studentsmake
venndiagrams)
Makesuretowritedownour
newvocabularywordsand
theirdefinitionssoyoucanuse
theminyourwriting.Whatare
ournewwords?
Soinyourwritingtodaymake
suretouseournewwords
whenyouwriteaboutthese
planetstocomparethem.

Closure
Imreallyimpressedwithhow
wellyourealldoingusingthe
vocabularywordswejust
learned.Willsomeonetellme
oneofthewordswelearned
todayandwhatitmeans?
Fantastic,thankyoufor
sharingwhatyoulearned.We
metourtargetstodaywhich
were:
Icancomparetwoplanetsby
usingacomparativeinput
chart.
Icanwriteacomparative
paragraphusingnew
vocabularywords.

Studentsreadvocabularywords
withtheirpartner

Studentsmakevenndiagramwith
informationfromthechart

Orbit,gaseous,rings,dense,
rotate

Orbitpathplanetsusetomove
around

ClassroomManagement:
Wewillpostbehaviorexpectations:
Eyesandearsonspeaker
Followdirections

InstructionalMaterialsandResources(listand/orattach):
st
Harris,N.(1999).Theincrediblejourneytotheplanets(1
ed.,Vol.1).London:Orpheus
Books.
VisualsofNeptuneandSaturn
VennDiagramhandout