Lesson Plan Guide

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Name: Daulton Cothran
Grade and Topic: 3rd grade Science Lesson Date: April 30, 2017
Co-Teaching Strategy: N/A Length of Lesson: 60 minutes

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

Being able to tell the difference between the planets and know different main topics of each one. TSW
be able to recall what is important of each planet.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
The student will be able to identify 7 of the 8 planets and other objects after being
assessed with at least 80% accuracy.
After the lesson the student will be able to identify all of the planets and other items in
space with 100% accuracy.
CENTRAL FOCUS:
The student will learn to read and locate the planets and other items in space.
The student will gain a general understanding of the planets and other objects in space.
STANDARDS ADDRESED:
SPI 5.5.3 Distinguish among the following objects of the Solar System Sun, planets,
moons, asteroids, comets.
MONITORING STUDENT LEARNING FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Formative: The students will participate; in the middle of the lesson will be asked to
participate in Inside/Outside Circle. During Inside/Outside Circle the students will go
around the circle naming/asking about the planets and information about them. They will
be observed and evaluated through with this indirect strategy.
Summative: Every student will be given a blank map of the solar system. They will be
asked to label each planet and other items with their correct name. They will also be given
a word bank to help the student recognize and spell each one correctly. This will be taken
up after 15 minutes for grading.
Each of the activities and assessments will help support the information the students have
learned within the lesson.
To make sure each student is really learning and retaining the information being taught
TTW provide a variety of images of the planets and where they are located.
The ESL student(s) will be given a word bank of the planets and other objects.
The ESL student(s) will write in English.
MATERIALS:
Pencil
Computer
Paper
iPads (4)
PowerPoint
Projector
Space map
20 Activity sheets (blank and filled out)
Video:
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJiPQ873vdo
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE:
Concepts:
o Reading a map
o Understanding the location of the planets and the other items in space.
o Being able to tell the difference between the different planets, asteroids, and
comets.
This lesson is to help connect to previous lessons by expanding more of their knowledge
on not just the world we live in to other ones.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

Introduction: (5 minutes)
o For the start of the lesson the students will be required to participate in listening
and signing along with the two YouTube clips. They will then repeat the I Can
statement, I can identify all of the planets and understand the difference in comets
and asteroids.
Procedures: (40 minutes)
o TTW begin the lesson with a PowerPoint presentation with facts about each planet
and facts about them.
Closure: (15 minutes)
o TTW pass out a worksheet (exit ticket) with the map on it and will ask the students
to label the planets and other objects. After that I will allow the students to get into
groups to compare their answers.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
TSW use the exit ticket as a tool to show whether they fully understand or where they are
lacking in certain areas.

MODIFICATIONS:
In future lessons, a proper explanation will be accessible for an ESL.
I will also allow other worksheets with different explanations or even a color coordinated
example for ESL students.