This document provides details for a science lesson on soil for second grade students. The lesson objective is for students to be able to identify, label, and define the different types of soil and soil layers. To assess learning, students will complete a cloze activity filling in definitions of soil layers and assemble a flipbook. The lesson incorporates differentiated strategies like allowing drawing or working with an aide for lower literacy students. Vocabulary words will be explicitly taught through flashcards, videos, and worksheets. Students will recall prior lessons on soil, review vocabulary, watch an instructional video, and complete a comprehension activity to understand the importance of soil.
This document provides details for a science lesson on soil for second grade students. The lesson objective is for students to be able to identify, label, and define the different types of soil and soil layers. To assess learning, students will complete a cloze activity filling in definitions of soil layers and assemble a flipbook. The lesson incorporates differentiated strategies like allowing drawing or working with an aide for lower literacy students. Vocabulary words will be explicitly taught through flashcards, videos, and worksheets. Students will recall prior lessons on soil, review vocabulary, watch an instructional video, and complete a comprehension activity to understand the importance of soil.
This document provides details for a science lesson on soil for second grade students. The lesson objective is for students to be able to identify, label, and define the different types of soil and soil layers. To assess learning, students will complete a cloze activity filling in definitions of soil layers and assemble a flipbook. The lesson incorporates differentiated strategies like allowing drawing or working with an aide for lower literacy students. Vocabulary words will be explicitly taught through flashcards, videos, and worksheets. Students will recall prior lessons on soil, review vocabulary, watch an instructional video, and complete a comprehension activity to understand the importance of soil.
This document provides details for a science lesson on soil for second grade students. The lesson objective is for students to be able to identify, label, and define the different types of soil and soil layers. To assess learning, students will complete a cloze activity filling in definitions of soil layers and assemble a flipbook. The lesson incorporates differentiated strategies like allowing drawing or working with an aide for lower literacy students. Vocabulary words will be explicitly taught through flashcards, videos, and worksheets. Students will recall prior lessons on soil, review vocabulary, watch an instructional video, and complete a comprehension activity to understand the importance of soil.
Key
Content
Standard(s):
List
the
complete
text
of
only
the
relevant
parts
of
each
standard.
TPE:
1
&
9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3
Describe
the
connection
between
a
series
of
historical
events,
scientific
ideas
or
concepts,
or
steps
in
technical
procedures
in
a
text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10
By
the
end
of
year,
read
and
comprehend
informational
texts,
including
history/social
studies,
science,
and
technical
texts,
in
the
grades
23
text
complexity
band
proficiently,
with
scaffolding
as
needed
at
the
high
end
of
the
range.
Lesson
Objective:
What
do
you
want
students
to
know
and
be
able
to
do?
TPE:
1,
6
&
9
Students
will
be
able
to
identify,
label,
and
define
the
different
types
of
soil
and
different
layers
of
soil.
Assessment:
Formal
and
Informal
Assessment.
TPE:
2
&
3
What
evidence
will
the
students
produce
to
show
they
have
met
the
learning
objective?
Students
will
complete
the
incomplete
definitions
of
soil
layers
for
Cloze
activity
and
put
together
flipbook.
Prerequisite
Skills,
Knowledge
and
Experiential
Backgrounds.
TPE:
4
&
8
Prerequisite
skills
from
prior
school
experiences
Science
experiment.
Strategy
to
connect
school
learning
with
prior
experiential
knowledge
and/or
cultural
background
Who
knows
what
sand
feels
like?
Wet
sand?
Mud?
What
are
the
differences?
Has
anybody
played
with
clay
before?
Academic
Language.
TPE:
7
&
9
What
content
specific
vocabulary,
text
structures,
stylistic,
or
grammatical
features
will
be
explicitly
taught?
Soil,
natural
resource,
organic,
humus,
topsoil,
subsoil,
bedrock,
conservation,
nutrient,
weathered,
erosion,
sand,
silt,
clay.
Equity.
TPE:
4,
5,
6,
7
&
8
How
will
ALL
learners
engage?
(varying
academic
abilities,
cultural
backgrounds,
and
language
levels)
Describe
your
differentiated
instructional
strategy.
Lower
level
literacy
students
will
be
able
to
draw
or
relate
his
ideas
to
an
aide
who
will
transcribe
his
words.
Flashcards
will
also
be
made
with
corresponding
pictures
for
students
to
match.
Posters
and
other
visual
aids,
such
as
pictures,
will
be
placed
in
the
front
of
the
class
for
students
to
access.
Instructional
Learning
Strategies
to
Support
Student
Learning.
TPE:
1,
4,
5,
6,
9
&
10
What
will
the
teacher
do
to
1)
stimulate/motivate
students
by
connecting
the
lesson
to
experiential
backgrounds,
interests
and
prior
learning,
2)
identify
learning
outcomes
3)
present
material,
guide
practice,
and
build
independent
learning,
4)
monitor
student
learning
during
instruction,
and
5)
build
metacognitive
understanding.
List
what
the
teacher
will
be
doing
and
what
the
students
will
be
doing.
Time
Teacher
Students
Resources/
Materials
I
will
ask
students
to
recall
what
we
learned
Students
will
recall
the
layers
of
soil
and
types
of
Soil
observations
the
past
2
days
and
tell
me
the
different
soil.
worksheet,
soil
layers
of
soil
and
the
different
types
of
the
layers
diagram.
soil
and
their
characteristics.
I
will
review
the
observation
worksheet
with
the
students.
I
will
review
vocabulary
words
with
the
Students
will
read
vocabulary
words
chorally
with
class.
I
will
then
play
Brain
pop
soil
video
me
from
their
flashcards.
Students
watch
video
Vocabulary
again
and
have
students
pay
attention
to
the
closely
listen
for
why
soil
is
important
and
then
fill
flashcards,
Soil
importance
of
soil.
I
will
read
the
students,
out
comprehension
worksheet.
Word
Wall
Dirt
is
the
very
base
of
life
on
Earth
because
poster,
brainpop
it
has
most
of
the
important
nutrients
in
video,
which
plants
need
to
grow.
Those
plants
in
comprehension
turn
feed
animals
and
us.
So
really,
the
worksheet.
nutrients
in
the
soil
will
someday
end
up
in
.
you!
Dirt
is
also
where
much
of
our
fresh
water
is
stored.
Fresh
water
travels
through
the
soil
being
filtered
as
it
goes.
It
often
ends
up
in
underwater
rivers
called
aquifers
where
we
can
get
it
when
we
need
it.
Thanks
to
dirt,
we
have
clean,
fresh
water
to
drink!
After
this,
I
will
ask
students
to
fill
out
comprehension
question
worksheet.
I
will
tell
the
students
that
we
are
going
to
Students
will
fill
in
words
that
are
missing
in
each
Construction
make
a
soil
layers
flipbook.
(cloze
activity)
definition
and
then
match
it
with
the
corresponding
paper
(5
colors)
I
explain
that
students
will
match
the
correct
layers.
Students
will
put
together
flipbook,
write
definition
with
the
correct
layer,
but
will
also
each
layer
name
and
draw.
fill
in
missing
words
in
each
definition,
which
is
part
of
the
cloze
activity.
This
will
reinforce
and
strengthen
their
knowledge
of
each
layer
of
soil
during
a
fun
hands-on
activity.
I
will
ask
students
to
clean
up
in
an
orderly
manner.
definitions
of
each
layer
of
soil,
markers,
strips
of
layers
definitions
with
missing
words
for
cloze
activity.
