Science2 Lesson2
Science2 Lesson2
Science2 Lesson2
College and Using technology and digital media strategically and capably
Career Ready Coming to understand other perspectives and cultures
Skills
Responding to varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline - students will evaluate
each other’s’ group performances.
Building strong content knowledge – through the poem they will be able to know the basic term.
Lesson Delivery
Identify vocabulary and key terms that are important for students to know to understand the lesson:
7 Habitat – Where humans or animals live.
Vocabulary/Key Climate – A kind of weather, like sunny or cold.
Terms
Diet – What humans or animals eat.
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Differentiated
Describe how you will adapt your lesson for the following learners:
Instruction
English Learners
Students will be given ample time to complete tasks. Others will serve in other capacities if Readers
Theater script work is too difficult. i.e. Director, Video monitor, etc.
Accelerated (Gifted/Talented)
Allow early finishers of the mask to research on their animal or allow them to illustrate their narrative.
During guided practice for early finishers, ask these students to write their own scenario using the
stated requirements.
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Assessments
Describe at least TWO different types of formal or informal assessments you will use during your lesson to
check for student learning:
Formative During the guided practice, informal assessment will be done by the teacher as she works with
small groups monitoring conversations and reading of scripts. Discussions regarding relevance to their
animal projects will be assessed as well.
Summative: Complete research worksheet on their animal’s habitat, climate and food consumption.
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Lesson Delivery
Prior Knowledge, Context, and Motivation (How will you connect the beginning of the lesson to what
students already know and/or motivate them to learn about the topic?)
CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or
information presented orally or through other media.
Ask the students who their favorite actors or actresses are. Then tell them my favorites are Sandra
Bullock and Keanu Reeves.
Day 2
6. Have students create masks for their 6. Create their masks by group.
animals in the play.
7. Have them rehearse parts for 15 minutes 7. Rehearse their parts as they include
and remind them to be the animal, sound creativity in their delivery.
like the animal, and act like the animal.
Encourage them to have fun with the
script.
8. Have students perform the script in 8. Present their script in front of the class.
front of the class for their final
performance.
9. Give the research worksheet for the 9. Research about their animals’ habitat,
students to fill out. climate and eating habits individually
using their computer. Then after 20
10. Perform a survey and chart answers on minutes Think-Pair-Share findings with
the board about the students’ favorite their partner.
weather, type of food they like and
where they live.