Instructional Planning Form
Teacher Name: Lacey Mahaney
Subject:
Science
Standard(s):
(numbers/
bullets)
Learning
Intentions AND Success Criteria
We are learning about habitats and
ecosystems.
Monday,
November 9
3-LS4-1
I will know I am successful when I
can explain what an environment is,
give examples of habitats, explain
how living things get what they
need, describe what makes up an
ecosystem, and explain what
communities and populations are.
Grade: 3
Activity:
(Exit slip, rubric, observation
checklist, pre-assessment,
writing to learn, demonstrate
learning, etc.)
Interdependent Relationships
Activity Journal
Unit A, Chapter 1, Lesson 1: Habitats of
Organisms
Vocabulary: Organisms, environment, habitat,
ecosystem, community, population
Experiment: Observing parts of an ecosystem –
Observe and classify communities in an
ecosystem
Mammoth Cave Park Rangers
Tuesday,
November
10
3-LS4-1
Determined by Mammoth Cave Park
Rangers
Formative
Assessment:
(congruent to the
Learning Intentions
and Success Criteria)
Based on
activity from
Mammoth
Cave Park
Rangers
Modifications:
(Tier One RTI/
Extensions )
Interdependent Relationships – Adaptations
We are learning about adaptations.
Wednesday,
November
11
LS4C
I will know I am successful when I
can explain what an adaptation is,
give examples of adaptations
organisms have for meeting needs,
and distinguish between inherited
and learned characteristics.
Hook: Remove a vital part of classroom
equipment and attempt to go about your
regular routine without that item, and
encourage students to find ways to meet their
needs another way
Assess prior knowledge: Hang the statements
around the room. After students read each
statement about adaptation, have them stand
next to the statement they agree with most.
Discuss the statements and results.
Student book: Pg. A20 – A21
We are learning about adaptations.
Thursday,
November
12
LS4C
I will know I am successful when I
can explain what an adaptation is,
give examples of adaptations
organisms have for meeting needs,
and distinguish between inherited
and learned characteristics.
Interdependent Relationships – Adaptations
Unit A, Chapter 1, Lesson 3: Organisms Adapt
Vocabulary: Behavior, adaptations, camouflage,
reproduce, inherited characteristics, learned
characteristics
Student book: Pg. A22 – A25
What solutions
did you come
up with?
Are there some
things we
cannot go
without?
What must
plants have in
order to
survive?
What must
animals have in
order to
survive?
Video Notes
Interdependent Relationships
We are learning about adaptations.
Friday,
November
13
LS4C
I will know I am successful when I
can explain what an adaptation is,
give examples of adaptations
organisms have for meeting needs,
and distinguish between inherited
and learned characteristics.
Sorting activity: Students spread out
Environment Cards on their desk or table,
observe each organism’s picture on the Living
Things Cards and discuss its characteristics as a
group, choose the environment where the
organism’s characteristics would be most useful,
and place the organism’s picture under the
picture of the environment they chose. Then
students record the organism’s name, the
environment they chose, and their reasons in
the Student Journal: Where Do I Live? data
table.
Where Do I
Live? Data
Table