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Time
1 5 E’s
1 DTA
5-7
min
Engagement
Focusing
Student
Attention
Opening
Date:
 indicates part of ev
Statement of Objective: What should students
Warm-Up: How will you engage stude
know and do
to their p
as a result of the lesson?
Journal Entry: Baltimore is approxima
distance meaningful to you? Do y
SW determine the relative distance of the planets
IOT construct 2 scale models of our solar system.
Stop
Suppose you now found out that the dist
35miles. Do you now have a better
Teacher-Monitored Activities:
Time
3
5 E’s
2
DTA
What will students do together to use new concepts
or skills? How will you assist students in this
Time
process?
2
5 E’s
3 DTA
Exploration
Sentence Strip Scale Model
Heart of
the
Lesson
40
Explanation
min
Introductory
and/or
Developmental
Activities
*Teacher to demonstrate illustrating scale model of
the Solar System onto a sentence strip
GuidePractice
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15
Teacher model drawing the sun
(I do,
you do...)
min
 Teacher model plotting the first planet
SW plot the remaining planets onto the sentence
strip (add color, be creative)
Laminate the students’ strips upon completion
Time
4
5 E’s
4
DTA
Extension, Refinement, and Practice Activities: What opportunities will students have to
way? How will students expand and solidify their understanding of the concept and apply
demonstrate their mastery of the essential learning ou
Day 2-Teacher to provide new calculations (multiplied out)-provided.
Engagement: What is magnification?
Give each group a hand lens and 5 objects of varying sizes (coins, small rocks, mineral
of varying sizes. Allow each group 5 minutes to observe their items.
Ask groups to desribe how things are different once they have been magnified. What is
magification? What is something that looks different once magnified? What is magnifi
a number? (multiply)
55
Elaboration
min
Time
Independent
Activities
and/or
MeaningfulUse Tasks
5 All Models
SW illustrate their findings from yesterday on a larger scale.
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Possibilities: sidewalk, hallways, cafeteria….
Have students, using their sentence strips as a guide, plot the scale model us
If outside, use sidewalk chalk-the more color, the better!
Encourage students to be creative-adding pictures and words as needed.
Take digital photos of each model and place into PhotoStory 3 to make a shor
Have an administrator "judge" the final product.
Have students take a "Space Walk"-going from model to model-learning from
Ongoing Assessment: How will you monitor student progress throughout the lesson?
Teacher will visually assess sentence strips, having students make changes according
Evaluation
Assessment
Culminating Assessment: How will you ensure that all students have mastered the identif
learning?
Grade the large scale models according to the attached rubric.
Closing
Time
6 All Models
Closure Activities: Through this teacher-guided activity, how will you assist students in ref
preparing for tomorrow’s lesson? What homework will be assigned to help students practice, p
5 min
Closure
Journal Entry: Compare each planet's distance with its composition. Is there a correla
Sun and its composition (what it's made of-rock or gas)?
Daily Lesson Planner - Resource Planner
Text Resources
Technology Resources
Cooperative Groupings
What cooperative structures will facilitate
How will various forms of text (e.g., print, video,
learning? How will students be involved in
etc.) be used to help learners develop a deeper
How can the use of technology enhance the
understanding of the key concepts and skills? learning experience? What tools may be accessed group processing? How will students work
What text resources can be utilized to assist
learners in enhancing literary experiences?
Hands-On Experiences and/or
Manipulative Usage
What hands-on experiences and/or
manipulatives will be used to help students
develop an understanding of key skills and
processes for investigation?
to further develop students’ skills in using
with one another during the unit?
technology as an integrated part of their learning?
How can information literacy skills be integrated
with instruction?
calculator
All work for this lesson is being done in
laptop
coopertaive grouping.
LCD projector
Students should pick jobs before Day 1.
Individualized Instruction
Material Resources
What materials will need to be prepared
How will the lesson need to be adapted for students before each lesson in order to ensure the
with special needs (i.e., special education, talented unit goes smoothly? What library media
and gifted, ESOL/language minority)? In what ways resources are available to enhance your
will you vary the modalities of learning to ensure
lessons?
that ALL students have an opportunity to learn?
On Day 1: Students will utilize metric rulers to Due to the cooperative grouping-most adaptations
build a small scale model of the solar system. will be provided for within each group.
On Day 2: Students will need a meter tape,
hand lens and their original small scale
models IOT create a larger scale model of our
solar system.
Jhanna Levin
Jalpurnia Blalock
Yashica Terry
Heather Von Hagel
Upload excel spreadsheet, have
calculations completed ahead of time, make
plans with administration and custodial staff
about illustrations on sidewalk.
Prince George's County Public Schools
Name: ______________________________Date: __________________________
Creating a Space Walk Rubric
Category
Organization
Quality of
Information
Mechanics
Display
4
3
2
1
Information in Information in Information in The information
model is very
model is
model is
is disorganized.
organized.
organized mostly
somewhat
correctly.
organized.
Information
Information
Information Information does
clearly relates to
relates
somewhat relates not relate to the
solar system.
to the solar
to the solar
solar system. No
Several
system. Some
system. Few
supporting
supporting
supporting
supporting
details and
details and
details and
details and
examples were
examples are
examples are
examples are
included.
included.
included.
included.
No spelling
Few
Some
Many
errors.
spelling errors. spelling errors. spelling errors.
Model/display Model/display
clearly illustratesillustrates the
the solar system. solar system.
It is neat and It is neat and
demonstrates mostly
effort and
demonstrates
creativity.
effort and
creativity.
Model/display Model/display
somewhat
does not
illustrates the illustrate
solar system. It The solar
is somewhat neat system. It is not
and somewhat neat nor does it
demonstrates demonstrate
effort and
effort and
creativity.
creativity.