Indiana Wesleyan University Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template Social Studies--2018 Student Name: Supervisor: Grade Level: 1st Grade Cooperating Teacher: School: Teaching Date: n/a LESSON RATIONALE Every living thing, including we as humans, have a life cycle. As students are developing, it is important for them to understand that even animals, though they are different than us, have life cycles. COMPELLING QUESTION: How do living things change overtime? SUPPORTING QUESTION: - What are the stages of a butterfly life cycle? READINESS I. Goals/Objectives/Standard(s) A. Goal: - Students will identify and observe the stages of life of a butterfly. B. Objective: - after completing activities, students will be able to compose a butterfly’s life cycle. - given pictures of a butterfly’s life cycle, students will place them in the correct order. - By creating a cycle of stages of a butterfly's life, students will understand that change is necessary in order for a butterfly to thrive. C. Standards IAS - 1.LS.1 Develop representations to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycle, but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction and death. II. Management Plan Element Anticipatory Set Time 5 min. Lesson Presentation 25 min Tables & Reading Rug Guided Prac/ IP/ CU 10 min Review/ Closure 2 min III. Space Expectations Students will be participating in the activity during this time and only talking when called on or asked. As what was said above, and also students will transition correctly using safe bodies Materials Blank paper, pencils Tech none -cut outs of stages of butterfly -the very hungry caterpillar book none GP- Reading Rug IP&CU- Tables As what was said above none Tables Students actively participate -Paper plates -glue -scissors -worksheet -cut outs of stages of butterfly none Tables none Adaptation to Individual Differences and Diverse Learners— - Due to having a student who is ELL in the classroom, I will make sure to include pictures throughout my lesson Indiana Wesleyan University Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template Social Studies--2018 - One of the students in the classroom might have an aid with him if he is in the classroom, or he might be pulled out for extra support out of the classroom. If he is in the room and there is no aid, I will be sure to make sure he has the sensory tools that he may need in order to be fully engaged in the lesson. PLAN FOR INSTRUCTION (CAEP K-6 1.b) IV. Anticipatory Set/ Staging the Question [Compelling Question] - Have students at their table groups (desks) with a piece of blank paper and a pencil - Put a picture of a butterfly up on the board. - “Before we start today’s lesson, I want you guys to look at this butterfly. What do you guys think this butterfly looked like as a baby? You can either write or draw what you think. Once you have finished, I want your eyes on me. *Wait until all students have finished their drawing or writing. Now, I want you guys to draw what the butterfly looks like now. After you have drawn your pictures, at your table groups, I want you guys to show each other your pictures and I want you to explain to your table group why you think the butterfly looked like that as a baby.” *Allow time for students to share - Today we are going to use our picture of the butterfly as an example to better understand the life cycle and how it applies to us. V. Purpose: Today we are going to use our picture of the butterfly as an example to better understand the life cycle and how it can even apply to our lives. VI. Lesson Presentation (Input/Output) Supporting Question/ Explicit Teaching “I am going to come around with some pieces of paper. Each piece of paper represents a stage of the butterfly’s life and I want you to put them in order of what stage you think came first, second, third, etc. Just like we as humans start as babies, so do butterflies”. *Give students time to put pictures in order. As they are doing this, walk around the room and evaluate them and the decisions they are making. “Great job friends, I see some really good guesses! Now please meet me at the carpet and we are going to go over the four different stages of life the butterfly goes through. (have the same picture sort that they did up on the board and explain each stage) Stage 1: the butterfly starts as a tiny egg Stage 2: eventually the egg turns to a caterpillar, the caterpillar then eats the leaves Stage 3: Cocoon/Pupa Stage 4: Butterfly hatches “Each butterfly goes through these stages, and once at the butterfly stage, the butterfly then lays some more tiny eggs and the cycle starts over. This cycle repeats itself over and over and it never ends.” “Now before we head back to our tables I am going to read a story called The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This is just a silly little story, but I hope that it helps stick what we have learned today in your brains. *Read story and have students lead conversation when the story is over “Now I want you to head back to your tables and make sure that you have your stages in order. Once you have them in order, I am going to pass around a paper plate and I want you guys to glue the stages, in order, around the plate so it makes a circle. *Show example of plate that was already made with stages in order. Once you have finished gluing, you may come pick up this paper and by yourself, you will cut out and glue the pictures in order. After you a finished cutting and gluing, you can go ahead and color your page.” VII. Check for understanding. - This will be shown in the last activity of the students cutting and gluing the stages, by themselves. VIII. Review learning outcomes / Closure Indiana Wesleyan University Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template Social Studies--2018 - “Great job today friends! You all did amazing, I am so impressed. Kiss your brains! Can someone raise their hand tell me what the first stage of a butterfly is? (go through each stage having students answer) Thank you guys for learning with me today! I had so much fun! PLAN FOR ASSESSMENT (CAEP K-6 3.a) Formative- The final activity will give me an understanding of whether the students understood the material or not. Summative- No summative assessment is necessary at this time. REFLECTION AND POST-LESSON ANALYSIS (CAEP K-6 3.b) 1. How many students achieved the lesson objective(s)? For those who did not, why not? 2. What were my strengths and weaknesses? 3. How should I alter this lesson? 4. How would I pace it differently? 5. Were all students actively participating? If not, why not? 6. What adjustments did I make to reach varied learning styles and ability levels? 7. Were all students able to stay on task with enough work to do or did they get bored with the work? 8. Was there enough explanation given to each activity? Indiana Wesleyan University Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template Social Studies--2018 Example of paper plate, butterfly life cycle:
