L.P. Miles Intermediate Daily Lesson Plan
Monday
Teacher: Bell
Subject: Science
Standard
EQ/EU
Content
Development
S3L
b. Identify
features of
animals that
allow them to
live and thrive in
different regions
of Georgia.
EQ
How do the
features of
animals help
them survive in a
certain region of
Georgia?
Review the 5
Georgia Habitats
EU
S will understand
that certain body
parts and
behaviors help
animals live in
different regions
of Georgia.
Introduce the lesson
Reading Skill Cause
and Effect. Use
transparency Go 6-2
or see attached PP
slide
Introduce lesson
vocabulary
Hibernate and
migrate
Watch Animal
Adaptations from
video from
http://studyjams.sc
holastic.com/studyj
ams/jams/science/a
nimals/animaladaptations.htm
S. will list causes and
effects of animal
adaptations from
the video (see
attached)
Dates: September 16 - 20, 2013
High Yield
Strategies
Identifying
similarities and
differences
Summarizing and
note taking
Cooperative
Learning
Nonlinguistic
representation
Reinforcing effort
and providing
recognition
Setting objectives
Generating and
testing hypothesis
Questioning
Differentiated Groups
Review and discuss reading a Nonfiction
text.
Level 3 – S will independently or partner
read the lesson and create a Cause and
Effect chart to show how features affect
the animal’s life.
Level 2 – S. will partner read the lesson and
complete text dependent questions.
Level 1 – S. will complete Frayer Model or
another Vocabulary strategy for unknown
vocabulary words.
Closure
Have a
discussion
about the
animals from
the reading.
Discuss the
Georgia
Habitats they
came be
found in.
Tuesday
S3L1
b. Identify
features of
green plants
that allow them
to live and thrive
in different
regions of
Georgia.
EQ
How do the
features of
animals help
them survive in a
certain region of
Georgia?
EU
S will understand
that certain body
parts and
behaviors help
animals live in
different regions
of Georgia.
Lab Day
Start with questions
Identifying
similarities and
differences
When it’s cold
outside how do you
keep warm.?
Summarizing and
note taking
Cooperative
How do animals that Learning
live in cold places
stay warm?
Nonlinguistic
representation
S. should write a
hypothesis to this
question in their
Science notebooks.
Reinforcing effort
and providing
recognition
Setting objectives
Explain to the S. that
in this lab we will
Generating and
investigate to find
testing hypothesis
out. We will conduct
an experiment to
Questioning
help us out.
Place emphasis on
the steps to the
Scientific Method
All S. will complete Investigate on pages
244 - 245
Materials needed:
- Large plastic bowl
- Water
- Ice
- Spoon plastic bag
- Solid vegetable shortening
- Pair of plastic gloves
- Lab manual page
Whip Around
Wednesday
No Science
Thursday
S3L1
b. Identify
features of
green plants
that allow them
to live and
thrive in
different
regions of
Georgia.
1. How do the
features of a
plant help it
survive in a
certain region of
Georgia?
Review
information for
yesterday.
Identifying
similarities and
differences
Watch Animal
Adaptations from
Discovery
Learning or
shorter video from
Discovery
Education
Summarizing and
note taking
EU
Green plants and
animals have
features that
allow them to live
and thrive in
Provide S. with
different regions notes for
of Georgia.
notebook. S. will
work with a
partner to begin
working on the
Cause and Effect
graphic organizer
Cooperative
Learning
Nonlinguistic
representation
Reinforcing effort
and providing
recognition
Setting objectives
Homework and
practice
Generating and
testing hypothesis
Questioning
Review and discuss reading a Nonfiction
text.
Level 3 – S will independently or partner
read the lesson and create a Cause and
Effect chart to show how features affect
the animal’s life.
Level 2 – S. will partner read the lesson and
complete text dependent questions.
Level 1 – S. will watch brainpopjr or
brainpop.com video about an animal
adaptation (hibernation, migration,
camouflage etc.)
Or
Level 1 –Guided reading with teacher using
leveled Science readers.
Have a
discussion
about the
animals from
the reading.
Discuss the
Georgia
Habitats they
came be found
in.
Friday
S3L1a
Differentiate
between
habitats of
Georgia
(mountain,
marsh/swamp,
coast,
Piedmont,
Atlantic Ocean
and the
organisms that
live there.
EQ
What are some
habitats in
Georgia?
Review the 5
Georgia Habitats
Discuss animals
that live in each
EU
region and its
Georgia has many adaptations.
habitats. Each
habitat contains
Access
different living
powerpoint from
things.
http://www.slides
hare.net/educ4kid
s2/organisms-andtheir-habitats
Slides 24 – 29
Identifying
similarities and
differences
Summarizing and
note taking
Cooperative
Learning
All students will visit Animal Adaptation
Centers
Lesson Quiz
Teacher will create centers before
http://a2ndgradeadventure.blogspot.com/
2011/10/grranimaladaptations.html?showComment=1317498
769269#c5365826081154002609
Nonlinguistic
representation
Reinforcing effort
and providing
recognition
Setting objectives
Review notes from
yesterday S. will
Questioning
complete Cause
and Effect
organizer.
A great read aloud to introduce animal adaptations is If You Hopped Like A Frog by David
Schwartz
Optional flipchart http://www.prometheanplanet.com/enus/Resources/Item/26060/animal-adaptation#.UjJRrxZcTHg