DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Cassandra Binkley
Week of: 9/14-9/18
Subject: 6th Grade Science
Class Hour: All periods
* Teaching Structures:
(O) one lead, one support (A) alternative teaching
(S) station teaching
(T) team teaching
(P) parallel teaching
Target Students:
Students with Special Needs:
Day/Date
Big Idea/
Goals
Assessment
Lesson Activities
*Teaching Structure
Standard/Modified Essential Question
(State at beginning and exit ticket)
Monday
Ecosystems
(Abiotic &
Biotic)
Ecosystem Video Learn 360
Chapter 2 Section 1
Vocabulary
Identify Abiotic & Biotic
Organisms in School Yard
Ecosystem
Excel Academy: Tier 1 On
Watch: NewsELA
0607.2.1
Classify
organisms as
producers,
consumers, or
decomposer
according to
their role in in a
food chain or
food web.
0607.2.2
Interpret how
materials and
energy are
transferred
through an
ecosystem
0607.2.3
Identify the
biotic and
abiotic
elements of
major biomes.
Explain the
S
difference
between abiotic
and biotic
organisms in the
environment.
Tuesday
Ecosystems
(Organization
of the
Environment)
Chapter 2 Sect 1 PowerPoint
Chapter 2 Sect 1 Notes
Organization of the
Environment Graphic
Organizer
Stations
Excel Academy: Tier 1 On
Watch: Arrow Over the Door
0607.2.1
Classify
organisms as
producers,
consumers, or
decomposer
according to
their role in in a
food chain or
food web.
0607.2.2
Interpret how
materials and
energy are
transferred
through an
ecosystem
0607.2.3
Identify the
biotic and
abiotic
elements of
major biomes.
Identify the five
levels of the
environmental
organization.
S
Wednesday
Transfer of
Energy in the
Ecosystem
Chapter 2 Section 2 Notes:
Living things Need Energy
Chapter 2 Section 2
Vocabulary
Stations
Excel Academy: Tier 1 On
Watch: Arrow Over the Door
0607.2.1
Classify
organisms as
producers,
consumers, or
decomposer
according to
their role in in a
food chain or
food web.
0607.2.2
Interpret how
materials and
energy are
transferred
through an
ecosystem
0607.2.3
Identify the
biotic and
abiotic
elements of
major biomes.
How is energy
transferred from
producers to
consumers in
the ecosystem?
S
Thursday
Food
Webs/Food
Chains
Brain Pop: Food Chains
Food Web Yarn Activity: All
Things are Connected
Food Chains, Food Webs, and
Energy Pyramids Notes
Stations
Excel Academy: Tier 1 On
Watch: Arrow Over the Door
0607.2.1
Classify
organisms as
producers,
consumers, or
decomposer
according to
their role in in a
food chain or
food web.
0607.2.2
Interpret how
materials and
energy are
transferred
through an
ecosystem
0607.2.3
Identify the
biotic and
abiotic
elements of
major biomes.
How is a
carnivore
connected to
producers in the
ecosystem?
Friday
Food
Chains/Food
Webs
Energy Pyramid Activity
Energy
Pyramids
Create a Food Chain/Food
Web Triangle
Who eats Whom?
Excel Academy: Tier 1 On
Watch: Medal of Honor
0607.2.1
Classify
organisms as
producers,
consumers, or
decomposer
according to
their role in in a
food chain or
food web.
0607.2.2
Interpret how
materials and
energy are
transferred
through an
ecosystem
0607.2.3
Identify the
biotic and
abiotic
elements of
major biomes.
Do producers or S
secondary
consumers have
more energy?
DeKalb Middle School Lesson Plan – page 2
Teacher:
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Academic Adaptations
Key Vocabulary
Materials/
Support Needed
Environment, Abiotic, Biotic,
organism, population, ecosystem,
ecology, community
Environment, Abiotic, Biotic,
organism, population, ecosystem,
ecology, community
Student Binders,
Notes Sheet,
Vocabulary Sheet
Student Binders,
Notes Sheet,
Vocabulary Sheet
(as needed for gifted students and
students with disabilities)
Monday
Tuesday
Performance Data and
Notes
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Environment, Abiotic, Biotic,
organism, population, ecosystem,
ecology, community, producer,
consumer, decomposers, carnivore,
omnivore, herbivore,
Environment, Abiotic, Biotic,
organism, population, ecosystem,
ecology, community, producer,
consumer, decomposers, carnivore,
omnivore, herbivore,
Environment, Abiotic, Biotic,
organism, population, ecosystem,
ecology, community, producer,
consumer, decomposers, carnivore,
omnivore, herbivore,
Student Binders,
Notes Sheet,
Vocabulary Sheet
Student Binders,
Notes Sheet,
Vocabulary Sheet
Student Binders,
Notes Sheet,
Vocabulary Sheet