Risley Middle School
LFS Lesson Plan
Teacher: Moore/Horton
Grade/Subject:
Science/7th
Dates:
September 30th-October
4th
Unit Topic:
Biomes/Ecology
GPS/CCGPS (Write out):
S7L4. Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments.
a. Demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can recycle between organisms and their
environments.
b. Explain in a food web that sunlight is the source of energy and that this energy moves from organism to organism.
c. Recognize that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species.
d. Categorize relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial.
e. Describe the characteristics of Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e. tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and
mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e. freshwater, estuaries, and marine).
Monday (Achieve 3000)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday (Reward Day)
Essential Question: How do the characteristics of Earth’s major terrestrial biomes and aquatic communities
compare?
K.Q.: What are the
K.Q.: How significant
K. Q.: How can I use
K.Q.: What are factors
K.Q.: How can I use
different types of
is water in our lives?
the characteristics of
that determine each
the characteristics of
freshwater biomes?
each biome to
biome?
each biome to
distinguish between
distinguish between
them?
them?
Activating/Acceleration:
(Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey,)
Pre-Reading: Students
How much of the
Word Splash:
Review: Picture
Vocabulary Overview
will receive an email
Earth’s surface is
Students will see a
Splash…students will
(entire 1st nine weeks)
message from me in
covered by ocean?
word splash and have have to decide which
Achieve 3000, they will
¼, 1/2, ¾, 9/10
to use inductive
biome each belongs
be asked to reply.
reasoning to decide
What percentage of
which biome is being
the Earth’s water
described.
supply is found in
the oceans?
37%, 67%, 77%, 97%
Cognitive Teaching Strategies: include time for distributed practice or summarizing
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LFS Lesson Plan
(Some ideas: Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary,
Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension)
Reading/Comprehension: Hands-on: I will use
Students will be
Research students will Read/Discuss
Students will be in the
the inflatable globe
assigned groups and
continue their
procedures of CPS
media center using the
around to students
they will all be given
research of their
remotes for 1st 9program Achieve 3000.
and we will keep a
chart paper to
biomes for projects.
weeks vocabulary
They will read the article: tally of how many
complete the group
test.
Earth’s Deepest Lake
fingers land on water
projects on biomes.
and how much land
Each group will be
on land. This will
given one land or
show students the
water biome and they
percentage of water:
will be responsible for
land on the earth.
teaching the class
(Project Wet Activity)
about their biome and
the characteristics
(name, types,
location, climate,
plants, animals, etc)
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
Students will summarize
One Word: Use one
Each Group will give
The Important Thing:
Ms. Moore/Mrs.
throughout the entire
word to describe
3- facts about biome
About my biome is…
Parsons this week I
article reading.
water.
2- plants and animals
learned….
from their biome
1-plant from their
biome
Extending/Refining Activity: This is for all students. After they acquire the necessary skills, take them up a notch with
thinking skills/writing prompts.(Some ideas: Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive,
Deductive)
Students will have a
Students will keep a
What are some
Compare/Contrast
Students will be given
math activity, a thinking
water log for the next
causes/effects of your your biome with
a constructed
map, and have to write
week. They have to
biome that bring on
another.
response question
about the assigned
record every time they adaptations of plants
that requires them to
Achieve 3000 article.
use water and give
and animals in your
use 1st nine weeks
the reason. This will
biome?
vocabulary.
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LFS Lesson Plan
make students see
how water is so
important in their
lives.
Assignment and/or Assessment: A variety of informal, performance, constructed response, selected response
Students will complete a Students will watch a
Performance: Biome
Performance: Biome
1st Nine Week
selected response
video on water in our
Projects
Projects
Vocabulary Test
reading comprehension
world. They will be
evaluation that will count given constructed
for a quiz grade.
response questions.
Differentiation: For all learners
All students will read at
their own pace, and they
will show what they know
or perceive from the
article through their
summaries and
comprehension.
Students will create Biome Projects
Biome Projects
Biome Projects
acrostic poems
using the word:
W
A
T
E
R
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST) Include Initials of students and what is being done for each.
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST) Include Initials of students and what is being done for each.
 Extended Time (M.J., L.T., C.S., K.R., K. S., )
 Chunked lessons and assignments (K.R., K. S., )
 Repetition of Directions(C.S., K.R., K. S., )
 Read A-loud (C.S., T.M., K.R., K. S., )
 Small Groups with Para Mrs. Cole (C.S., T.M., K.R., M. G., )
Pre-filled notes, concept maps, vocabulary, and other handouts visuals (L.T., M.J., M. G.,)