Lowndes County Public Schools
LESSON PLANS
Teacher:Mr. Turk
Date: 9/14/15 to 9/18/15
Subject: Environmental Science
Block: 2nd
Alabama COS: standards
N/A Biomes(chapter 7 through 11)
ACTIVATING LEARNING STRATEGY:
KWL
Survey
First Word
Word Splash
Possible Sentence
Concept Map
Word Map
Frayer Model
Engagement Strategies:
- Collaborative Group Work
- Questioning Techniques
Technology Integration:
Clickers
ACCESS
COGNITIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES:
Anticipation Guide
Think-Pair-Share
Vocabulary Overview
Daily Language Practice
(DLP)___________________
- Writing to Learn
- Scaffolding Text
Lecture
Reading
Model
Graphic Organizer/VLT
Pictograph
Diagram
Hands-on
Mind Map/Visual Guide
- Literacy Groups
-Classroom Talk
Poem, Rhymes, etc.
Acronyms/Word
Other: _Exit slip___________
Other:_____________________
Smart board
Document Camera
IPADS
Mac Books
Computers
Kindles
Interactive Tablets
Computer Program:________________________________
Other:______________________________________
This Week’s Vocabulary: Biomes, leaching, pavement, permafrost, conifer, deciduous, rain forest, deforestation, sediment, phytoplankton
Digital/ Video Camera
PROCEDURAL CONTENT (application)
Monday
Tuesday
What are the characteristic of
a desert?
Wednesday
What are the characteristic
of a tundra?
Thursday
What are the characteristic
of a grassland?
Students will be able to
describe the characteristic
of a desert.
Students will be able to
describe the characteristic
of a tundra.
Students will be able to
describe the characteristic
of grasslands and identify
their location.
Students will be able to
describe the
characteristic of forest
biomes identify their
location.
Bell Ringer (activate prior
knowledge)Think circle
Students will list thing they
already know about biomes.
Bell Ringer (activate prior
knowledge)Think circle
Students will list thing they
already know about desert.
1.. Students will copy key
vocabulary words from the
board and turn and talk about
the meaning.
2.Students will read land
biomes and table talk about
the important fact of the
reading.
4.Students will view a power
point on biomes. and table
talk about the important facts
5.Students will do a
vocabulary review activity.
1.Students will read desert
biomes and table talk about
the important fact of the
reading.
2.Students will view a power
point on desert biomes. and
table talk about the important
facts
3.Students will use clues of
North America biomes and
color the map according to
the clues.
Bell Ringer (activate prior
knowledge)Think circle
Students will list thing they
already know about desert
biomes.
1.Students will take a
vocabulary quiz.
2.Students will read tundra
biomes and table talk about
the important fact of the
reading.
3.Students will view a power
point on tundra biomes. and
table talk about the important
facts
4.Students will use a graphic
organizer to compare and
contrast desert and tundra
biomes.
Bell Ringer (activate prior
knowledge)Think circle
Students will list thing they
already know about
grassland.
1.Students will read
grassland biomes and table
talk about the important fact
of the reading.
2.Students will view a power
point on grassland biomes.
and table talk about the
important facts.
3.Students will unscramble
the name of four America
desert and name of states
states where these desert are
located and label them in a
map.
Bell Ringer (activate prior
knowledge)Think circle
Students will list thing they
already know about forest
biomes.
1.Students will read forest
biomes and table talk about
the important fact of the
reading.
2.Students will view a
power point on forest
biomes. and table talk
about the important facts.
3.Students will take a
biomes quiz.
What is a Biome?
Essential
Question
Objective(s)
Preview
(Before)
Instruction
(During)
Students will be able to
define biome and identify
where each of the major
land biomes are located.
Friday
What are forest
biomes
.
(After)
Extension/
Shaping up review: Students
will write 1 thing they loved
about the lesson., 3 of the
most important facts they
learned, and 1 statement that
summarizes their learning.
. Exit Slip: Students will list
the characteristic of
a desert biomes?
Quick write: Students
will write about thing
they learned from
today’s lesson
Shaping up review activity.
Quick write: Students
will write about thing
they learned from
today’s lesson
Refining
Homework
Students will list all of North
America biomes with their
location.
Assessment (formal or informal):
Students will list North
America desert biomes with
location. And the types found
in the deserts.
class work
notebook
Summarizing:
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Ticket out the Door
Other:_______________________
homework
The Important Thing
quizzes
tests
Cue Cards
computer activities
Teacher Questions
collaborative work
Student Summary
project based
Other:___