Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Lesson Plan by April Guzman
Lesson Plan 1
Arizona State Standards: 1st Grade Science
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Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
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Concept 1: Properties of earth materials - Identify the
basic properties of Earth Materials
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PO1: Describe the following basic earth materials
rocks, soil and water.
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Students will identify the following basic properties of
earth materials:
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Rocks
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Soil
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Water
ELL II Delivery of Oral Communication:
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Standard 3: Listening and Speaking, Foundations (Grades 13) LS-F1. Use effective vocabulary and logical organization to
relate or summarize ideas, events, and other information.
Topic: Properties of Earth
Class: 1st Grade
Materials
Content Objectives (Standards in Student Friendly Language):
Students will identify the basic properties of earth materials rock, soil
and water.
Key Vocabulary: rocks, soil and water
Date: November 22, 2009
Language Objectives (Stated in Student
Friendly Language): 1. Students will use
oral language to identify the basic properties
of Earth materials. 2. Students will develop
the vocabulary necessary to identify the basic
earth materials. 3. Students will participate
in a power point activity that will assist them
in identifying these properties.
Materials (Including Supplementary and
Adapted): computer, worksheets, crayons,
books about earth materials.
High-Order Questions: What are the basic properties of earth
materials? How do rocks help the earth? How does soil help the
Earth? How does water help the earth?
Time:
Activities Building Background
Links to Experience: Read a book about the basic
properties of earth materials. Complete a worksheet
activity about how earth materials help the earth. In
the worksheet activity students will color a picture
that includes the basic properties of earth materials
and how they help the earth. The worksheet will
indicate that rocks help the earth by teaching us
about the Earth’s past, present and future. Soil is
the top layer of the Earth’s surface and it helps the
Earth because it contains all the nutrients needed
for plants to survive. Water helps by regulating
the Earth’s temperature.
Links to Learning: After reading the book and
completing the worksheet students will participate in
a power point activity reinforcing the above
information. Students will have an opportunity to
click on sound clips to hear how the properties of
earth materials help our earth and will also be able
to match the basic properties of earth materials
with a picture of the past, present and future; a
picture of plants and a picture of a thermometer.
Key Vocabulary: rocks, soil, water, earth, plants,
nutrients, temperature, past, present and future,
thermometer, regulate.
Student Activities (Check All That Apply):
1. Read a book about the properties of earth materials.
2. Worksheet activity includes coloring, reading, and matching.
3. Power point activity.
Scaffolding: _X__ Modeling _X__Guided X___Independent Grouping: X ___Whole Class X___Small Group
___Partners _X__Independent Processes: __X_Reading __X_Writing _X__Listening _X__Speaking Strategies:
_X__Hands-On _X__Meaningful _X__Linked to Objectives
Review and Assessment (Check All That Apply):
Individual _X___ Group_X____ Written__X__ Oral__X__
SIOP Lesson Plan by April Guzman
Lesson Plan 2
Arizona State Standards: 1st Grade Science

Strand 6: Earth and Space Science

Concept 2: Objects in the sky- Identify objects in the
sky
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PO3: Describe observable changes that occur in the
sky.
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Students will identify and describe observable changes in
the sky.
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Sun
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Rain
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Clouds
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Snow
ELL II Delivery of Oral Communication:
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Standard 3: Listening and Speaking, Foundations (Grades 13) LS-F1. Use effective vocabulary and logical organization to
relate or summarize ideas, events, and other information.
Topic: Objects and changes in the Class: 1st Grade
sky
Content Objectives (Standards in Student Friendly Language):
Students will identify the objects in the sky (sun, rain, clouds and
snow). Students will describe the changes that occur in the sky.
Date: November 23, 2009
Language Objectives (Stated in Student
Friendly Language): 1. Students will use
oral language to identify the objects in the
sky. 2. Students will develop the vocabulary
necessary to identify the objects in the sky. 3.
Students will develop the vocabulary
necessary to describe the changes that occur
in the sky. 4. Students will participate in a
power point activity that will assist them in
identifying and describing the objects in the
sky.
Key Vocabulary: sun, rain, clouds and snow.
Materials (Including Supplementary and
Adapted): computer, worksheets, crayons,
and books about the objects in the sky (sun,
rain, clouds, and snow).
High-Order Questions: What are objects in the sky? What are the
changes you observe in the sky? What happens when it is sunny?
When happens when it is rainy? What happens when it’s cloudy?
What happens when it is snowing?
Time:
Activities Building Background
Links to Experience: Read a book about the objects
in the sky. Complete a worksheet activity
identifying the objects in the sky. In the worksheet
activity students will color a picture that includes
the objects in the sky and different ways they
change sky. The worksheet will have a picture of
a sun and a picture of kids swimming outside; a
picture of a rainy cloud and kids with umbrellas; a
picture of clouds and dark clouds; and a picture of
a cloud with snow and kids making a snowman.
The worksheet will be divided in two with one
side titled as objects in the sky and the other side
titled changes in the sky.
Links to Learning: After reading the book and
completing the worksheet students will participate in
a power point activity reinforcing the above
information. Students will have an opportunity to
click on pictures of a sun, rain, clouds, and snow
and see how each changes in the sky. In addition,
the power point will include an activity where
students will need to match the object in the sky
with the changes it causes.
Key Vocabulary: sun, rain, clouds, snow, sunny,
rainy, cloudy, snowing, cold, hot and sky
Student Activities (Check All That Apply):
1. Read a book about the sun, rain, clouds and snow.
2. Worksheet activity includes coloring, reading, and matching.
3. Power point activity.
Scaffolding: _X__ Modeling _X__Guided X___Independent Grouping: X ___Whole Class X___Small Group
___Partners _X__Independent Processes: __X_Reading __X_Writing _X__Listening _X__Speaking Strategies:
_X__Hands-On _X__Meaningful _X__Linked to Objectives
Review and Assessment (Check All That Apply):
Individual _X___ Group_X____ Written__X__ Oral__X__
SIOP Lesson Plan by April Guzman
Lesson Plan 3
Arizona State Standards: 1st Grade Science

Strand 6: Earth and Space Science

Concept 3: Changes in the Earth and Sky - Understand
characteristics of weather conditions and climate.
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PO1: Identify the following characteristics of seasonal
weather patterns – temperature, type of precipitation
and wind.
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Students will understand the characteristics of weather
conditions and climate and identify seasonal weather
patterns.
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Temperature
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Type of precipitation
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Wind
ELL II Delivery of Oral Communication:

Standard 3: Listening and Speaking, Foundations (Grades 13) LS-F1. Use effective vocabulary and logical organization to
relate or summarize ideas, events, and other information.
Topic: Weather conditions,
Class: 1st Grade
climates and patterns
Content Objectives (Standards in Student Friendly Language):
Students will understand characteristics of weather conditions and
climate. Students will identify characteristics of seasonal weather
patterns (temperature, type of precipitation and wind).
Key Vocabulary: weather, conditions, climate, seasonal, patterns,
temperature, precipitation and wind.
High-Order Questions: What is weather? What is a weather
condition? What is climate? What are seasonal patterns? What is a
temperature? What causes the temperature to change? What is type of
precipitation? What causes wind?
Time:
Activities Building Background
Links to Experience: Read books about weather,
climate, and seasonal patterns. Complete a
worksheet activity identifying various weather
conditions (sunny, cloudy and windy) and seasonal
patterns (temperature, precipitation and wind). In
the worksheet activity students will color a picture
that links weather conditions to seasonal weather
patterns. The worksheet will have a picture of a
hot sun and a picture of a thermometer; a picture
of a cloud and a picture of the rain (precipitation)
coming out of the cloud; and a picture of clouds
and wind with kids in a jacket looking cold. The
worksheet will be divided in two with one side
titled weather conditions (sunny, cloudy and
windy) and the other side titled weather patterns
(temperature, precipitation, and wind).
Links to Learning: After reading the book and
completing the worksheet students will participate in
a power point activity reinforcing the above
information. Students will have an opportunity to
dress a teddy bear for the appropriate weather
climate (sunny, cloudy and windy). Upon
completion students will be handed another
Date: November 24, 2009
Language Objectives (Stated in Student
Friendly Language): 1. Students will use
oral language to understand and identify
characteristics of weather conditions and
climate. 2. Students will use oral language
to understand and identify characteristics of
seasonal weather patterns. 3. Students will
develop the vocabulary necessary to identify
these characteristics. 3. Students will
participate in a power point activity that will
assist them in understanding and identifying
these characteristics.
Materials (Including Supplementary and
Adapted): computer, worksheets, crayons,
books about weather, climate, and seasonal
patterns.
worksheet titled weather calendar for the month of
December where they will keep track of the
weather each day and choose from a sun for sunny
days, an umbrella for rainy days and a cloud with
wind for windy days. This will be reviewed and
turned in at the end of the month.
Key Vocabulary: weather, conditions, climate,
seasonal, patterns, temperature, precipitation, wind,
sunny, cloudy, and windy.
Student Activities (Check All That Apply):
1.
2.
3.
4.
Read books about weather, climate and seasonal patterns.
Worksheet activity includes coloring, reading, and matching.
Power point activity.
December Weather Calendar
Scaffolding: _X__ Modeling _X__Guided X___Independent Grouping: X ___Whole Class X___Small Group
___Partners _X__Independent Processes: __X_Reading __X_Writing _X__Listening _X__Speaking Strategies:
_X__Hands-On _X__Meaningful _X__Linked to Objectives
Review and Assessment (Check All That Apply):
Individual _X___ Group_X____ Written__X__ Oral__X__