FIVE-STEP LESSON PLAN
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OBJECTIVE.
KEY POINTS.
What is your objective? 
What knowledge and skills are embedded in the objective? 
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4. OPENING (__ min.)
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2. GUIDED PRACTICE (__ min.)
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SWBAT define and list examples of
vascular plants (trees, flowers)
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SWBAT define and list examples of
nonvascular plants (mosses, swordtails)
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SWBAT state that vascular plants can grow tall
because they have extra structures that helps
water go up
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There are two main kinds of plants: vascular
and nonvascular
Examples of vascular plants are: trees and
flowers
Examples of nonvascular plants are: mosses,
swordtails, algae
Vascular plants have a special kind of tissue on
the inside that helps them grow tall
This tissues acts like pipes for water to go up
and down
This is why vascular plants can grow tall
ASSESSMENT.
Describe, briefly, what students will do to show you that they have mastered (or made progress toward) the objective. 
Attach your daily assessment, completed to include an exemplary student response that illustrates the expected level of rigor. 
Indicate whether you will administer the assessment as the independent practice or during the lesson closing.
How will you communicate what is about to happen?  How will you communicate how it will happen? 
How will you communicate its importance?  How will you communicate connections to previous lessons? 
How will you engage students and capture their interest? 
3. INTRODUCTION OF NEW MATERIAL (__ min.)
How will you explain/demonstrate all knowledge/skills required of the objective, so that students begin to actively
internalize key points? 
Which potential misunderstandings do you anticipate? How will you proactively mitigate them? 
How/when will you check for understanding? How will you address misunderstandings? 
How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?  Why will students be engaged? 
How will students practice all knowledge/skills required of the objective, with your support, such that they continue to
internalize the key points? 
How will you ensure that students have multiple opportunities to practice, with exercises scaffolded from easy to hard?
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How/when will you monitor performance to check for understanding? How will you address misunderstandings? 
How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?  Why will students be engaged? 
1. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (__ min.)
How will students attempt independent mastery of all knowledge and/or skills required of the objective, such that they
solidify their internalization of the key points? 
How will you provide opportunities for remediation and extension? 
How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?  Why will students be engaged? 
MATERIALS.
5. CLOSING (__ min.)
How will students summarize and state the significance of what they learned? 
If the independent practice did not serve as an assessment, how will students attempt independent mastery of the
knowledge and/or skills introduced and practiced above? 
Why will students be engaged? 
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HOMEWORK (if appropriate). How will students practice what they learned? 
In-class worksheet
Name: ______________________________
Homework
1. What are the two major kinds of plants?
1. The two kinds of plants are:
a. deciduous and coniferous
b. vascular and nonvascular
c. mosses and swordtails
d. trees and flowers
2. Give an example of a vascular plant:
3. Give an example of a nonvascular plant:
2. Which of the following is an example of a
nonvascular plant:
a. flower
4. What is the main difference between vascular
and nonvascular plants?
5. Why can vascular plants grow tall but
nonvascular plants cannot?
6. Draw the inside of a vascular plant:
7. A vascular plant grows that has better than
normal tubes for moving water. What would you
expect to happen to the frequency of this trait?
8. A vascular plant is born that has no vascular
tissue. What would you expect to happen to the
frequency of this trait?
b. tree
c. grass
d. moss
3. What is a major difference between vascular and
nonvascular plants?
a. vascular plants are shorter than nonvascular
plants
b. vascular plants are stronger than nonvascular
plant
c. vascular plants can grow taller than nonvascular
plants
d. there are no major differences between vascular
and nonvascular plants
4. Why can vascular plants grow taller than
nonvascular plants?
a. because they are better at absorbing sunlight
b. because they are better at making energy
c. because they are better at transporting water
d. because they live in areas with more abundant
water