Lesson Plans
Week of 11-3-14
Lesson Component
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
Thursday
A
Friday
3.1 Major geologic events
such as earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation are
associated with plate
boundaries and attributed to
plate motions
SWBAT explain the idea of
continental drift and why
Pangea was significant to this
theory.
3.1 Major geologic events
such as earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation are
associated with plate
boundaries and attributed to
plate motions
SWBAT explain the evidence
to support the theory of plate
tectonics using Pangea
SWBAT explain the support
vocabulary for Standard 3.1
geologic events
3.1 Major geologic events
such as earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation are
associated with plate
boundaries and attributed to
plate motions
3.1 Major geologic events
such as earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation are
associated with plate
boundaries and attributed to
plate motions
3.1 Major geologic events
such as earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation are
associated with plate
boundaries and attributed to
plate motions
Learning Target:
Student “I Can…” statement
I can explain the idea of
continental drift and why
Pangea was significant to this
theory..
Questions
Varied, high quality, DOK 2,3
that will be used
Written prior to lesson
How can major geologic
events be attributed to plate
movement? What evidence
supports the theory of plate
tectonics? What are the
effects of plate movement
along plate boundaries?
1. A3k “What is happening
under the earth?”
2.Continental drift activity
pack
I can explain the evidence to
support the theory of plate
tectonics using a Pangea
model and the SWBAT
explain the support
vocabulary for Standard 3.1
geologic events
How can major geologic
events be attributed to plate
movement? What evidence
supports the theory of plate
tectonics? What are the
effects of plate movement
along plate boundaries?
Complete Continental drift
activity pack
Vocabulary foldable
convection currents,
earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, and mountain
formation
How can major geologic
events be attributed to plate
movement? What evidence
supports the theory of plate
tectonics? What are the
effects of plate movement
along plate boundaries?
How can major geologic
events be attributed to plate
movement? What evidence
supports the theory of plate
tectonics? What are the
effects of plate movement
along plate boundaries?
How can major geologic
events be attributed to plate
movement? What evidence
supports the theory of plate
tectonics? What are the
effects of plate movement
along plate boundaries?
Standard(s)
Number of Standard
Kid Friendly Language
Objective
Teacher Centered
Using action Verbs
Bloom’s
Hess
Bell
Marzano
Strategies/Activities:
Hook to prior learning or
Anticipatory Set:
Modeling
I Do, We Do, You Do
Frequent check for progress
toward Mastery
Do Now:
I DO: Model A3K
Continental drift activity
WE DO: Cont drift activity
in pairs
YOU DO: A3K, and Cont
drift activity in pairs
Do Now: on paper describes
what evidence helps explain
the theory of continental drift
and that Pangea once existed.
I DO: Model the completion
of the Continental drift
activity pack, Model the
vocabulary foldable
See Tuesday
Do Now:
I DO:
WE DO:
YOU DO
See Thursday
Do Now:
I DO:
WE DO:
YOU DO
Do Now:
I DO:
WE DO:
YOU DO:
Discussion about the A3K,
and cont drift theory
WE DO: Complete the
Continental drift activity pack
And one example of the
vocabulary foldable
Closure/Student Reflection
YOU DO: Completion of the
Vocabulary foldable
Assessments/Check for
Mastery:
Frequent Formative
How will you know they
know?
What will you do if they do or
don’t demonstrate mastery?
Check for mastery: A3K
Thumbs up, visual and verbal
checks, retelling, main idea,
and one on one assessment
Reteach, peer to peer
teaching, and one on one
instruction
Check for mastery exit ticket
Check for mastery: on paper
describes what evidence helps
explain the theory of
continental drift and that
Pangea once existed.
Thumbs up, visual and verbal
checks, retelling, main idea,
and one on one assessment
Varied Learning Abilities
heterogeneous grouping
Reteach, peer to peer
teaching, and one on one
instruction
heterogeneous grouping
What are you doing to
address the unique needs of
students
High Lab extension of
learning goal
Medium Small group, oral
presentation, seating
Low Chunking, extended
time, direct instruction
Continental drift, Pangaea,
seafloor spreading, plate
tectonics, divergent,
convergent, transform,
subduction, convection
current, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation,
High Lab extension of
learning goal
Medium Small group, oral
presentation, seating
Low Chunking, extended
time, direct instruction
Continental drift, Pangaea,
seafloor spreading, plate
tectonics, divergent,
convergent, transform,
subduction, convection
current, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation,
Key Vocabulary Terms
IGP:
Check for mastery: A3K
thought question completion
Check for mastery
Check for mastery
Thumbs up, visual and verbal
checks, retelling, main idea,
and one on one assessment
Thumbs up, visual and verbal
checks, retelling, main idea,
and one on one assessment
Reteach, peer to peer
teaching, and one on one
instruction
Reteach, peer to peer
teaching, and one on one
instruction
heterogeneous grouping
heterogeneous grouping
heterogeneous grouping
High Lab extension of
learning goal
Medium Small group, oral
presentation, seating
Low Chunking, extended
time, direct instruction
Continental drift, Pangaea,
seafloor spreading, plate
tectonics, divergent,
convergent, transform,
subduction, convection
current, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation,
High Lab extension of
learning goal
Medium Small group, oral
presentation, seating
Low Chunking, extended
time, direct instruction
Continental drift, Pangaea,
seafloor spreading, plate
tectonics, divergent,
convergent, transform,
subduction, convection
current, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation,
High Lab extension of
learning goal
Medium Small group, oral
presentation, seating
Low Chunking, extended
time, direct instruction
Continental drift, Pangaea,
seafloor spreading, plate
tectonics, divergent,
convergent, transform,
subduction, convection
current, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, mid-ocean ridges,
and mountain formation,
Thumbs up, visual and verbal
checks, retelling, main idea,
and one on one assessment
Reteach, peer to peer
teaching, and one on one
instruction