Sample Lesson Plan: Science, Fourth Grade
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* Select a new topic within a subject that you teach or that you would like to teach:
Grade Level: 4
Content Area: Science
Curriculum Context: This lesson plan summarizes key concepts and features of the solar system. It offers a general overview about the planets, galaxy, and solar system and reinforces academic and content vocabulary.
Title of Lesson: "Planetary Pizzazz"
Main Concept/Big Idea: Students will practice defining science content vocabulary, identifying some basic Earth features, and discussing their findings collaboratively with their peers. They will also target some of the following guiding questions: What is Earth like? How does it compare/contrast with other planets? What are some main feature of our home planet? How does the earth change throughout the year?
* Create a formal lesson plan that describes the topic, materials, and methods.
Standards:
1. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
2. 3.3.A Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles: Recognize that the surface of the earth changes due to slow processes and rapid processes.
3. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.8: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
4. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.4.a: Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Materials:
• 1 copy of Planet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDhapt7nw4A
• 4 copies of the spider map graphic organizer from http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/spider.pdf
• Copies of the poem: http://www.sciencepoems.net/sciencepoems/earth.aspx#.VyjMoHqzncw
• Copies of vocabulary cards as adapted from http://collinsed.com/PDFs/vocabulary_cards_template.pdf
• Copies of Cloze handouts
• 1 Teacher IPad or classroom SmartBoard
• Pens/pencils
• Classroom computers or individual laptops
• Copies of vocabulary cards-one set per student
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