OUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS SCHOOL WEEKLY LESSON PLAN
Teacher’s Name: Mrs. Ramsey Subject: Science Grade: 7th
Week of : November 10th, 2014 Unit: II -6 Weeks Week: 4
Unit Title: Human Body System Essential Question: How does the body system maintain homeostasis in a changing environment?
| CCSS Code e.g. RL.K.5 | OUTCOMES (Lesson Focus) What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson? | ASSESSMENT How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome? Please state the question that will be asked during your formative assessment. | STRATEGIES In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome? Please list in the order that you will implement. | 3 HOTS QUESTIONS e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation. |
Mon
11/10
| W.7.7 L.7.2 L.7.3a | VETERAN’S DAY | SCHOOL CLOSED | ||
Tues 11/11 | SCHOOL CLOSED | ||||
Wed
11/12
| L.7.3a L.7.5 RST.6-8.2 | Students will be able to identify several organisms responsible for infectious disease
| How are diseases spread? | 1. Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy. 2. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. 3. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
| 1. What can be done to limit the outbreak of a particular infectious disease? 2. How can collecting and organizing data like help people? 3. Describe ways these diseases are evolving. |
Thurs
11/13
| RST.6-8.6 W.7.3 RI.7.2 | Students will learn how diseases are spread.
| What are pathogens? | 1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. 2. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. 3. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. | 1. What are some infectious diseases they/people they know have had? 2. What were some of the symptoms that they had with that illness? 3. How did they treat it? |
Fri
11/14
| Students will learn the causes of communicable diseases. | How were the causes of communicable diseases discovered? | 1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. 2. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). 3. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.
| 1. What is in your system that makes you resist some infections? 2. Why do you think some people are more susceptible to sickness than others. 3. How does hand-washing prevent germs? | |
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| Bloom’s Taxonomy (HOTS Questions) -Knowledge -xComprehension -xApplication -xAnalysis -Synthesis -Evaluation | School Grade Weighting Scale: Tests (40%): Quizzes (20%): Classwork/ Participation (15%): Homework (5%): Projects/ Portfolios (20%):
| Vocabulary words for week: 1. cochlea 2. brain stem 3. inner ear 4. olfactory cells 5. spinal cord 6. retina 7. cornea 8. motor neurons 9. cerebrum 10. reflex | Use of Technology: __X__ Smartboard ____ Student Response System |