WEEKLY LESSON PLAN
Teacher’s Name Mrs. Leticia Fundora Week of 4/23/12 - 4/27/12
Subject Science Unit Life Cycles Grade/Class Pre-K1
| ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS | OUTCOMES 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? | STRATEGIES In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome? | 3 HOTS QUESTIONS e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation. |
Mon | Page | Social Studies | Social Studies | Social Studies | Social Studies |
Tues | Page | Social Studies | Social Studies | Social Studies | Social Studies |
Wed | Page | Reading | Reading | Reading | Reading |
Thurs | Page 57 | Observe the life cycles of various living things. | The children will put card of a chicken life cycle in the correct sequence. | - Show the children pictures of babies.
- Lead the children in a discussion about how animals resemble their parent.
- Show cover of “Moo Moo, Brown Cow.”
- Read aloud the book and track print.
- Stop and have the children point out the parent animal and then count the number of young shown.
- Help the children recognize that the young resembles the parent.
- Review vocabulary words: adult, young, egg, born, grow.
- Initiate a discussion with the children about life cycles. Ask: Where does a chicken come from? What is inside a chicken’s egg?
- Display picture of the life cycle of a chicken.
- Have the children name and order the life cycle of a chicken.
| - Can you point to the parent and the baby?
- Can you show right sequence of the life cycle of a chicken?
- How is the parent and baby the same, and how are they different?
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Fri | Page 57 | Observe the life cycle of a butterfly. | The children will make predictions of the life cycle of a butterfly. | - Have the children say what do they like about a butterfly.
- The teacher will read aloud “The very Hungry Caterpillar.”
- Display an egg, pupa, and a butterfly.
- Have the children identify them.
- Have the children place them in the correct sequence.
- Have the children predict what would
| - Can you identify the different life cycles of the butterfly?
- What is the sequence of the life cycle of the butterfly?
- Based on what you know what would happen to the caterpillar if she did not eat enough food?
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| School Grade Weighting Scale: Tests and Quizzes (50%): Classwork/ Participation (20%): Homework (15%): Projects/ Portfolios (15%): | Multiple Intelligences/ Differentiated Instruction: | Use of Technology:
____ Smartboard
____ Student Response System |