The lesson plan I selected is appropriate for grades third through fifth. I plan on using it in my fourth grade classroom. I believe it will give the children a challenge without being super hard. This lesson plan is a science lesson, but also incorporates literacy skills into the activity. This lesson introduces students to a study of the tropical rain forest. Pre-reading activities allows students to access and build upon prior knowledge, including listening to sound effects of the rain forest, writing, and drawing. During reading, students use simple note-taking strategies, find patterns in text structure, and learn vocabulary. During post reading activities, students demonstrate synthesis of the text by writing efferent and effective responses to the text.
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Next, I went to the ORC website and checked on the strand that I would focus on in my science lesson. I plan using the first topic under Earth and Space Science, Earth's Surface. The strand: Earth's surface has specific characteristics and land-forms that can be identified.
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The objectives of this lesson are:
Prereading: Students will
- Brainstorm a list of words associated with the rainforest
- Draw and describe a picture representing their concept of the rainforest
- Work together in groups to brainstorm a list of facts about the rainforest
During reading: Students will
- Discover locations of the tropical rainforests through a globe or a map
- Listen to text read aloud
- Determine and take notes on new vocabulary and facts about the rainforest
- Particpate in classroom and group discussions of the text
- Draw and describe a picture representing a new level of knowledge about the rainforest
- Discover features of the text structure
- Reread the text to pratice fluency
Postreading; Students will
- Choose from a variety of genres (e.g., letter, description, poem) and write about the rainforest
- Generate a list of questions about the rainforest and proceed in a small group to research using the Internet
Challenges of this lesson would be classroom management and time management. Often time students get excited about "lab" days that they sometimes forget some of the classroom expectations and rules. I would begin my lesson by setting expectations with the students and discussing what the objectives for the lesson are. We would discuss as a class the procedure for "lab" days in the classroom.
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