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LP G2 LifeCycleLesson
LP G2 LifeCycleLesson
LP G2 LifeCycleLesson
JenniferLusinski
JennyDepa DanGIbson
Withincollaborativegroups,studentswillresearchthelifecycleofan assignedplantoranimal.
CCSS.ELALiteracy.RI.2.5Knowandusevarioustextfeatures(e.g.,captions, boldprint,subheadings,glossaries,indexes,electronicmenus,icons)tolocate keyfactsorinformationinatextefficiently. CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.2.2Writeinformative/explanatorytextsinwhichthey introduceatopic,usefactsanddefinitionstodeveloppoints,andprovidea concludingstatementorsection. CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.2.6Withguidanceandsupportfromadults,useavariety ofdigitaltoolstoproduceandpublishwriting,includingincollaborationwith peers. CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.2.7Participateinsharedresearchandwritingprojects (e.g.,readanumberofbooksonasingletopictoproduceareportrecord scienceobservations).
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Technology Piece
iMovieApp Edcanvasstoryboardingexample
ProjectIdea:
Howcanwe,asscientist,createamovietocompareanimalandplantlifecycles?After readingtwoinformationaltexts(e.g.DiscoveryEducationand/orGrolierresources),writea scriptwithinastoryboardtemplateinwhichyoudescribeyouranimalsorplantslifecycle. Listfactsforeachstageofthelifecycletosupportyourwriting.
LessonSequence:
InitialInstruction(attention,priorknowledge&goals) Week1 Day1 1. Know/NeedtoKnow 2. Skill:NotetakingModelhowtocollectresearchinaninteractivereadaloud a. Readaloud:[insertnonfictiontext] b. Demonstratehowtotakenotesthroughoutthelifecycle c. Providestudentswithnotetakingtemplate d. Allowtimeindependentpractice e. Bringgroupbacktogetherandsharemodelstudentnotes 3. Content 4. GettingIdeasdown 5. Research 6. StoryboardingEdcanvaswithstoryboardingresourcesavailable. Instruction(present,guide,&perform) Week2 1. Rehearsalwhattheywrote 2. VideotapingwithiMovieapp 3. Editing(teachers) 4. PublishandShare Continuation(feedback,assess,&extend)
Week3 1. Viewcompletedvideos.Haveacelebrationandinvitetheparentstocelebratewithus. 2. CreateawholegroupVenndiagramcomparinghowplantandanimallifecyclesarethe sameanddifferent. 3. Maybethekidscouldevenwriteashortexpendedresponseasyourassessmentto knowiftheyreallyunderstandallthestandards.
LifeCycleScale IwillbeassessingeachstudentusingtheLifeCycleRubric.