Academics, Accountability, Achievement

Clayton County Public Schools

Teacher: Bromfield

Grade: 4

Subject: Science

09/06/2016 09/09/2016

Lesson
standards

Monday
N/A

Direct
Explanation:
Explain what
students
should know
and be able to
do,
vocabulary,
and how they
will be
assessed.

Tuesday
S4L1a: Identify the roles
of producers, consumers,
and decomposers in a
community.

Wednesday
N/A

Thursday
N/A

Friday
S4L1a: Identify the roles
of producers, consumers,
and decomposers in a
community.

S4L1: Students will

describe the roles of
organisms and the flow of
energy within an
ecosystem.

S4L1d: Predict effects on

a population if some of
the plants or animals in
the community are scarce
or if there are too many.

Knowledge Targets:

ELA4W2

I can assess my
knowledge on
ecosystems, producers,
decomposers, and
consumers.

Knowledge Targets:

Real World
Connection: Test prior
knowledge: Do people
eat food just because it
tastes good? Explain.
Vocabulary:
Biotic
Abiotic
Food Web
Ecosystem
Assessment: Students
will retest over chapter 7
as a formative assessment
by answering p.352-353
1-20.

I can predict the

effects on a population
and I can write an
informative essay about
ecosystems.
Real World
Connection: The
Georgia Mountain
Research and Education
Center is part of the
University of Georgia.
Did you know there is an
insect that is killing
hemlock trees? Why
would anyone care if all
the hemlocks died?
Vocabulary:
Scarce
Assessment: Student
will be graded with a
rubric to determine if
their information report
shows excellent
understanding of healthy
food webs.

Modeling
the
Lessons
Concepts
Demonstrate
the
knowledge

TTW: Read instructions

to the assessment.

TTW: Review chapter 7

by showing:
http://studyjams.scholast
ic.com/studyjams/jams/s
cience/ecosystems/ecosys
tems.htm