USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2017) Name: Haleigh Dykes______________________

Grade Level Being Taught: 4th Subject: Science Group Size: 24 Date of Lesson: April 12, 2017

Lesson Content
What Standards (national or SC,4.L.16.2 – Explain that although characteristics of plants and animals are inherited, some
state) relate to this lesson? characteristics can be affected by the environment.
(You should include ALL applicable
standards. Rarely do teachers use just
one: they’d never get through them all.)

Objectives- What are you The students will be able to identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that a plant or animal has
teaching? with minimal error.

(Student-centered: What will students Students will be able to define what an adaptation is without any error.
know and be able to do after this
lesson? Include the ABCD’s of
objectives: action, behavior, condition,
and degree of mastery, i.e., "C: Given a
sentence written in the past or present
tense, A: the student B: will be able to
re-write the sentence in future tense D:
with no errors in tense or tense
contradiction (i.e., I will see her
yesterday.)."
Note: Degree of mastery does not need
to be a percentage.)

Evaluation Plan- How will you I have included several formative assessments within my lesson. The first formative assessment is the
know students have mastered critical thinking question, this is to assess what they may already know. Secondly, we have the section
your objectives? where they will be working at their tables to come up with the adaptations of a specific plant or animal.
Next, they will be answering questions about specific animals when the picture is displayed on the screen.
Address the following:
 What formative evidence will you I have a summative assessment that caters to the creative side. I will be having students create their own
use to document student learning animal or plant with adaptations.
during this lesson?
 What summative evidence will you
collect, either during this lesson or
in upcoming lessons?
USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2017) Name: Haleigh Dykes______________________
Grade Level Being Taught: 4th Subject: Science Group Size: 24 Date of Lesson: April 12, 2017

Lesson Implementation
Step-by-Step Plan Time Who is Each content area may require a different step-by-step format. Use whichever plan is
(What exactly do you plan to do in responsible appropriate for the content taught in this lesson. For example, in science, you would
teaching this lesson? Be thorough. Act (Teacher or detail the 5 Es here (Engage/Encountering the Idea; Exploring the Idea;
as if you needed a substitute to carry Students)? Explanation/Organizing the Idea; Extend/Applying the Idea; Evaluation).
out the lesson for you.) https://prezi.com/9rgw2f08qb1x/adaptations/
Where applicable, be sure to address
the following: 1:00p Teacher Teacher will begin presenting the Prezi to the class. Once arriving at the critical
 How will materials be distributed? thinking question, the teacher will present the question to the class and allow
 How will students transition them time to work on it.
between activities? 1:03p Students The students will spend time at their tables coming up with an answer to the
 What will you as the teacher do? critical thinking question.
 What will the students do? 1:07p Students Students will share out their answer.
 What student data will be 1:10p Teacher Teacher will resume presentation until arriving to the investigate slide. At this
collected during each phase? point, the directions will be presented to the students and they will be given time
 What are other adults in the room to work on it.
doing? How are they supporting
1:15p Students Students will be working at their tables to list the adaptations of a plant or
students’ learning?
 What model of co-teaching are you animal that their group has chosen.
using? 1:20p Students One student from each group will present the animal and adaptations that they
came up with.
1:25p Teacher Teacher will resume the presentation stopping briefly at the questions to allow
time to answer.
1:30p Teacher Teacher will wrap up the lesson, and give students the assignment they will be
completing based on what was taught in the lesson.
1:32p Students Students will work on their exit tickets for an undetermined period of time.
Meeting your students’ needs as By using differentiation to meet the needs of my learners different learning styles, I am meeting their
people and as learners. needs.

If applicable, how does this

lesson connect to the interests
and cultural backgrounds of your
students?
Differentiation — based on the I have differentiated this lesson by incorporating different learning styles into my lesson. I believe this
needs of your students how will you lesson meets the needs of visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and creative learners.
take individual and group learning
differences into account.
USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2017) Name: Haleigh Dykes______________________
Grade Level Being Taught: 4th Subject: Science Group Size: 24 Date of Lesson: April 12, 2017

Relevant psychological theories When planning this lesson, I took the various needs of each student into account. I chose something that I
and research taken in thought would peak their interest and keep them engaged throughout the entirety of the lesson. It also
consideration when planning this builds upon the unit that they have been working on with Mrs. Uhl.
lesson.