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Food Chain Lesson Plan
Food Chain Lesson Plan
Teachers: Subject:
Rebecca Mobley 1st Grade Science
Common Core State Standards:
PO 3. Describe how plants and animals within a habitat are dependent on each other.
1.W.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are
appropriate to task and purpose.
1.SL.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through
other media.
Objective (Explicit):
By the end of this lesson students will be able to create their own food chain that shows the relationships among
the organisms within a habitat by organizing the food chain on the worksheet in the correct order.
By the end of this lesson students will be able to write a three-star paragraph that explains the food chain that
they created.
By the end of this lesson students will be able to ask and answer questions about food chains by actively
participating in the class discussion.
Sub-objectives:
Evidence of Mastery:
The teacher will use three rubrics to assess the comprehension of the students. The rubrics will look at a student’s
participation, writing, and worksheet.
Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life)
The teacher will begin by greeting the students and going over the lesson’s objectives.
Then, the teacher will say, “Think back to last night, what did you and your family eat for
dinner? Share with your partner.” After students share, the teacher will say, “For dinner last
night I ate chicken. Today we are going to learn all about food chains: how they are
formed, how every organism is related and connected, and how organisms within an
ecosystem depend on each other to survive.”
The teacher will show the food chains The students will begin this section by
video quietly watching the video.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu After the video the students will watch as
Ks9o1s8h8). the teacher creates a food chain.
After the video the teacher will introduce The students will ask any questions that
the vocabulary by writing it on the board they have as the teacher models how to
and asking the students to help make create a food chain.
the definitions.
The teacher will begin the instruction by
saying, “Remember when I told you that
I ate chicken for dinner last night? Well, I
Instructional Input
Co-Teaching/Differentiation Strategy
The teacher will use pictures, words, and arrows to model food chains for the students.
The video that is shows has pictures and words to accompany important concepts.
Teacher will say, “Now I am going to Students will complete the worksheet
Independent Practice
pass out a worksheet that everyone independently. Once they finish the
will complete independently. I will worksheet the students will see the
keep our examples of food chains on teacher for their next assignment.
the board so that they can help you The students will then complete the
remember everything that goes into a writing prompt. They will have until
food chain. Once you finish the lunch to finish their papers. The
worksheet come and see me for your students should be writing three star
next assignment.” sentences (capitalization, punctuation,
When students finish the worksheet and the sentence makes sense).
they will be given a writing prompt.
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The prompt is on the paper, but the If the students have any questions
teacher will read it aloud to the they will raise their hands and ask the
students. Remind the students that teacher. If the question is in regard to
they need to have three star their writing the students will ask their
sentences and that if they need help shoulder partners (how to spell a word,
with their writing to ask their shoulder or if a sentence makes sense). After
partner (spelling and if the sentence the students finish their writing they
makes sense). will read their paragraph to their
As the students are working on their partner to ensure that it makes sense
worksheets and writing prompts the before it is turned in.
teacher will walk around and observe
the students as well as answer any
questions that they may have.
Co-Teaching Strategy/Differentiation
The worksheet and writing prompt papers have pictures on them to help guide the
students.
The students can ask questions and the teacher will be walking around the
classroom to help the students.
If a student needs help with their writing, they can ask their shoulder partner.
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Here is the writing prompt that will be used (the two sheets below). The students will cut and glue the
food chain onto the second paper and write about the food chain that they have created.
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Below is the worksheet that the students will be completing independently. The students will also be asked to classify
each organism as a consumer or producer, and an omnivore, herbivore, or carnivore.
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Resources
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http://www.rcsnc.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4702937/File/lynne%20huskey/FoodChainGang.pdf