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Solar System Lesson Plan Day 1 Booklet Cassandra Karras
Solar System Lesson Plan Day 1 Booklet Cassandra Karras
Solar System Lesson Plan Day 1 Booklet Cassandra Karras
Rationale: How does this lesson fit within the unit being studied? How does this lesson prepare for future
learning? How does this lesson relate to the students’ real life?
This is the first lesson of the larger solar system unit. It will give some context when we talk about the
planets as well as the effects of the positions of the sun, moon and Earth. In relation to students’ real life,
the effects of the sun, moon and Earth impact everyone during every moment of their life. Understanding
how these effect impact students’ will be long lasting.
Curriculum Connections: What Big Ideas (Understand,) Core and Curricular Competencies (Do), Content
Standards (Know) does this lesson develop? What connections if any can be made to First Peoples’ principles
and ways of knowing?
Understand
Big Ideas:
The motions of Earth and the moon cause observable patterns that affect living and non-living systems
(Science, Gr 4).
Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the
world (English Language Arts, Gr 4/5).
Works of art influence and are influenced by the world around us (Arts Education, Gr 5).
Criteria: Students have arranged their Students are able to match the planet cutout
What will the planets in order from closest to the with the correct planet name. Teacher models
teacher be looking sun to farthest from the sun. the lists planets in order on the board with
for in the evidence?
Students can work with their desk colours beside them. Students are
How will you
neighbours. Visuals are provided encouraged to provide peer support.
support L2 learners
to be successful? to support meaning making. Students are expressing their ideas. They are
Students are sharing prior listening to and building off of their peers’
knowledge and new knowledge ideas. ELL learners are not required to
related to the solar system. Allow contribute to class discussion if they are not
students to share their ideas in comfortable. Provide extra wait time and use
different ways (e.g., pointing to the think-pair-share technique during class
pictures). Check in one-on-one discussions. Video clip is played again while
with students. students are working on their booklet in
order to generate familiarity with the
vocabulary.
STAGE 3: Learning Plan
Resources, Material and Preparation: What resources, materials and preparation are required?
Large images and words for word wall. Computer & projector set up for playing YouTube clip. Planet
colouring sheet (1 per student), 12x45cm black construction paper strips (3 per student. Strips must be pre-
cut before lesson), pencil crayons or felt markers, scissors, and glue.
Planning for diversity (adaptations, extensions, other): In what ways does the lesson meet the needs of diverse
learners? How will you plan for students who have learning/behaviour difficulties or require enrichment?
Students that need assistance with the creation of the booklet can ask their neighbours or the teacher for
assistance. Students will be asked to lie all their planet cutouts and corresponding planet names in order
before they can glue them to their booklet.
Lesson Development
Connect:
How will you introduce this lesson in a manner that engages students and activates their thinking? Activate
or build background knowledge, capture interest, share learning intention.
Lesson hook: Pacing
Process: What steps and activities are you going to use to help students interact with new ideas, build
understanding, acquire and practice knowledge, skills and/or attitudes? In what ways have you built in
guided practice?
Watching video (multimodal text)
Tell students that you are going to play a video about the solar system and ask students to listen 14 min.
and watch for the names and colours of the planets, the order of the planets and an interesting
new fact that were new to the students. Write on the blackboard the things that students need
to focus on while they watch the video (names and colours of planets, planet order interesting
facts). This will act as a reminder for all students, but also help ELL students who missed the
oral instructions. The video has images to support ELL learners to make meaning.
Transform: How will students apply or practice their learning? Can they show or represent their learning in
personalized ways?
Create/build Planet Booklets
(These booklets will be used later in the unit as students learn more details about each individual
planet).
Instruction on how to make the booklet:
Step 1: Fold each of the black construction paper strips like an ‘accordion’ (there should be four
equal parts per paper strip).
Step 2: Glue the 3 strips together to make a long ‘accordion’. Once glued together there should
be 10 equal parts.
Step 3: Colour the planet colouring sheet based on the colours that were brainstormed as a class
and written on the blackboard.
Step 4: Cut out the planets and the planet names.
Step 5: Place the planets with their corresponding names in order on students’ desks for the
teacher to check.
Step 6: Glue the planets and their names to the booklet. Make sure there is only one planet per
block/page to leave room for planet facts that will be added later.
Show the class an exemplar of what the booklets will look like. Demonstrate to the class steps 1 5 min.
& 2 of how to make the booklets. Ask 3 students to hand out the black construction paper while
all the other students take out their glue sticks.
Walk through steps 1 & 2 again but this time as a class where students can begin to build their 7 min.
booklets. Wander the class to check that all students are completing steps correctly. Encourage
peers to help each other.
Explain to the students steps 3 to 6. Encourage students to work together to determine the
colours required and the order of the planets. While students are working on their booklets, 25 min.
teacher will play the video clip again quietly for student to watch if their want. This will help
solidify the names, colours and order of the planets as well as help provide repetition of
hearing the vocabulary.
Closure: How will you solidify the learning that has taken place and deepen the learning process? Refer back
to the learning intention, connect to next learning.
Class discussion
Gather back together as a class. Ask students to hold up their completed planet booklets. Provide 10 min.
positive reinforcement.
Review the vocabulary of the planets once more as a class in order from closest to the sun to
farthest from the sun.
Ask students to share something that they learned today. Use think-pair-share technique.
Ask students to share something that they are wondering about with regard to the solar system
(think-pair-share). This will help check for understanding as students use the new vocabulary,
but also check to see what students want to learn more about as we continue through the Solar
System unit. Teacher will write the “wonder” questions/statements on the blackboard as a
visual aid.