General Educator: Teacher Y

Special Service Provider: Nathan Curtis

Co-Teaching Lesson Plan

Subject Area:
Science
Class Description: General Education

Grade Level: 3rd

Classroom Arrangement: Paired seating

Students with Disabilities:

Student

Disability Classification

Thomas

Learning Disability

Shelly

ADHD

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IEP Accommodations and

Assistive Technology
IEP
Classroom laptop computer

Additional Modifications for

this Lesson
Visual Checklist of activities
(group discussion, building
simple machines, 4 question
assessment worksheet on the
computer)
Reduced answers on worksheet,
Excerpts from informational
text
Will sit with his seat partner
close to teachers desk.
IEP
Will sit with her partner close to
Behavioral checklist attached Mrs. Carlsons desk
to her desk.
Reduced answers on worksheet,
She will draw her answers for
simple machines opposed to
writing an example (e.g.
drawing of a teeter totter or
stairs)
Excerpts from informational

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text
I.

Preparation
A. Purpose
Develop an understanding of simple machines and what purpose they serve.
B. Objective(s) must be measurable
Use text based information to document types of simple machines(the information will be displayed on
the white board in the front of the class.)
Build simple machine for classroom display
C. Content Standards
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as
basis for the answers

D. Essential Questions
What are simple machines?
How are simple machines beneficial?
What simple machines do you use on a daily basis?

E. Key Vocabulary
Inclined plain
Lever
Pulley
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Wedge

F. Materials
Building Blocks of various shapes (oval, triangular, square, rectangle)
Text: Simple Machines by Deborah Hodge
Assessment Worksheet

II.

Procedures (This is an example to use if you were co-teaching. Complete your duties and then add hypothetical
duties for the special education teacher.)

A.

Anticipatory Set
Co-Teaching
Method

One Teach,
One Support
Parallel
Alternative
Station
Team
One Teach,
One Observe

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Time
4 min.

Fall 2014

General Education Teacher

Special Education Provider

Think aloud session with the Join in the discussion

students on what a simple
throwing ideas out to the
machine might be.
class.
Questions: What are simple
machines? What do simple
machines do? To me a
simple machine is something
that will make tasks easier
for you when pushing or
pulling something. Where
can we find simple machines?
Lets create a list on the

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Assessment
Write examples on
the board of
machines listed.
Even if the machine
listed isnt
technically a simple
machine. After
reading the text we
will come back and
cross off all the ones
that dont apply and
incorporate any that

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board of what we think

examples are of simple
machines.
B.

we missed.

Body of the Lesson/Lesson Development

Co-Teaching
Method

One Teach,
One Support
Parallel
Alternative
Station
Team
One Teach,
One Observe

C.

Time

General Education Teacher

Special Education Provider

Assessment

6 min.

Oversees students working in

groups of two reading the
text Simple Machines at their
desks.

Assists Shelly reading

excerpted
materials/important
segments from the text with
lots of visuals of simple
machines in a packet in
Shellys folder opposed to the
text Simple Machines. Shelly
has 10 minutes to complete
this task.
Thomas and his partner will
utilize the laptop to read the
text Simple Machines.

Thumbs up, thumbs

down, thumbs in
between. Teacher
will ask students to
give a self
assessment of their
understanding of the
text.

Special Education Provider

Assessment

Closure or Concluding Activity

Co-Teaching
Method

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One Teach,
One Support
Parallel
Alternative
Station
Team
One Teach,
One Observe

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8 min.

Lead discussion of what

simple machines are. Ask
students thumbs up thumbs
down for each machine listed
on the board. Circle the
answers on the board that
are correct examples of
simple machines cross out
other machines listed.
Students then build a simple
machine using the blocks for
display in the classroom.

Assist Shelly create a simple

machine. Extended time on
this activity to 11 minutes.
Dont worry about Shellys
time running over the next
period is free reading for ten
minutes for the class.
Thomas and his partner can
work together to create their
simple machine.

Display completed
examples of simple
machines e.g. a
small ramp created
out of blocks in the
classroom.

III.

Follow-Up Activities: Independent Practice, Enrichment, or Reinforcement

Reinforcement: Using the projector I will bring up the Internet site:
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm and we will explore the site looking at the various different
simple machines displayed. Thomas can do this on his laptop and follow along with us (I will create a
desktop icon for him to click on to take him to this link).
Assessment worksheet: Students will document ten examples of simple machines that they see in their
day to day lives. Modified: Shelly will draw pictures of two simple machines from the packet she is
working on with Mrs. Carlson. Thomas will utilize the laptop to document three simple machines that he
sees in his day to day life using pictures and information from the text Simple Machines he can also use
the simple machines listed on mikids.com to compile answers. Thomas desk partner can help him to
achieve this task.

IV.

Evaluation

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A. Of Student Learning
Correction of assessment worksheet
Graded total of designing a simple machine
B. Of Teacher Processes
Reflective journal of what worked well, what didnt work, and what could be improved upon for
future instruction of this less.

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