SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template Abridged

Pre-Planning
TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Standards/
anchors/
competencies
PA/Common
Core/Standards
(Plus any others
as may be
required)
Formative
AND/OR
Summative
Assessment
Evidence
Objectives
A-B-C-D

DETAILS
Miss. Stein
Science
1st grade
November 24
S.K-2.B.2.1.1: Identify and describe habitats (e.g.,
wetland, meadow, forest, lake, river, ocean, pond).
Anchor S.K-2.B.2.1: Understand that all living things
are part of an ecosystem

CK

Formal Evaluation
Students can match the animals to the name of the
ecosystem that they live in.
Informal Evaluation
Observation: students are following directions,
matching the ecosystems and their animals

Students in first grade will be able to match each

animal to its correct ecosystem with 100% accuracy.

Bloom's Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge (DOK)

Step-by-Step Procedures
RATIONALE for the
Learning Plan
DETAILS
Introduction
Activating Prior Knowledge
Ask the students to name all of the ecosystems we have
talked about.
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Ask the students to name some characteristics of each
ecosystem.
Explicit
Big Idea Statement
Instructions
Students will match the animals to their correct
Big Ideas
ecosystem.
Essential Questions
Essential
Which animals belong in each ecosystem?
Questions
Key Vocabulary
Ecosystems
Lesson Procedure Pre-Assessment of Students
Must include
Students will explore and name the items in the sensory

CK

adaptations &
accommodations
for students with
special needs
Accommodations,
Modifications

Materials
(reading,
technology,
equipment,
supplies, etc.)
Closure

boxes.
Modeling of the Concept
Students will name characteristics for each ecosystem.
Students will match the plastic animals to their correct
box.
Transition
iPad app, book Did You Know?
Guiding the Practice
Which ecosystem do you think this animal belongs in?
Providing the Independent Practice
The student matches the animals to their corresponding
ecosystem.
Adaptations/Accommodations for Students with Special Needs
Visual Impairment: Bigger Text, Braille, Bigger pictures
Hearing Impairment: Use of text and pictures, no audio
Autism: Pictures are laminated for those who are
sensitive to the texture of paper
Foam poster
Velcro
Pictures of Animals (12)
Names of the Ecosystems
Summary & Review of the Learning
The students will be asked to name the ecosystems and
describe each one as well what animals live in them.
Homework/Assignments
The students can come up with more characteristics and
animals for each ecosystem that were not named.