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Student Teacher Science Lesson Planning Template - EPR 3903

Student teacher MST name: School name:

name: Nahla Ali Jaclyn Hummel The WellSpring School private
school
Date: Class & grade: No.Ss
28th of February, Grade 3 Students 23 Students
2017. Monday Section 1
Unit: Lesson: Time from: 1:20 PM
Pennsylvania Connected lesson To: 2:00 PM
Curriculum Theme: Environmentalism. 45 minutes
Standards Unit 2
PURPOSE Why am I teaching this lesson? What do I want the students to know/to be able to do by the end
of the lesson that they could not do before? (LOs and SOs)

- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to link between the story by Lorax Dr.
Seuss's birthday story book and the Amazon Rainforest through taking some notes on the
issues facing the Amazon and how environmentalists are trying to protect it.

GROUPING: What is the group size? How is every student going to be able to participate? Will you be
differentiating and how?

1. The grouping strategy used will be flexible grouping which is putting High, medium and
low learners together.
2. Students firstly, will have whole class grouping during the teacher reading story.
3. Then, they will be in group of 5s. Each student will participate in game activity and there
will be a worksheet for all of them. It will be the same worksheet, students will have same
procedures.
4. Lastly, 3rd graders will be in plenary and they are going to observe the slideshows in
Whiteboard. Students will take some notes Individually and discuss it with the teacher.
Materials:

teacher books None - Pennsylvania Curriculum Standards

student book(s) - Students have a notebook that they can put all the
activities sheets in it and important notes related to
science.

worksheets/ papers The worksheet game is attached in PDF file.

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teacher materials - Data Show Power Point.

- Procedure sheet.
- Lesson Plan sheet.
student materials/ - 5 Skittles.
manipulatives - 5 Noodles.
- 5 Beans.
- Tree to harvest.
- Container.
- Worksheet:
- 1. Chart.
- 2. Reflection Questions.
technology Data show which will be used for showing slides and taking
notes to link between the story Lorax and Amazon Rainforest.
other

Key terms with definitions (and pictures if appropriate):

word glossary definition image

Impact Influence; effect.

Environment The air, water, minerals, organisms,

and all other external factors
surrounding and affecting a given
organism at any time.

Natural Resources A naturally occurring source of wealth,

as land or water.

Harvest The act or process of gathering in a

crop.

Students Prior Knowledge:

- In previous Monday, students have a background about The Amazon Rainforest is in
Northern Brazil and other countries in South America.
- I think this was an introduction for this Mondays lesson which is about linking and
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recognizing the environmentalism.

Possible Problems :
Electricity problem (1):
- The Data Show may not work, so the slideshows will be printed in A3 papers and the teacher
will explain it orally and with visual pictures.
Interaction problem (2):
- Students may not like the flexible grouping, and maybe they could not work and play
together.

Solutions for the Possible Problems:

Solution (1):
- Addition plan B which is A3 papers and laminated pictures of lesson.
- Teacher will orally explain for students and they will take notes normally.

Solution (2):
- Student (a) which does not like to interact or he is embarrassed, will convert his place that
he is feels comfortable with student (b).
Misconceptions:
- Students may not be able to get the game, so the solution is that the teacher will move
around the class and repeat the procedures for them. Or, she will put the slide of
procedures that students will do + she will direct them while students play the harvest
game.
- Students may have misunderstanding in linking between the story and the environmentalism.
So, the expected solution is that the teacher will explain the concept of each theme again
while students taking notes (in post stage of lesson).

Solutions for Misconceptions:

- The solutions are included above directly after the misconception sentence.

Lesson Schedule
Teacher (activity + exact instructions you intend Purpose /
Student (what they do)
Phase to give) objective of the Time
activity
Reading the story of the Lorax Recognize 10
(it's Dr. Seuss's birthday week Students will listen to the What does minutes
so we're doing some cross- story. happen in the
Engage curricular activities). story with
- Teacher will have Students will have a the Amazon
questions to assess chance to predict. Rainforest.
students thinking.
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- Teacher will give Students will interact and Try to

students opportunity to ask teacher questions identify the
predict What will besides teacher story purpose
happen next? questions. with the
- Teacher will interact and Amazon
ask Why Dr. Seusss did Students will try to Rainforest
this?, Do you think that recognize the purpose of topic.
is good?, What if we do story.
the same?
Game part about Mans impact Students will be in group Students will 10
in natural resources of 5s. go to find minutes
the materials
The teacher will give the Each student in group will and collect it
students the procedures and take a role in harvesting for
how to follow it. from the tree. harvesting
tree.
Students will collect the
data that they get from So, the
the harvesting. purpose is to
let students
link between
Explore Students will play the the story
game 5 times to give each Lorax and
person in the group the Amazon
The teacher will tell students opportunity to play. rainforest
the steps how to start the game. issues.
Students will try out
The teacher will remind students solving the worksheet in
to fill in the paper but she will groups.
not explain it until they finish
the exploration to assess if they
can solve it in groups or not.

The teacher will use students Students are expected Students will 10
prior knowledge which was in the to: reflect on minutes
last Monday. the forest if
The teacher will ask: - Write on the it is looks like
- Who will remind me? chart. before we
What does rainforest - Collecting data harvest or
Explain
includes from the group not.
- Where is the location of members.
Amazon Rainforest? - Write a reflection Students will
specifically, be able to
The purpose of reminding answer the give problems
students after reflection about human
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exploration is that to let questions. impact in

them reflect and link environment.
between the Activity and Activity
the Topic which is worksheet:
environmentalism.

After that:
- The teacher will go
through the worksheet
activity paper.
- She will illustrate that
you have to collect data.

All suppliers
materials for
students to do
the game will be
provided during
the science class.
The teacher will give students I expect students to: By the end of 10
the worksheet already in explore the lesson, minutes
stage. - Students will after writing
write a letter or a the letter.
The teacher will tell students to message for the
write a letter for earth. Students will
- My Pledge to the Earth. - Students will have discuss their
- It could be two or more different topics. thoughts
sentences. - They will write in with the
Elaborate
details what did teacher.
they think, from
their thoughts. Students will
relate the
human impact
in
environment.

The teacher ask students Students are expected Students will 5

about the impact of human in to: be able to minutes
environment: give a
1. Students will feedback and
Evaluate
- Example: What do you discuss in whole their point of
think Vlady is there any class the view about
human impact in the reflection side in human effect
environment? the paper with in the
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- How do we impact in the the teacher. environment.

environment? 2. Students will give
- Is that a good attitude their view when Students will
for our environment? the teacher asks think for
- Lets think about a further questions further
solution, do you have about the human solutions if
any? impact in they could.
environment.
The teacher will show students
in slideshows issues facing the 3. Students will take
Amazon and how some notes while
environmentalists are trying to they are noticing
protect it the issues that
accurse in Amazon
Rainforest.

4. Students will give

their opinion for
the teacher about
how the
environmentalists
try out protecting
the ecosystem.

Attachments:
Copy of Game + procedures in PDF file.
Pictures of students materials.
Pictures of slideshows.
Pictures of teaching parts explanation, and direct student.
Pictures of students play the game in exploration stage.