Lesson Plan Planning

Living Systems - 5th grade

Fact storming,
KWL
These strategies allow students to organize prior knowledge and begin finding gaps in which we need to focus.

Picture books, dichotomous keys

Objectives

TSWBAT classify organisms in a dichotomous key using physical characteristics, body structures, and behavioral traits.

TSWBAT create a chart organizing organisms by survival behavioral traits.

Written Purpose
Within life science students need to be able to use a dichotomous key to classify organisms.

2 instructional strategies for each stage of Par
Preparation - Word inventory,
Assistance - Jot Chart
Reflection -

Reading Materials -

Living Systems

5.5             The student will investigate and understand that organisms are made of one or more cells and have distinguishing characteristics that play a vital role in the organism’s ability to survive and thrive in its environment. Key concepts include

b)   classification of organisms using physical characteristics, body structures, and behavior of the organism; and

c)   traits of organisms that allow them to survive in their environment.


Vocabulary strategy -
Word inventory, graphic organizer. Students need to address vocabulary in the beginning but the main focus of vocabulary for a science lesson should be during the assistance phase of a lesson.

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