EDUC 450: Professional Clinical PracticeReflective Lesson Plan Model

Name: Destiny Burns Date: March 19, 2014

PART I: PLANNING

Title of Lesson

Life Cycles

Source

Is this lesson original idea? If not, from what source did I borrow this lesson?

This is the lesson my cooperating teacher would have been teaching this week.

Subject Area (s)Science

Grade Level2nd grade

Curriculum Standards

2-2.5. Illustrate the various life cycles of animals (including birth and stages of development).

Description and Background Information

Describe the lesson’s activities and content to provide a clear overview of the lesson.

The teacher will read the story entitled, The Life Cycle of a Butterfly, as the hook of the lesson.The teacher will ask the students, “When animals go through change, what is it called?”The teacher will place pictures of a beetle’s life cycle on the Lumens with the correct stage names and discuss with the students the life cycle. The teacher will give the students a worksheet on the life cycle of a butterfly and go through the life cycle step by step.Questions will be asked such as, “What is it called when animals go through different stages or do animals change or remain the same when going from stage to stage?”The students will complete a foldable on the life cycle of a butterfly showing the four stages and writing a sentence with an illustration about the stage.The teacher will conclude the lesson by discussing life cycles and how all animals go through a life cycle. The teacher will wrap up the lesson by instructing the students to go home and discuss with his or her parents what they learned about life cycles.The students will complete an assessment on animal life cycles.

Lesson Objectives What will students be able to do at the conclusion of this lesson? Make sure that your objective(s) are measurable.

The students will be able to illustrate various life cycles of animals with 80% accuracy.

Varying Objectives for Individuals Needs

How will I vary these objectives for students who do not understand the material?How will I vary these objectives for students who have already mastered the concept?How will I vary these objectives for students who are presently learning English?

For students who do not understand the material, the teacher will work with those students individually on animal life cycles.

For students who have already mastered the concept, the teacher will give them more animal life cycles for practice or help some other students.

For students who are presently learning English, the teacher will send the material to the TESOL teacher to work

with them or allow them to listen to the information on the computer.

Statement of Purpose

Why is it important for the students to learn this content?

It is important for students to learn this content to know about the life cycles of animals. They have to understand that all animals go through a life cycle. Animals have to go through stages for a complete life cycle.

Materials and Resources

What materials and supplies are needed to help your students achieve the stated objectives? What will the teacher need? What will the students need? What other resources are needed? Will you use resource speakers?

The teacher will use the Lumens, www.discoveryeducation.com, and the story entitled, The Life Cycle of a Butterfly. The students will need pencils, science journals, foldable, a worksheet, and crayons.

Anticipatory Set What will you do to motivate the students and get their attention? What is the “hook” that will serve as a focus for the lesson’s activities?

The teacher will read the story entitled, The Life Cycle of a Butterfly, as the hook of the lesson.

Part II: IMPLEMENTATION

Pre-assessmentHow will I find out what students already know about this topic?

The teacher will ask the students, “When animals go through change, what is it called?”

Teacher Modeling or Demonstration

What will I do to show students what is expected?

The teacher will place pictures of a beetle’s life cycle on the Lumens with the correct stage names and discuss with the students the life cycle.

Guided PracticeWhat will we do together as they learn how to succeed at the new task?

The teacher will give the students a worksheet on the life cycle of a butterfly and go through the life cycle step by step.

Checking for UnderstandingWhat questions will you ask to determine if students understand so far? What techniques or strategies will be used to determine if students understand so far?

Questions will be asked such as, “What is it called when animals go through different stages or do animals change or remain the same when going from stage to stage?”

Independent Practice

What will students do by themselves to show that they have internalized the knowledge?

The students will complete a foldable on the life cycle of a butterfly showing the four stages and writing a sentence with an illustration about the stage.

ClosureHow will I conclude the lesson and relate it to future experiences? How will you wrap up the lesson to reinforce concepts taught during the lesson?

The teacher will conclude the lesson by discussing life cycles and how all animals go through a life cycle. The teacher will wrap up the lesson by instructing the students to go home and discuss with his or her parents what they learned about life cycles.

Assessment(attach to lesson plan)

What will students do to demonstrate what they have learned?

The students will complete an assessment on animal life cycles.

Extension ActivitiesWhat can students do at home or in the classroom to apply the knowledge or skills? How could you use your colleagues or community agencies to improve student performance?

The students can research at home other animal life cycles. Colleagues or community agencies can improve student performance by visiting the classroom to discuss animal life cycles. A veterinarian could possibly come in to talk to the students about animal life cycles.

Technology

How will you use technology to assist students with learning the concepts? What technology will you use to enhance the delivery and comprehension of your content?The teacher Lumens will be used in helping learn the concepts. The website, www.discoveryeducation.com, will be used to enhance the delivery of the concept.

Connection Across the Curriculum

How will you connect this lesson with other content areas across the curriculum?

The Arts: The students can draw and color life cycles of different animals.

Health: The students can discuss which things animals need in each stage of the life cycle to be healthy.

Physical Education: The students can stand up to stretch in between the lesson with the teacher’s permission.

Math:The students can discuss the number of weeks each stage of the life cycle takes.

Social Studies:The students can discuss how people can change in your community when someone has a new baby or someone dies.

English Language Arts: The students can choose an animal life cycle to write about.

PART III: REFLECTION

Strengths

Describe the strengths of your instructional techniques, strategies and classroom management.Describe the strengths of student engagement.

The students were very engaged in this lesson and they enjoyed learning about life cycles. One strength is that the students brought books from the library pertaining to life cycles and I allowed them to read them to class. This made me feel good because they were excited to learn about life cycles.

Weaknesses

Describe the weaknesses of your instructional techniques, strategies and classroom management. Describe the weaknesses of student engagement.

This lesson went very well and I did not detect any weaknesses.

Suggestions for Improvement

What would you change when teaching this lesson again?

When teaching this lesson again, I would make a project out of it. I would have the students to choose an animal and draw its life cycle with labels on a poster board.

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