S4.1.1+Lesson+1

= LESSON PLAN = created by: Denise Welcker, Jen Rasband, Rachel Campbell and Lyndee Schowengerdt (Legacy Elementary)

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard 4/Objective 1.1 and Objective 1.2 Student will be able to communicate observations and the similarities and differences between offspring and between populations.

__Student learning objective__:
Student will be able to communicate observations about plants and animals including humans, and how they resemble their parents

__Materials needed__:
__Animal Babies__ (Rigby Literacy By Design) Family Picture from home (teacher and students) Pencil (each student) Clipboard (each student) Paper to record observations (each student) 2 different varieties of apples (example: red, green-about 3 of each kind) knife magnifying glasses Chart paper divided into 3 categories (animals, plants, humans) Vocabulary words on a word strip (population, similarities, differences) Note home asking for family photo __From Seed to Pumpkin__

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Day 1:

Introduce vocabulary words on a word strip (population, similarities, differences) and explain that these words will help us determine the similarities and differences between plants, animals and humans.

Read aloud __Animal Babies__ and point out the characteristics of babies and their parents. Then compare animal babies to human babies. Talk about the characteristics that are the same and different. Record on chart paper the similarities and differences between animal populations.


 * Send home note for family photo

Day 2:

Read __From Seed to Pumpkin__ then explain how seeds turn into the type of plant their parents are. Give examples of parents and offspring (apple tee, apple).

Day 3:

Show your own family photo and discuss the similarities and differences and show students how to record this data on a clipboard.

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Day 2:

Students will investigate the relationship of seeds to apples by dissecting the apple and observing the seeds with magnifying glasses. Then come together as a class and discuss and record similarities and differences on the chart paper between the two different kinds of apples.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Day 3:

Come to rug and review vocabulary words and explain activity

Activity: Students will place their family photo on their desk, get a clipboard and a pencil and starting with their own students will record differences and similarities on the clipboard. Students will continue to walk around and look at the other family photos and record their observations.

Come together and discuss what we've learned over the last few days, reviewing the chart paper. Then have students record the three vocabulary words in their journals.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Students can communicate the words population, similarities and differences in their vocabulary journals and also turn in their recorded observations of family photos.