S+4.2.3+Lesson+1

= LESSON PLAN = created by:Kaitlyn Hook- Westmore Elementary

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard 4 Objective 2.3- Describe and model life cycles of living things.

__Student learning objective__:
Students will identify, understand and model the life cycle of living things. i.e. butterflies, frogs, chickens, beans, and or pumpkins.

__Materials needed__:
//How to Grow a Sunflower//- Rigby Big Book Video- from UEN Media- on the life cycle of a plant or animal of teacher choice:)

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
During a shared reading time you can integrate by doing the Rigby lesson- //How to Grow a Sunflower// big book. Talk about how living things just like this sunflower grow and change through the life cycle. They go through different stages in their lives and this is called a life cycle.

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Do a interactive write with the students by mapping out on a chart the different life stages of a sunflower during the life cycle. Use the big book as a reference. You can create a simple graphic organizer with boxes for the different stages.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Then, explain that the students were now going investigate like scientist to see the different stages in a life cycle. They are going to watch a video on the life cycle of an animal or a plant (teacher choice) and they are going to have to investigate to map out the life cycle of the animal with their science group/partner using the same graphic organizer. They need to draw pictures to model the different stages in the life cycle of the animal/plant. -Big World of Insects, Spider and Bugs: Processionary Caterpillars and Peacock Butterflies - Reading Rainbow: The life cycle of the Honeybee -Disney's Animal World- This is another great series on animals:) -There is also a image of a life cycle of a fish that could be shown. This is the link to the Reading Rainbow: The life Cycle of the Honeybee and the Butterfly life cycle [|Honey Bee Movie] [|Butterfly life cycle]
 * The videos are on UEN Media, this is an incredible resource for teachers. In the search box type in "life cycle" and many GREAT clips become available to you! The videos I would recommend are:

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Assess the groups as they fill in the graphic organizer of the animals life cycle. Use the finished graphic organizer to assess if the students were able to investigate and identify, describe and model the life cycle of the animal and or plant.