USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content:

K
Language Arts
What Standards (national
or state) relate to this
lesson?
(You should include ALL
applicable standards. Rarely
do teachers use just one:
theyd never get through
them all.)
Essential Understanding
(What is the big idea or
essential question that you
want students to come away
with? In other words, what,
aside from the standard and
our objective, will students
understand when they finish
this lesson?)

Objectives- What are you

teaching?
(Student-centered: What will
students know and be able to
do after this lesson? Include
the ABCDs of objectives:
action, behavior, condition,
and degree of mastery, i.e.,
"C: Given a sentence written
in the past or present tense,
A: the student B: will be able
to re-write the sentence in
future tense D: with no errors
in tense or tense contradiction

Name: Nichole Carter

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Date of Lesson:
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04/06/2015

Lesson Content
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.10 - actively engage in group reading activities with purpose
and understanding.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.4 - with prompting and support, ask and answer questions
about unknown words in a text.

What details about an animal can help you to learn if they are oviparous or not?

After reading a text and participating in a question game, students will be able to decide
if an animal is considered oviparous or not with reasoning.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content:
K
Language Arts

Name: Nichole Carter

Group Size:
Date of Lesson:
14
04/06/2015

(i.e., I will see her

yesterday.)."
Note: Degree of mastery does
not need to be a percentage.)
Rationale
Address the following
questions:
Why are you teaching this
objective?
Where does this lesson fit
within a larger plan?
Why are you teaching it
this way?
Why is it important for
students to learn this
concept?
Evaluation Plan- How will
you know students have
mastered your objectives?

I am teaching this objective because it is not only important for students to know the way
humans are born, but to learn about the other possible ways of childbirth from all
animals. The students are currently learning about organisms that are live birth, born
from an egg and organisms born from a seed. This lesson is taking a closer look at the
oviparous animals. I have incorporated a craft activity for the students so that they are
able to think outside the text and figure out if a selected animal is oviparous and use that
animal in their craft. This concept is important to learn so that students have a common
understanding of the possible ways animals are born.

The students will be assessed in a questionnaire game through PowerPoint and will have
to choose an oviparous animal to use in their craft. Majority of this work will be done
independently, but this leaves a lot of room for classroom discussions on oviparous
animals.

Address the following:

What formative evidence
will you use to document
student learning during
this lesson?
What summative evidence
will you collect, either
during this lesson or in
upcoming lessons?
What Content Knowledge
is necessary for a teacher
to teach this material?

Vocabulary:
Oviparous - are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development
within the mother.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content:
K
Language Arts

Name: Nichole Carter

Group Size:
Date of Lesson:
14
04/06/2015

Viviparous - are animals that give live birth after developing inside the mother.

What background
knowledge is necessary for
a student to successfully
meet these objectives?
How will you ensure
students have this
previous knowledge?
Who are your learners?
What do you know about
them?
What do you know about
their readiness for this
content?
What misconceptions
might students have about
this content?

The students will need to know the term oviparous and have some outside experiences
with other animals. After reading the text, I will ask students if they have ever seen an
egg laid by an animal and this will let me know how much experience the students have
with this subject. I have 14 students in my class, and one student is very low and has
almost no comprehension skills when we read together. I believe the rest of the class is
very much ready to learn this concept and have had conversations in the past that let me
know they have heard of some material.

Students may believe that all reptiles and fish are oviparous, but there are a few of each
that birth live young.
Reptiles that are viviparous (bear live young)
- Chameleon
- Horned lizard
Fish that are viviparous (bear live young)
- Sharks
- Stingrays

Lesson Implementation

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content:
K
Language Arts
Teaching Methods
(What teaching method(s) will
you use during this lesson?
Examples include guided
release, 5 Es, direct
instruction, lecture,
demonstration, partner word,
etc.)

Step-by-Step Plan
(What exactly do you plan to
do in teaching this lesson? Be
thorough. Act as if you needed
a substitute to carry out the
lesson for you.)
Where applicable, be sure to
address the following:
What Higher Order
Thinking (H.O.T.) questions
will you ask?
How will materials be
distributed?
Who will work together in
groups and how will you
determine the grouping?
How will students
transition between
activities?

Time

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Whole group reading

Whole group discussion
Turn and talk discussion
Demonstration
Independent work

Who is
responsibl
e (Teacher
or
Students)?

Each content area may require a different step-by-step format. Use

whichever plan is appropriate for the content taught in this lesson.
For example, in science, you would detail the 5 Es here
(Engage/Encountering the Idea; Exploring the Idea;
Explanation/Organizing the Idea; Extend/Applying the Idea;
Evaluation).
1. Gather students to carpet.
2. Read Chickens Arent the Other Ones
3. Ask students questions about animals that lay eggs. (Have
you ever seen an animal egg, where? What kind of animal?)
4. Have students turn and talk about animals they know lay
eggs and which do not.
5. Come back together and build a T-chart of animals.
6. Play the Oviparous or not? Game.
7. Example craft activity and show example.
8. Release students to work independently.
9. Circle students to ensure correct choices of animals to use.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content:
K
Language Arts
What will you as the
teacher do?
What will the students do?
What student data will be
collected during each
phase?
What are other adults in
the room doing? How are
they supporting students
learning?
What model of co-teaching
are you using?
What will you do if

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a student struggles with the content?

If the student cannot think of any animals that do lay eggs, encourage the student to
explore the National Geographic books we have on all types of animals.

What will you do if

a student masters the content quickly?

Challenge the student to decide if an animals environment has anything to do with its
birthing style.

Meeting your students

needs as people and as
learners

If applicable, how does this lesson connect to the interests and cultural
backgrounds of your students?
A student of mine actually owns chickens and frequently talks about them in class, so she
has firsthand experience with the eggs.
If applicable, how does this lesson connect to/reflect the local community?
Living in Florida, students possibly know more information about the marine life and
reptiles than students in other states and would be interested to know how their babies
are born.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content:
K
Language Arts

Name: Nichole Carter

Group Size:
Date of Lesson:
14
04/06/2015

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
challenge during this lesson (enrichment)?
To enrich the lesson, I could introduce the idea of ovoviviparous animals, which are
animals who have eggs in their bodies but the eggs hatch inside and the baby is born as
a live young.

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
language support?
We use a lot of pictures and illustrations in kindergarten and we encourage students who
need language support to express themselves in pictures as well. Students may draw or
act out an animal to communicate.

Accommodations (If
needed)
(What students need specific
accommodation? List
individual students (initials),
and then explain the
accommodation(s) you will
implement for these unique
learners.)
Materials
(What materials will you use?
Why did you choose these
materials? Include any

CS Will participate in whole group reading and conversations, but will continue working
on his letter recognition skills with Mrs. Ebner while the class completes the craft.

Chickens Arent the Only One book

White board
Colored egg paper
Oviparous egg cutout

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content:
K
Language Arts
resources you used. This can
also include people!)

PowerPoint game

Name: Nichole Carter

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Date of Lesson:
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04/06/2015