Lesson Plan

Lesson One Day One

Daily Topic: Rainforests, Science
Common Core Standards
Describe the differences between plants and animals (LS-E-A1)
Identify what animals and plants need to grow and develop (LS-E-A1)

Objectives - Have students individually be creative and create their own tiers of the
rainforest diagram.
Procedures:
List the order of your activities
1. TTW introduce the Rainforest Unit to the classroom
2. TTW go over with students what activities are happening in class regarding
rainforests.
3. Following intro to rainforest TTW use a YouTube video to introduce the layers
of the rainforest, what they are called, and which animals live in which layer,
what happens in each layer.
4. TLW go into KidPix and have them draw in KidPix their own diagram of the
layers of the rainforest. Demonstrate this
5. TTW have a overhead board on and have a checklist of what is to be included
in the KidPix.
Link to the YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/05_UchuANTQ
This is an example of what it should relatively look like.
http://learncreatelove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rflayers.png
Materials: computer, workbook/textbook, printer, mouse
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction:
Resource Student: Teacher will be present for accommodations this student
may have.
Non-Native English Speaker: ESL teacher will be contacted for event of lesson.

Gifted Student: Will be given additional work on KidPix. They will have to define
the life cycle in the rainforest and draw that in KidPix also.

Evaluation:
CATEGORY Weight for Each Category 4

Labels

X2 (up to 8 points available)

Every item
that needs to
be identified
has a label. It
is clear which
label goes
with which
structure.

Almost all
items (90%)
that need to
be identified
have labels.
It is clear
which label
goes with
which
structure.

Most items
(75-89%) that
need to be
identified
have labels.
It is clear
which label
goes with
which
structure.

Less than
75% of the
items that
need to be
identified
have labels
OR it is not
clear which
label goes
with with
item.

Title

X1 (up to 4 pts available)

Title is
informative,
centered, and
larger than
other text.

Title is
informative
and larger
than other
text.

Title is
informative
and
centered.

The title is
incomplete
and does not
clearly
indicate what
organism is
pictured.

Knowledge
Gained

X3 (up to 12 points available)

When asked
about 10
items in an
unlabeled
drawing of the
same plant or
animal, the
student can
identify all of
them
accurately.

When asked
about 10
items in an
unlabeled
drawing of
the same
plant or
animal, the
student can
identify 8-9 of
them
accurately.

When asked
about 10
items in an
unlabeled
drawing of
the same
plant or
animal, the
student can
identify 6-7 of
them
accurately.

When asked
about 10
items in an
unlabeled
drawing of
the same
plant or
animal, the
student can
identify 5 or
less of them
accurately.