Common Core Lesson Planner

Grade Level: 2nd Teacher: Rachel Suason

Subject: Science Topic: Animal’s Habitat, Climate, Diet
Select grade level appropriate standards:
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Common Core
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or
and Content
information presented orally or through other media.
Standard(s)
2 What materials and resources will you and the students need for the lesson?
Materials/  http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3758.html Readers Theater Script by Lisa Booker
Resources/  Art supplies
Lesson  Ipad/Computer Lab
Preparation  http://a-z-animals.com/ Research website
 Research Worksheet

What should students know and be able to do after the lesson?

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Objective(s)  Students will be able to complete research to determine their endangered animals needs of
habitat, food and climate and complete a worksheet.
 Students will be able to identify how animals’ habitats affect them positively or negatively.

Level 1: Recall Level 2: Skill/Concept

Level 3: Strategic Thinking Level 4: Extended Thinking

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Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:
Webb’s Depth of
Knowledge Level Level 1 They will write the meaning of the vocabulary words and recall the meaning.
Level 2: Describe the positive or negative effects of a particular event to the animals’ habitat
Level 3: Identify research questions and find appropriate solution to activity.

Demonstrating independence Building strong content knowledge

Responding to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline

5 Comprehending as well as critiquing Valuing evidence

College and Using technology and digital media strategically and capably
Career Ready Coming to understand other perspectives and cultures
Skills

Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

 Responding to varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline - students will evaluate
each other’s’ group performances.
 Building strong content knowledge – through the poem they will be able to know the basic term.

Communication Collaboration Critical Thinking Creativity

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Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:
21st Century
Skills
 Communication – Students will be able to train in expressing their ideas clearly, both in oral and
written forms through sharing what they’ve learn in class.

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

  Collaboration – All members of the group will participate as they perform their reader’s theater
script, sharing ideas on how they can make it entertaining.

Lesson Delivery

Identify vocabulary and key terms that are important for students to know to understand the lesson:
7 Habitat – Where humans or animals live.
Vocabulary/Key Climate – A kind of weather, like sunny or cold.
Terms
Diet – What humans or animals eat.

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Differentiated
Describe how you will adapt your lesson for the following learners:
Instruction
 English Learners
Students will be given ample time to complete tasks. Others will serve in other capacities if Readers
Theater script work is too difficult. i.e. Director, Video monitor, etc.

 Special Needs ADHD

Allow students to sit with the group and closely monitor to keep on task.

 Accelerated (Gifted/Talented)
Allow early finishers of the mask to research on their animal or allow them to illustrate their narrative.
During guided practice for early finishers, ask these students to write their own scenario using the
stated requirements.

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Assessments
Describe at least TWO different types of formal or informal assessments you will use during your lesson to
check for student learning:

Formative During the guided practice, informal assessment will be done by the teacher as she works with
small groups monitoring conversations and reading of scripts. Discussions regarding relevance to their
animal projects will be assessed as well.

Summative: Complete research worksheet on their animal’s habitat, climate and food consumption.

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Lesson Delivery
Prior Knowledge, Context, and Motivation (How will you connect the beginning of the lesson to what
students already know and/or motivate them to learn about the topic?)

 CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or
information presented orally or through other media.
 Ask the students who their favorite actors or actresses are. Then tell them my favorites are Sandra
Bullock and Keanu Reeves.

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 Describe each step of the lesson
Teacher will… Students will…

1. Introduce activity by telling the class that

1. Listen quietly and attentively to the
they will be performing like they are on a
teacher
TV show and they will be actors or
actresses performing Reader’s Theater for
the week. The name of the script is “Do you
live in a nest?” They will be asked to think
about their endangered species project and
think about where they live, is it hot or cold
and what they eat. They will continue to do
the research after the Reader’s Theater

2. Ask if someone knows what a habitat is, a

climate and diet. Clarify or validate their 2. Answer the assessment questions orally
answer by telling them the meaning of the and take notes of the vocabulary words
three words by showing it on the projector. and its meaning. Share in the discussion.

3. Distribute the script and once everyone has

their copy reads the script and model 3. Repeat how the teacher reads the script.
overemphasizing parts of the script.

4. Teacher will go have the students count one

to seven representing the seven animals in
the script. Give them 20 minutes to go over
the script.
4. Go to their respective groups and choose
their leader then practice the script.
After the given time, they will read them
in front of the class in their assigned
group.

5. As other students to assess their 5. Evaluate the other groups’ performance

performance for things they need to by pointing out their strength and telling
improve. them what needs to be improved.

Day 2
6. Have students create masks for their 6. Create their masks by group.
animals in the play.

7. Have them rehearse parts for 15 minutes 7. Rehearse their parts as they include
and remind them to be the animal, sound creativity in their delivery.
like the animal, and act like the animal.
Encourage them to have fun with the
script.

8. Have students perform the script in 8. Present their script in front of the class.
front of the class for their final
performance.

9. Give the research worksheet for the
students to fill out.
10. Perform a survey and chart answers on
the board about the students’ favorite
weather, type of food they like and
where they live.
9. Research about their animals’ habitat,
climate and eating habits individually
using their computer. Then after 20
minutes Think-Pair-Share findings with
their partner.

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)