HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
Teacher Name : Renee etterau Subject : Scence Start Date(s): November Grade Level (s): 4 Buldng :Drums Unt Plan Unt Ttle: an educatonal unt ttle summarzes content across several lessons that establshes and renforces certan sklls and essental knowledge for grade levels and content areas. Lfe Cycles and Heredty Essental Questons: Essental questons are concept n the form of questons. Questons suggest nqury. Essental questons are organzers and set the focus for the lesson or unt. Essental questons are ntators of creatve and crtcal thnkng. Essental questons are conceptual commtments focusng on key concepts mplct n the currculum hat s complete and ncomplete metamorphoss? hat s a plant lfecycle? Anmal lfecycle? Can you descrbe the lfe cycle of a grasshopper, chcken, frog, flowerng plant? hat s the lfespan of a plant or anmal? How does the sze of an organsm determne ts lfe span? hat are the parts of a flower? Descrbe the lfe cycle of a mealworm hat are nherted trats? hat are envronmental trats? hy do baby anmals look lke ther parents? hat s the meanng of behavor? hat s the dfference between nherted (nstnct) and learned behavor? Standards: PA Core Standards, PA Academc Standards/Anchors (based on subject) S 4 A... Observe natural phenomenon (eg: weather changes, length of daylght/nght, movement of shadows, anmal mgraton, growth of plants) Record observatons and then make a predcton based on those observatons. S4 A...4 State a concluson that s consstent wth the nformaton/data S4 A.. Identfy and descrbe observable patterns (eg. Growth patterns n plants, weather, water cycle) S 4 B...5 Descrbe the lfe cycles of dfferent organsms (eg. Moth, grasshopper, frog, and seed producng plant) S 4 B.. Identfy physcal characterstcs (eg. Heght, har color, eye color, attached earlobes, ablty to roll tongue), that appear n both parents and could be passed to offsprng.
Groupng CC..4.A Determne the man dea of a text and explan how t s supported by key detals. Summarze the text. CC..4.6 Interpret varous presentatons of nformaton wthn the text or dgtal source and explan how the nformaton contrbutes to an understandng of text n whch t appears. CC..4.L Read and comprehend lterary non fcton and nformatonal text on grade level, readng ndependently and profcently. Summatve Unt Assessment : Summatve Assessment Objectve Students wll-demonstrate and understandng of anmal and plant lfe cycles. Students wll understand concepts and vocabulary about heredty and behavors. Assessment Method (check one) Rubrc Checklst X Unt Test Group Student Self-Assessment Other (explan) DAILY PLAN Day Objectve (s) DOK LEVEL Actvtes / Teachng Strateges Materals / Resources Assessment of Objectve (s) Students wll-defne lfe cycle s after readng nformatonal text and vewng a powerpont. Students wll draw and label the lfe cycle of a plant usng a flow chart. Read text A64-67 scence text Vew powerpont lfe cycle Defne vocab n notebook: lfe cycle, embryo, germnate, lfe span Slent read of text Answer questons ndependently A67 Create drawng of flower parts Draw plant lfe cycle n notebook Vew posters of varous lfe cycles orksheet 7 book Studygude page 7 as homework graded Bll nye lfe cycles Formatve- dagram Summatve- Students wll-create a chart along wth a lst of questons about mealworms that wll contnue through weekly montorng. Show lve mealworms Create KL chart pror to readng packets makng predctons about them Read packets on darklng beetles Fll n the L and lst questons n secton of chart Read A69 and create chart n notebook to s Oatmeal Mealworms 4 contaners Potatoes Handouts text Formatve- Summatve-
chart weekly changes on mealworm Students wll-compare and contrast lfe cycles of an allgator, an nsect and a brd on a flow chart to dentfy the lkes and dfferences. Students wll apply concepts learned to create a narratve of a lfe cycle they have experenced example: pets, plants, sblngs Students wll read to understand the dfferent ways anmals are born and develop. powerpont on anmal lfe cycles read text A70-7 defne : adult, egg, larva nymph,metamorphoss, ncomplete metamorphoss watch vdeo clps on metamorphoss draw dagrams of nsects: complete- moth, mosquto, flea, mealworm, butterfly, beetle, ant ncomplete- grasshopper, cockroach, damselfly, prayng mants, crcket, termte, katydd n T chart format. # worksheet 4-5 as graded h.w, notebook, vdeo on nsects from lbrary, powerpont and youtube vdeos, Studes weekly Bll nye -flowers and plants Formatve- Summatve- 4 5 Students wll- vdeo on nsects Questons A7 n notebook orksheet 8 as homework wrte about lst vocab related to metamorphoss, draw complete and ncomplete metamorphoss, wrte paragraph descrbng each Students wll-categorze questons Slent read A70-7 nto groups of lfe cycle or lfe rte categores Lfe Cycle and Lfe span n teams to revew wth Span on board. class. Students work n teams of to create questons for each category from nfo on pgs 70-7 Answer questons as a group to share Study gude Students wll-nvestgate through Use scence weekly fve centers use of centers the lfe cycles of Dvde nto 5 groups usng stcks plants and anmals rte answers nto notebooks Scence weekly magazne Test on Plant and Anmal lfe cycles S S w rte about worksheet orksheet 7-8 Youtube vdeos Lbrary vdeo on nsects s Centers from scence weekly 5 Test Formatve- Summatve- Quz Lfe cycles Formatve-partners post t out the door what I learned Summatve- Formatve- Unt test Summatve- Student Self - Assessment-unt centers ndependent answers 6 Students wll ntervew famly members to dscover that lvng thngs nhert trats from ther famly. Students wll understand the vocabulary and concepts related to nherted trats. Read pages 78-8 Show pctures of famles Notes on vocabulary related to heredty n notebook heredty, nhert, trat, offsprng, nherted trat, envronmental trat, physcal characterstc, reproducton, Pctures notebook
7 8 Students wll lst the man dea and supportng detals after slently re readng a passage about heredty. Students wll compare nherted behavor to learned behavor. Students wll lst the man dea and supportng detals after slently re readng a passage about behavors. Students can draw self portrat and label trats from parents orksheet 6-7 studygude A graded h.w Questons A8 Students wll revew man dea and vocab Lst Human Trat nventory by lstng varous trats n notebooks: tongue roll, attached earlobe, dmples, rght handed, wdows peak, left thumb on top when hands folded, second toe longer than bg toe, Vulcan fnger, htchhker thumb Students record frends wth sgnatures on each trat Revew and make graphs n notebooks Heredty ntervew for homework Read text 00-04 Copy vocab on behavor: behavor, nherted behavor, nstnct, learned behavor, reflex, hbernate, mgrate orksheet 0 Play Genetc Trats Scoot Check answers Revew game for test 04 I Note book, text, worksheets Scoot cards and answer sheet notebook Formatve assessment- worksheet on heredty Formatve scoot Summatve Unt test on heredty