STEPP Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Brianna Rumley Date:2/21/14

School: Boltz Middle School Grade /Level: 6/ !"loration# $ontent %rea:
S"ani#h
Title: &eather 'oreca#t# Le##on (: 4
Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards directly from the
standard)
1) $ommunication# in lan*ua*e# other than n*li#h)
+) $onnection# to other di#ci"line#)
4) $om"ari#on# to Develo" ,n#i*ht into the -ature o. Lan*ua*e and $ulture
Understandings: (Big Ideas)
&eather i# an im"ortant "art o. any culture) ,t hel"# to determine /hat 0ind# o. activitie# /e can
do) -atural di#a#ter# al#o can determine ho/ /e live) Latitude and altitude hel" to determine
tem"erature)
Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating no!ledge at end of the unit of instruction"
select a##lica$le questions from standard)
1o/ do /e tal0 a2out /eather3
1o/ doe# /eather in $olorado di..er .rom /eather in Latin %merica3
&hat ha""en# to the tem"erature /hen /e *et clo#er to the e4uator3
1o/ /ould you live di..erently i. you had to deal /ith natural di#a#ter# on a re*ular 2a#i#3
Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)
Every student will be able to: (Create your o!n lesson o$%ecti&es from the standard" follo!
the 'BC( format)
Student# /ill 2e a2le to de#cri2e the /eather in $olorado or in their country in Latin %merica)
Student# /ill 2e a2le to com"are and contra#t the /eather in $olorado and in countrie# in Latin
%merica)
ssessment o! Evidence Outcomes: ()o! !ill you assess the selected lesson o$%ecti&es
(general e*#lanation" you !ill go into more detail at the end of the lesson #lan)
By the end o. cla##5 the #tudent# need to 2e a2le to de#cri2e the /eather in their countrie# in a
/eather re"ort *ivin* a variety accurate tem"erature#5 and condition#)
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"lanned #esson ctivities
ctivity $ame Should $e a creati&e title for you and the children to associate !ith the acti&ity+
&eather 'oreca#t
%%ro&' (ime )o! long do you e*#ect the acti&ity to last,
67 Minute#
ntici%atory Set The -hoo. to gra$ students/ attention+ These are actions and statements $y the teacher to relate the e*#eriences of the
students to the o$%ecti&es of the lesson" To #ut students into a rece#ti&e frame of mind+
To focus student attention on the lesson+
To create an organi0ing frame!or for the ideas" #rinci#les" or information that is to follo! (ad&anced organi0ers)
'n antici#atory set is used any time a different acti&ity or ne! conce#t is to $e introduced+
, /ill "lay video# o. natural di#a#ter# in Latin %merica)
(eaching)
"resentation:
((irect Instruction)
(Select the most
a##ro#riate model
for teaching" direct
instruction is a
$asic e*am#le)
Includes1 In#ut" 2odeling and Checing for 3nderstanding
4+ In#ut1 The teacher #ro&ides information needed for the students to gain the no!ledge through lecture" film" etc+
5+ 2odeling1 6nce the material has $een #resented" the teacher uses it to sho! students e*am#les of !hat is
e*#ected as an end #roduct of their !or+ The critical as#ects are e*#lained through la$eling" categori0ing"
com#aring" summari0ing" etc+
7+ Checing for 3nderstanding1 (etermination of !hether students ha&e -got it. $efore mo&ing on+ It is essential that
the students #ractice doing it right so the teacher must no! that the students understood $efore #roceeding to
#ractice+ If there is any dou$t that the class has not understood" the conce#t or sill should $e retaught $efore
#ractice $egins+
8+ 9uestioning Strategies1 3tili0ing the Bloom/s Ta*onomy of Educational 6$%ecti&es: 9uestions should #rogress
from the lo!est to the highest of the si* le&els of the cogniti&e domain (no!ledge" com#rehension" a##lication"
analysis" synthesis and e&aluation)
1) , /ill revie/ the 8DD /ith them5 com"arin* /eather in S"ain /ith -icara*ua and a#0in* *uidin*
4ue#tion#)
2) , /ill then a#0 them #everal 4ue#tion# a2out /eather in their o/n countrie#)
+) Durin* the activity5 , /ill a#0 the #tudent# to tran#late5 a#0 them to #ay de#cri2e the /eather in
S"ani#h and ma0e "rediction#)
4) , /ill a#0 the #tudent# to re"eat /eather term# in S"ani#h) Then /hen havin* them de#cri2e the
ma"# and "oint out any noticin*#) , /ill have them de#cri2e #imilar /eather area# and loo0 .or
"attern#) , /ill al#o a#0 the #tudent# ho/ they can a""ly /hat /e9ve learned to ma0e a .oreca#t and
ho/ the /eather here i# di..erent .rom in their countrie# and ho/ it chan*e# their li.e#tyle#)
(eaching
Strategy: (;uided
Practice)
'n o##ortunity for each student to demonstrate gras# of ne! learning $y !oring through an acti&ity or e*ercise under
the teacher/s su#er&ision+ The teacher mo&es around the room to determine le&el of mastery and to #ro&ide indi&idual
remediation as need+ (Praise" Prom#t" and Lea&e)
%.ter /e have .ini#hed the "re#entation /ith the video# and the ma"#5 , /ill have them 2e*in their a##e##ment
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/hile , /ill /al0 around the room and chec0 .or under#tandin*)
(eaching
Strategy:
(Inde#endent
Practice)
(This may not come immediately follo!ing each lesson)
6nce students ha&e mastered the content or sill" it is time to #ro&ide for reinforcement #ractice+ It is #ro&ided on a
re#eating schedule so that the learning is not forgotten+ It may $e home!or or indi&idual !or in class+ It can $e utili0ed
as an element in a su$sequent #ro%ect+ It should #ro&ide for rele&ant situation<not only the conte*t in !hich it !as
originally learned+
,nde"endent "ractice /ill 2e their .oreca#t at home i. they have not .ini#hed in cla##)
Closure Those actions or statements $y a teacher that are designed to $ring a lesson #resentation to an a##ro#riate conclusion+
3sed to hel# students $ring things together in their o!n minds" to mae sense out of !hat has %ust $een taught+ -'ny
9uestions, =o+ 6>" let/s mo&e on. is not closure+ Closure is used1
To cue students to the fact that they ha&e arri&ed at an im#ortant #oint in the lesson or the end of a lesson+
To hel# organi0e student learning
To hel# form a coherent #icture and to consolidate+
%t the end o. cla##5 , /ill remind the #tudent# o. the im"ortance o. /eather and ho/ it truly can #ha"e our live#)
*aterials What do you need to do the acti&ity,
Smart2oard5 video#5 .oreca#t /or0#heet#)
+i!!erentiation To modify1 If the acti&ity is too ad&anced for a child" ho! !ill you modify it so that they can $e successful,
To e*tend1 If the acti&ity is too easy for a child" ho! !ill you e*tend it to de&elo# their emerging sills,
To modify: ,. the activity i# too hard5 , can limit their term# re4uired on the #heet and "rovide additional aid or
let them u#e the net2oo0# to chec0 the tem"erature#) , can al#o have the /eather "hra#e already "rovided
and have them dra/ the "icture to re"re#ent it)
To extend: ,. the activity i# too #im"le5 , can a#0 the #tudent to u#e $el#iu# in#tead o. 'ahrenheit and a#0
them to u#e a lar*er variety o. /eather term#)
ssessment )o! !ill you record the child/s challenges and successes !ith this acti&ity, (E&en if this is !ritten !ithin your lesson #lan"
s#ecifically state it here+ )o! !ill you no! the students ha&e met the o$%ecti&e, 'ttach a co#y if a##lica$le+)
, /ill a#0 a lot o. 4ue#tion# and mea#ure their re#"on#e# a# a cla## 2ut al#o individually /hile /al0in* .rom
*rou" to *rou") Their /eather re"ort /ill re4uire them to u#e di..erent /eather ty"e# and al#o "rovide accurate
tem"erature# and /eather# .rom their countrie# 2y u#in* /hat /e have connected .rom *eo*ra"hy)
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"ost #esson ,e!lection
1) (o what e&tent were lesson ob-ectives achieved. (3tili0e assessment data
to %ustify your le&el of achie&ement)
(he students met the ob-ectives in regards to using the correct weather %hrases/
however they need more assistance with the tem%erature' (hey need additional
clari!ication on normal ranges Celsius'
0' 1hat changes/ omissions/ or additions to the lesson would you ma2e i!
you were to teach again.
I would add more %ractice with tem%erature conversion'
+) 1hat do you envision !or the ne&t lesson. (Continued #ractice" reteach
content" etc+)
I %lan to reteach tem%eratures and allow students to edit their 3 day !orecast'
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