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Date: 11/13/15
Coop. Initials
Section
STANDARD:
I. Performance Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
3.1.3.A3 Illustrate how plants and animals go through predictable life cycles that
include birth, growth, development, reproduction, and death.
II. Instructional Materials
Cards of the different stages of a ladybug lifecycle
Device to record students singing song
computers
III. Subject Matter/Content (prerequisite skills, key vocabulary, big idea, outline of
additional content)
A. Prerequisite skills
1) Fine motor skills
B. Key Vocabulary
1) Life cycle/ stages
a. Egg- first stage in ladybug lifecycle
b. Larva-second stage in ladybug lifecycle
c. Pupa-third stage I ladybug lifecycle
d. Adult-last stage in ladybug lifecycle
e. Life cycle- the series of changes in the life of an organism
C. Big Idea
1) What does the lady bug life cycle look like
D. Additional content
1) Reciting the lady bug life cycle:
a. What are the stages?
b. What is the exact order of the stages?
C. Closure
1) Students will perform their ladybug lifecycle song.
2) The teacher will record the students songs for them while they sing
them so that they can make a class cd later to keep.
D. Accommodations/Differentiation
1) To accommodate Meredith, a 2nd grade girl ADHD, I will have the
class work in small cooperative learning groups to support issues
such as attention, note taking, and clarification
2) Guided notes and detailed instructions will be provided to all
students (see attached)
E. Assessment/Evaluation Plan
1. Formative- The teacher will record the students ladybug lifecycle song
which demonstrates the students knowledge of the lifecycle.
2. Summative
V. Reflective Response
A. Report of Student Performance in Terms of Stated Objectives (Reflection on
student performance written after lesson is taught, includes remediation for
students who fail to meet acceptable level of achievement)
Remediation Plan
B. Personal Reflection (Questions written before lesson is taught. Reflective
answers to question recorded after lesson is taught)
1) Were students able to remember the life cycle perfectly from last
class or did it take some of them awhile to order the stages?
2) Did students display clear knowledge of the ladybug lifecycle
through their songs?
VI. Resources (in APA format)