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Desert, plain, tropic, tundra, grassland, mountain, forest, wetlands, dry, wet, cold, hot,
grassy, mild, wooded
ELL Considerations:
Preview the text, explain difficult vocabulary before we start reading.
As hard words come up in the text, explain them
Think pair shares- this allows ell students to talk without speaking in front of the whole class if
they are uncomfortable doing so.
Use pictures to help students make the connection between the ecosystems and their
characteristics
Preparation: What materials will be needed?
I See a Kookaburra! By Steve Jenkins
Smart Board
Pictures of different ecosystems
Flip Book Materials: Scissors, Paper, glue
Computer: for bilanguage dictionary
Time
Lesson:
2:00- 2:15
2:15-2:35
Show students a picture of a different habitat and have them work with
a partner to list some of the characteristics they see, in a think-pairshare.
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2:35- 2:50
Make a foldable each flap gives the main describing words of each
ecosystem that they talked about
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2:50-3:00
Closure:
Close by review what we were talking about today.
Quick informal assessment- white boards. Give them different
descriptive words then write down which ecosystem you think I am
talking about. Have the ecosystems written on the board
-Informal, Their responses during the think-pair-share would help me understand if they are
noticing differences in each of the ecosystems. White boards at the end to see if the
characteristics are sinking in. Also, I will look at their flipbooks to make sure they are on the
right.
Assessments for my ELL student will not be modified, because there is no formal assessment but
a lot of formative.
Technology:
The only technology that will be used in this lesson is an online bilingual dictionary. Students
will use this to help translate the academic vocabulary into their native language.