5E Lesson Plan

Teacher: Jessica Marroquin

Date: February 5, 2014
Subject / grade level: K-5
Materials: Avocados, limes, salt, pepper, lemon pepper, ni!e, !or, bo"l, tortilla c#ips,
NC SCOS Essential Standards and Clarifying Objectives
Lesson objectives!:
$#e student "ill be able to create and understand #o" to assemble %uacamole dip
$#e bene!its o! t#is !ruit to our #ealt# and "#ere t#ey are %ro"n
Differentiation strategies to "eet diverse learner needs:
&ne "ay to meet t#e needs o! a student is to pair t#em up "it# anot#er student
'ave t#em observe "#ile a classmate does t#e #ands on "or
Allo" t#em to #elp in assemblin% in place o! c#oppin% and mi(in%
EN#$#EMENT
$#e lesson can be introduced as a cultural activity #ave quic video on "#ere avocados %ro" "#at t#ey are used
!or and #o" people inte%rate t#em into t#eir meals)
*o + lie avocado,
'ave + ever tried avocado,
+s t#is a part o! my culture,
'ave + ever visited t#e places avocados %ro",
E%&LO'$T(ON
$#e students "ill be assemblin% t#e %uacamole by c#oppin% and mi(in% and addin% all t#e in%redients to%et#er)
-earnin% about t#e di!!erent in%redients and #o" t#ey all can come to%et#er to mae a dip or spread)
-ist .bi% idea/ conceptual questions t#e teac#er "ill use to encoura%e and0or !ocus students1 e(ploration
+ "ant t#e students to e(plore ne" cultures to not be a!raid to taste t#in%s "it# a "eird color)
E%&L$N$T(ON
First %at#er all o! t#e materials needed to mae t#e %uacamole
2e(t be%in to remove seeds !rom t#e middle "it# !or
A!ter scoop out t#e contents into a bo"l
Add salt, pepper, and lime to t#e bo"l t#at contains t#e avocado
3it# !or be%in to mas# and mi( all o! t#e contents to a smoot# consistency
-ast add tomato, onion, cilantro, lemon pepper, more lime or salt to ones taste
-ist #i%#er order t#inin% questions "#ic# teac#ers "ill use to solicit student e(planations and #elp t#em to 4usti!y
t#eir e(planations)
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5E Lesson Plan
'o" can avocado bene!it a person1s #ealt#,
+s avocado better "it# or "it#out t#e lime and salt,
EL$)O'$T(ON
*escribe #o" students "ill develop a more sop#isticated understandin% o! t#e concept)
5tudents "ill be learnin% about a !ruit and t#e bene!its o! it t#ey "ill be learnin% "#at culture t#is !ruit comes !rom
and t#e di!!erent "ays t#at it can be eaten) $#ey "ill be able to e(plore a !ood !rom a culture t#at mi%#t not be
t#eirs
3#at vocabulary "ill be introduced and #o" "ill it connect to students1 observations,
Avocado
Molca4ete
6uacamole
Fiesta
'o" is t#is no"led%e applied in our daily lives,
-earnin% about di!!erent !ruits and cultures "ill e(pand t#e students no"led%e
$astin% ne" !oods can e(pand t#eir pallets
+ntroducin% "#at t#ey #ave learned to t#eir !amilies
E*$L+$T(ON
'o" "ill students demonstrate t#at t#ey #ave ac#ieved t#e lesson ob4ective,
$#e students "ill "rite a quic re!lection in t#eir 4ournals about "#at t#ey #ave learned about t#is ne" !ruit
avocado)
$#e students "ill be evaluated on t#eir !inal product and on t#eir !ollo"in% instructions sills
$#e evaluation "ill be in!ormal "#ole class discussion about "#at t#e lesson consisted o! and #o" "e can
incorporate it into our lives)
$#ey "ill evaluate one anot#er at t#e end by ratin% t#e %uacamole by t#eir !avorite and least !avorite
$#is s#ould be embedded t#rou%#out t#e lesson as "ell as at t#e end o! t#e lesson
$#e lesson "ill be constant talin% about avocados and t#e di!!erent cultures t#at incorporate t#is !ood into t#eir
diets)
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