Common Core Lesson Planner

Grade Level: 1st grade Teacher: Ms.Castro

Subject: Science
Select grade level appropriate standards:
Speaking and Listening-
SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about
kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small or large groups.
A. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion (e.g. listening to others and taking turns speaking
about the
topics and texts under discussion).
B. Continuing a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.K.2 Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through
1 other media
Common Core by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is
and Content not
Standard(s) understood.
A. Understand and follow one- and two-step oral directions
SL.K.3 Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that
is not
understood
SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support,
provide
additional detail
SL.K.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to description as desired to provide additional
detail.
2 What materials and resources will you and the students need for the lesson?
Materials/ ● From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
Resources/ ● Crayons
Lesson ● Paper
Preparation ● Soil
● Seeds
● Cups
● Water
What should students ​know​ and ​be able to do​ after the lesson?
3 Students should know how to draw the order of a plant life cycle. They should also be able to
Objective(s) recite the plant life cycle. Students will also be able to name three things that plants need to
grow. Students will also be able to discuss what they know about the plant life cycle with a
classmate.
☐ x Level 1: Recall ☐ Level 2: Skill/Concept
☐ Level 3: Strategic Thinking ☐Level 4: Extended Thinking
4
Webb’s Depth of Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:
Knowledge Level Level one of Webb's Depth of Knowledge relates to this lesson because by the end students
should be able to recite the life cycle of a plant. They will memorize the order in which a plant
grows. They should be able to identify through images what the correct order is.
5 ☐ x Demonstrating independence ☐ x Building strong content knowledge

College and ☐Responding to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline
Career Ready ☐ Comprehending as well as critiquing ☐Valuing evidence
Skills
☐Using technology and digital media strategically and capably
☐ Coming to understand other perspectives and cultures
SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)
 Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:
Students will demonstrate independence by completing a drawing on the plant life cycle.
Students will build strong content knowledge on the plant life cycle and it will be shown
through reciting the life cycle of a plant and name what a plant needs to grow.
☐ x Communication ☐ x Collaboration ☐ Critical Thinking ☐ Creativity

6 Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

st​
21​ Century Students will first collaborate with each other on how they think a plant grows.
Skills
Student will communicate with each other and discuss the order in which a plant grows while
using vocabulary.
Lesson Delivery
7 Identify vocabulary and key terms that are important for students to know to understand the lesson:
Vocabulary/Key Seed, Roots, Plant, Flower, Life Cycle
Terms
8 Describe how you will adapt your lesson for the following learners:
Differentiated
● English Learners
Instruction
While reading the story, clarify vocabulary and different questions as necessary.
● Special Needs
Reread the story with the student and give any additional support with vocabulary by using
images or the best form of learning for the specific student
● Accelerated (Gifted/Talented)
Ask students what other living things they might think/know go through a life cycle
9 Describe at least TWO different types of formal or informal assessments you will use during your
Assessments lesson to check for student learning:
A type of assessment I will use during my lesson is pair sharing. Another assessment I will use is
having the students draw the order of the plant life cycle. Students will also plant a flower seed
to actually see a plant go through its life cycle.
10 Prior Knowledge, Context, and Motivation ​(How will you connect the beginning of the lesson to
Lesson Delivery what students already know and/or motivate them to learn about the topic?)
I will connect the lesson to what students know about how things grow. I will motivate them to
learn the topic with fun activities and having them actually plant a flower seed for them to grow
their own plant that they will be able to take home once it has started to grow.
Describe each step of the lesson

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 Teacher will…
● I will connect the lesson to what students
know about how things grow.
● I will motivate them to learn the topic with
fun activities and having them actually
plant a flower seed for them to grow their
own plant that they will be able to take
home once it has started to grow.
SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)
Students will…
● Share with a partner how they believe a
plant grows
● Listen to the story From Seed to Plant by
Gail Gibbons
● Share and discuss what they learned from
the story
● Draw the order in which a plant grows
● Recite the plant life cycle
● Plant a seed and watch the plant go
through its life cycle