Day Two

Spring Into Poetry Korrie Harkins and Julia Giordano

Essential Questions
What are the parts of a flower? How do you label the parts of a flower? What is an acrostic
poem? How do you write an acrostic poem? How do you measure?
Standards:
earnin! "b#ecti$es and %ssessments
"b#ecti$es %ssessments
SW&%T identify the parts of a
flower and label them'
Students will participate in a smart board acti$ity that
will in$ol$e matchin! names of flower parts to the
picture they will also do a worksheet at their seats at the
same time
SW&%T draw the parts of a flower' Students will draw a flower and label its parts in their
science #ournals
SW&%T describe an acrostic poem
and will be able to write one'
Students will create their own acrostic poems'
Materials
Smart board
Science #ournals
%crostic poem paper
etters for poems
Pre-lesson Assessments
The smart board acti$ity will determine the students(s pre)knowled!e about plants and their
parts' The students should also ha$e knowled!e about what an acrostic poem is* because they
ha$e done one before in class'
Lesson Beginning
To be!in the day* students will act as scientists to obser$e the class plants and butterflies' They will
record all of their obser$ations* thou!hts* and +uestions in their science notebooks' ,nsure the class that
pictures and words can both be used and both to!ether are encoura!ed'
Instructional Plan
-' We will ha$e a class discussion about plants and a smart board acti$ity* they will ha$e a
worksheet to follow alon! with durin! the smart board acti$ity'
.' %fter the smart board acti$ity* students will draw a flower /with all its parts0 in their science
#ournals' They will also ha$e to label the parts of the flower'
Day Two
Spring Into Poetry Korrie Harkins and Julia Giordano
1' 2inally* we will talk about acrostic poems and what they are' Their topic for the poem will be
sprin!'
3' To !et the class started* students will !i$e ideas and 4 will write some of the words describe
sprin! on the board so that they ha$e ideas of what to write'
5' They will then paste the letters 6s)p)r)i)n)!7 on the !i$en paper and write their own acrostic
poems'
Differentiation
The smart board acti$ity will ha$e harder tasks then others* so e$eryone will be able to
participate' The students will ha$e a model to follow when drawin! and labelin! a flower in their
#ournal* but will also ha$e the option to try to draw a plant or flower on their own' The students
will be able to use ideas from the board for their acrostic poems* but for students who want a
challen!e* they can think of words not on the board'
Questions
Do all plants ha$e the same parts? What are words that describe sprin!?
Classroom Management
To ensure that all students are payin! attention durin! the smart board lesson* they will be
accountable for fillin! in the worksheet durin! the acti$ity'
Transitions
The students will be called to obser$e their plants and butterflies by table' They will then be
!i$en the acrostic poem material after the smart board acti$ity and after directions are !i$en'
Closing
To end the lesson* the students will be able to read their acrostic poems aloud to the class'