IPG

Name:
Melody S. Jackson
Subject:
Science
1. Opening Hook/Warm Up:

Watch time lapse video, The Development of a

Frog by Boboboy00, on YouTube.
Can you guess what this is?...Students: An egg.
Can you guess what type of animal we are
watching develop on this video?

Date(s):
July 11, 2015
Grade Level:
4th
2. TEK: Science 112.15 (b10.C)
Students will be able to explore and illustrate life
cycles in living organisms such as butterflies,
beetles, lima beans, or radishes.

3. Objective: Student Friendly:

I will be able to verbally and pictorially identify and
order the stages of the life cycle of a frog.
4. Big Understanding:
Use of the life cycle of a frog will help learn vocabulary terms such as spawn, larvae, froglet, adult, dorsal, and ventral.
It will also teach about life cycles, metamorphosis, and the similarities and differences of gills and lungs as organs.
5. Summative Assessment Evidence:
Summative- Group activity questions from PowerPoint. Pair activity when working on ordering
the sentences of Life Cycle of a Frog handout.
Formative- Partner activity for order of Life Cycle of a Frog handout (order by sentences).
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Instructional Strategies / Student Activities/ Grouping Patterns:

Teacher Input/Modeling:
1. Introduction/Hook- time lapse video. All done through YouTube and PowerPoint on the computer with
use of the projector.
2. Objective 112.15 Science (b10.C)
3. Big Understanding- real life usage of knowledge and vocabulary.
4. PowerPoint presentation- Stages of life cycle explained and definitions of vocabulary words.
5. In pairs, students will put the sentences in order by labeling them with the correct number according
to a frogs life cycle.
6. As a whole class, we will go over the correct order of the sentences and see if we have mastered the
life cycle.
Guided Practice: WE DO:
Together we will go through the PowerPoint covering the life cycle and new vocabulary words.
Questions about background knowledge of life cycles of animals.
We will identify the different life stages.
We will discuss what are the significant changes observed during the different life stages.
As pairs, students will put into order they stages of the life cycle by identifying the stages through
word form (sentences).
6. Students will share their results to determine if they are in the correct order by matching their
answers to what the other pairs decided.
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CFU (Checking for understanding):

1. Teacher will check for understanding throughout the PowerPoint, including questions that engage
students with prior knowledge, and sharing their insights and answers from guided practice and
discussion with partners.
2. Teacher will also check for understanding by collecting and grading the individual assignment of
cutting and pasting the pictures of the life cycle and placing them in the correct order.
Independent Practice: YOU DO (Individual students):
7/25/2015, page 1 of 2, lesson-life cycle of a frog

7.

Students will get the Life Cycle of a Frog handout and complete individually. Once complete,
they will turn into completed work bin and finish any incomplete classwork or read quietly if they
have already completed all of todays assignments.

Higher Level Questions to Incorporate:

Why do you think it is important to learn about life cycles or stages?
What is the Big Deal about metamorphosis?
When might you need to know or use the vocabulary words that we discussed today?
For which careers do you think the life cycle of an animal might be very important to
know?

8. Grouping Patterns:
Whole group, Partners, Individual
9. Ending, Summary / Reflection:
What did we learn today? What was our objective for the day? Did we master this objective? As we
watched the video and PowerPoint on the frogs life cycle, what did we discover and learn about
metamorphosis?
10. Materials / Resources:
Video with computer and projector
PowerPoint with computer and projector
Practice handout with partner
Independent Practice handout
Pencils
Glue sticks
Scissors
11. Technology:
Video on computer with use of projector
PowerPoint presentation on computer with use of projector

7/25/2015, page 2 of 2, lesson-life cycle of a frog