BridgewaterCollegeTeacherEducationProgramLessonPlan

Name:AllisonMendenhall
Subject/Grade
Level:K

LessonTitle:AmIAlive?

Unit:LifeProcesses

DateorLesson#:
9/9/15

VirginiaSOL
/NationalStandard:

K.6
Thestudentwillinvestigateandunderstandthedifferences

betweenlivingorganismsandnonlivingobjects.

EssentialKnowledge:

Studentswillbeabletoidentifyanddescribethebasiccharacteristicsofliving

things(growth,movement,havingoffspring,andtheneedforfood,air,andwater)andclassifyitemsby
livingornonliving.

MeasurableLessonObjective(s):Thestudentwillbeabletodemonstrateanunderstandingofhowliving
organismshavecertaincharacteristicsthatdistinguishthemfromnonlivingobjectsincludinggrowth,
movement,havingoffspring,andtheneedforfood,air,andwater.
Materials/Technologies/ResourcesNeeded:
SmartBoard

watchvideo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p51FiPO2_kQ
Correspondingpicturestogoalongwithvideoclip
Tchart
smartboardactivitybuilder
Handoutforsortingpictures
Scissors
gluesticks
picturenecklaces

Assessment(Formativeand/orSummative):
Summative:Attheendofthelessonhavestudentscutoutandsorttheirpicturesintothetwocolumns
provided.Inonecolumnhavethestudentsplaceallofthelivingorganismsandintheothercolumnhave
themplaceallofthenonlivingorganisms.
AnticipatorySet(Hook&Agenda)
Teacherwill:

Studentswill:

Ihaveaveryimportantquestion
foryouthismorning.areyoua
rock?*noooo*.Areyoua
bicycle?*nooooo*.Thatsright
youarealivingbreathinghuman

Respondtoteachers
promptedquestions.

Accommodations/
Differentiation:

AnticipatedTime:
12minutes

being!Todaywearegoingto
learnwhatmakesthingsthatare
living,differentfromthingsthat
arenotliving.

Studentswilldrawapictureofan
organismtheythinkisliving.

Accommodations
/Differentiation:
n/a

Access/ReviewPriorKnowledge
Teacherwill:
Iwanteveryonetoturnoverthe
notecardontheirdesk,anddraw
apictureofsomethingyouthink
isliving!(youcantdraw
yourself)

TeachingProcess&Modeling
(Contentispresented,accessed,or
built):

Teaching/modeling:

Teaching/modeling:
Respondto
questionsfromteacher.Theteacher
willbeguidingquestionsbutthe
studentswillcontinuetoansweruntil
thecorrectresponseshavebeen
elicited.

Watchthevideotogetherasaclass.
Readthepromptwrittenonthe
screenaloudforstudentstolistento
astheimagesplayacrossthescreen.
Pauseaftereachdescriptionof
living/nonlivingthingsanddiscussthe
examplespresented.

Modeling:
Asthevideodiscussesexamplesof
livingandnonlivingthings,afterclass
discussionofeachexampleplacethe
imageofeachexampleintheTchart
ontheboard.

23minutes

TeachingProcess&Modeling(Contentispresented,accessedorbuilt)
GuidedPractice&CheckingforUnderstanding
IndependentPractice
Teacherwill:
Studentswill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
p51FiPO2_kQ

Anticipated
Time:

Accommodations
/Differentiation:

Anticipated
Time:

Teaching/modeling:
seat
students
withpoor
eyesight
closetothe
screen

Teaching:7
minutes
GuidedPractice:
5minutes
Independent
Practice:15
minutes

GuidedPractice/Checkingfor
Understanding
havestudentscomeupin
groupsof3totaketurns
completingtheinteractive
smartboardactivity
eachstudentwillgetthe
chancetomovefourobjects
intoeitherthelivingor
nonlivingcategory
correctanswerswillbe
accepted
incorrectanswerswillpop
backout,usethis
opportunitytodiscusswith
studentswhatcharacteristics
makeanorganismlivingor
nonliving

IndependentPractice:
Studentswill
workindividuallytocompletetheir
worksheet.

IndependentPractice:

Handouttheindependentworksheet.
Instructstudentstocutoutthe
picturesandsort/gluethemintotwo
columnsonaworksheet.Theywill
sortthemintoeitherthelivingcolumn
orthenonlivingcolumnbasedonthe
organism'scharacteristics.

Closure:

GuidedPractice:Studentswill
participateintheinteractive
smartboardactivitybymovingagiven
objecttoeitherthelivingor
nonlivingcategoryontheboard.

GuidedPractice:
ELL
Students:
explain
what
unknown
objects
mightbeto
them(pair
withAGL
partner)

Havecardsprecut
forIEP/SPED
studentswhomay
strugglewith
physicalfunctioning.

Teacherwill:

Studentswill:

Giveeachstudentanecklace
withapictureofalivingor
nonlivingthingonit.Have
studentssortthemselves
intothecorrectgroup
(living/nonliving)basedon
thepicturestheyare
wearing.

Studentswillassessquickly
apictureofanobjectand
decidewhethertogojoin
thelivingornonliving
group.

Accommodati
ons/Differenti
ation:
n/a

Anticipated
Time:
23minutes

DeclarativeSummaryStatement:Todaywelearnedthatallobjectsareeitherlivingornonliving
andthatlivingorganismsaredifferentfromnonlivingorganismsinthattheyexperiencegrowth,
movement,reproduction,andtheneedforfood,water,andsleep.
ActivityIfExtraTimeRemainsorTechnologyFails
Teacherwill:

Studentswill:

ExtraTime:Takestudentsona
walkoutside,andhavethem
identifylivingandnonliving
things.

Extratime:Studentswill
observeactualobjectsintheir
surroundingenvironmentand
classifythemaseitherliving

ornonliving.

TechnologyFails:Teacherwill
haveprecutcardsmade
incaseSmartBoardactivity
doesntwork.Iftheinteractive
activitydoesntwork,students
willworktogetheringroupsof
3or4toclassifyeach
organismpicturedonthe
Tchartatthefrontofthe
room.

TechnologyFails:students
willcompletetheguided
practicebysortingthe
picturesontotheTchartat
thefrontoftheclassroom
insteadofcompletingthe
interactivesmartboard
activity.

Accommodati
ons/Differenti
ation:

n/a

Anticipated
Time:
ExtraTime:
canbe
adjustedto
fitthe
amountof
timeyou
haveleft
depending
onhow
many
objectsyou
observe.

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