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DIXIE STATE COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNIT PLAN TEMPLATE Semesters 1& 2
Teacher Candidate: Cheyenne Mellor Content: Plants Grade: 5
S1- Students will draw and label a picture of a plant that they observed outside. S2- Students illustrates what happened in a story by drawing a picture with details. S3-Students will write a sentence to summarize the story on trees. I will look for correct capitalization and punctuation S4-When plants are grown, students will describe two different parts of the plant that can be measured. S5- After reading Tree, tell me, students will explain main points and will write one sentence on their favorite. Step 3 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES & LEARNING ACTIVITIES Lesson 1: Parts of plants-Class reads From seed to plant to learn about the parts of plants in order to create their book on plants. Each student separates his real flower into a leaf, stem, root, and pedal to add to their plant book. (C1) Lesson 2: What plants need to grow- Review From seed to plant and discuss what a plant needs in order to grow. Students create an art project that illustrates these needs.(C2) Lesson 3: Planting real seed- Class as a whole will make predictions and ask questions about planting a real seed. Each student will follow directions to plant their own seed. (C3) Lesson 4: Observations- Students will observe plants that are outside of the school. They will then draw a picture of a plant they observed and label the different parts. (S1) Lesson 5: Trees- Class reads Tell me, Tree and write one sentence about something they learned, using correct punctuation and capitalizations. They also will provide an illustration for their sentence. (S2, S3, S5) Lesson 6: Our real plants have grown- After plants have been growing for two weeks, they will measure height of stem and width of leaves. They will find that their plant grew at a different rate than the other plants. (S4)
Adapted from: McTighe, J., & Wiggins, G. (2005). Understanding by design, 2nd ed. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.; Ainsworth, L. (2003). Unwrapping the standards: A simple process to make standards manageable. Denver, CO: Advanced Learning Press.
Contextual factors of Sandstone Elementary: Mrs. Mellor teaches Kindergarten at Sandstone Elementary school, which is in the Washington school district in St. George, Utah. At this school, there are 602 students attending grades kindergarten through fifth grade. Sandstone made Adequate Yearly Progress in 2011 by achieving the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Utah in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. In 2011, there were 26 students per full-time teacher, while the state average was one teacher to 24 students. Ethnic Group (Percentage is off because more
than one could be chosen)
White Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander Black American Indian/ Alaskan Native Other Demographics of Sandstone Elementary Female Male Free Lunch Reduced Lunch Resource ELL ELL fluent Disadvantaged Minority Immigrant 1 year +
***Please note: Not all statistics represent actual data. Some is taken from Washington County school district, some from my current 5th grade class, and some facts are even made up.
Classroom characteristics Total Students Female Male ELL students Gifted ADHD Behavior issues Reading interventions IEP
Number of students 24 10 14 2 3 2 2 2 1
***Please note: Not all statistics represent actual data. Some is taken from Washington County school district, some from my current 5th grade class, and some facts are even made up.
Sources/References:
I retrieved standards from both UEN.ORG and SCHOOLS.UTAH.GOV Some of my lesson ideas came from Miss. Godfrey from Heritage Elementary. Although I used ideas from a variety of sources for some of my lessons, all of them are created and written in my own words.
Unit Rationale
I developed this unit because it is important for students to learn about their environment. There are many fun plant activities that will keep students engaged. These science lessons are integrated with math, language, reading, visual arts, and physical activities. The skills learned in this unit will increase students knowledge and skills in a variety of ways. Language skills Labeling plant parts Capitalization Punctuation Retell parts of a given story Explanatory sentences Summary sentences Math Describe two measurable parts of a plant Graphing plant growth (If we have time)
Arts Reading From plant to seed by Gail Gibbins Tell me, Tree by Gail Gibbins Draw a picture to add detail to text. Create a drawing of a plant you observed. Create this chart using scissors, crayons and glue:
Plants
Science Different parts of plants What plants need in order to grow. Construct questions, give reasons and share findings about plants. Predicting Physical Activity Observing the outdoors Plant scavenger hunt (If time allows)