KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Teacher Candidate:

Rebecca Prettyman

Date:

Cooperating Teacher:

Coop. Initials

Group Size:

Allotted Time

Subject or Topic:

Marsh Habitats

Grade Level 2nd Grade_

Section

STANDARD:

S.K-2.B.2.1: Understand that all living things are a part of an ecosystem.

I. Performance Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
A. The students will be able to:
1. Distinguish between the two kinds of marshes by researching the
animals that live in the two different kinds of marshes.
2. Demonstrate the two habitats by constructing the two habitats.
II. Instructional Materials
A. A Day in Salt Marsh by: Kevin Kurtz
B. PowerPoint Outline
C. Clear containers
D. Fake plants and animals
III. Subject Matter/Content (prerequisite skills, key vocabulary, big idea, outline of
additional content)
A. Prerequisite skills
1. Understanding of ecosystems
2. Understanding of wetlands
B. Key Vocabulary
1. Wetland:
2. Ecosystem:
3. Marsh: Shallow water with grassland; that can be either freshwater
or saltwater.
4. Cambium: Soft tissue that grows under the bark

C. Big Idea
1. There are two different kinds of marshes
2. There is a wide variety of animals that live in habitat.
D. Content
1. What kinds are there?
1. Freshwater
2. Saltwater
2. What lives there?
1. Animals
2. Plants
3. Where are they?
1. Location in the United States
IV. Implementation
A. Introduction
1. The teacher will gather the students on the rug to review the content
that was learned the day before.
2. The students will review the chart that they had made about the
habitat and each say one thing they learned from yesterday
3. The teacher will then read the book; A Day in the Salt Marsh by:
Kevin Kurtz
4. The teacher will then ask the students what habitat they believe we
are learning about.
5. The teacher will send the students back to their desk to make their
hypothesis of what they think a marsh looks like based on what we
all ready know about wetlands.

B. Development
1. Next the students will sit through a short PowerPoint that goes over
the basic information
2. There is a guided note sheet for the PowerPoint (see attached)
3. After learning about the marshes, the students will as a class, build
their own marsh.
4. The class will be divided into two groups; saltwater and freshwater.
5. They will have about 10 to 15 minutes to create their habitat.
6. After they finish they will present to project to the other group and
explain why they picked those plants and animals
7. Next the teacher will explain to the students they will be researching
one of the animals they just learned about
8. They students will use their research packets (see attached)
9. They can use their guided sheet, books for the project
10. Give the students about 15 to 20 minutes to research their animal.

C. Closure
1. After the students finish their packets the students will gather on the
rug,
2. On a large piece of lined paper the teacher will write Marsh at the
top.
3. The students will all name one thing that they learned today about
marshes.
D. Accommodations/Differentiation
1. For Landon; a 2nd grade student with dyslexia there is a guided note
sheet for the PowerPoint
2. For everyone else there is guided note sheet and also a sheet for
research
E. Assessment/Evaluation Plan
1. Formative
1. The teacher will collect the research packet and grade for participation
and to make sure the information was correct.
2. Summative
1. The students will be making a shoe box diagram of one of the habitats
that they learned about.

V. Reflective Response
A. Report of Student Performance in Terms of Stated Objectives (Reflection on
student performance written after lesson is taught, includes remediation for
students who fail to meet acceptable level of achievement)
Remediation Plan
B. Personal Reflection (Questions written before lesson is taught. Reflective
answers to question recorded after lesson is taught)
VI. Resources (in APA format)
American Alligator. (n.d.). Retrieved from Defenders of Wildlife website:
http://www.defenders.org/american-alligator/basic-facts

American Mink. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2015, from NatureWorks website:
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/mink.htm
Beaver. (n.d.). Retrieved from NatureWorks website:
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/beaver.htm
Common Muskrat. (n.d.). Retrieved from NatureWorks website:
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/muskrat.htm
DiamondBack Terrapin. (n.d.). Retrieved November 8, 2015, from Defenders of Wildlife
website: http://www.defenders.org/diamondback-terrapin/basic-facts
Great Egret. (n.d.). Retrieved from All About Birds website:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/lifehistory#top