K5 Science Endorsement GPS Lesson Plan

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Title Living and non-living

Teacher(s) Manar Karaja
E-mail Manar.karaja@cobbk12.org
School Timber Ridge Elementary
Lesson Title Lesson 2: What will grow?
Grade Level Pre-K special Concepts(s) Recognizing that living organisms are
needs Targeted different from nonliving objects.
Identifying basic needs of living things.
Performance Expectation Four-year-olds have developed the vocabulary needed to analyze
objects and determine which are obviously living and which are not. They begin to make the
discrimination between living things such as plants and trees and natural items that are not living
such as rocks or shells.

Science & Engineering Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting Concept

Practice (Content)

Construct Explanations and SC3.4b Discriminates Patterns: patterns in the natural

Design solutions: between living and non-living world (characteristics between
Make observations to things. living and nonliving things)
construct an evidence-based
account for natural
phenomena- living and non-
living.
Georgia Performance Standards
SC3.4b Discriminates between living and non-living things.
Safety Considerations students should wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and long sleeve
shirts. Bring a communication device. Check for medical issues, such as allergy to bee stings.
Caution students about touching anything (we are only taking pictures). More detailed safety
procedure are in Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, K-5 by Emily Morgan and Karen
Ansberry. Chapter 11, Do you Know Which Ones Will Grow? P.144.

The Learning Plan

ENGAGE: Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?

Read Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow by Susan A. Shea. I do not have the book, so
I will use this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wC8ltn7rY from you tube.
Give the students small sticky notes/or sticker dots with first and last name initials.

Item Yes No
Prepare a chart tablet sheet with the following table. In the item
section, add pictures of all items mentioned in the book.
 Stop the video after each question Will ------grow? and give the students a chance to
answer by adding their stickers under yes or no column.
For the first picture, teachers will model how they will respond to the question Will ----
grow? And add stickers in the right place.
After the modeling, the students will participate and answer for the next 9 items.
After reading, ask the students, What kind of things grow? alive, what else do living
things do besides grow? How can you tell if something is alive

Explore: Things That Grow Indoors and Outdoors

Tell students that they are going to look for more things that grow inside the classroom
and that they will use the IPad to take pictures.
The students will be broken into three groups (3 students: 1 teacher). The teachers job is
to be the facilitators by asking questions or giving clues. If facilitating is not enough,
teachers will provide direct instruction and point students to living things in the
classroom. (10 minutes).
All students will come back to circle and each group will share their pictures.
I will then tell the students that we are going to go outside and take pictures of things that
grow. Teaches role will be the same. Safety rules will be reviewed. (20 minutes)
Ask using visuals on smartboard

1. Were there more things that grow indoors or outdoors?

2. What do these things need to grow?
3. How can you tell if something is alive?

Explain: Whats Alive? Read-Aloud

Read Whats Alive by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. Instead of reading the book word by
word, I summarized the main idea in one sentence which I wrote on a red masking tape
and added to the page.
I will also have 2 smartboard pages ready showing what living things need and how to
tell if something is living. This is to provide visual support as I am reading the book and
doing the explaining.
I will also have water and food to serve, and a fan to give them more hands on examples
of things living things need.

Elaborate: Looking for living and nonliving things.

Set up 3 hula hoops in a grassy area outdoors. In each hula hoop, there should be
examples of living things (grass, flowers, insects, and so on) and nonliving things (ball,
toy, rock, and so on).
Give each student a copy of the Looking for Living and Nonliving Things student page, a
clipboard, and a hand lens.
Students will be divided into three groups. Each group will have one teacher with them.
Each group will be assigned a hula hoop to explore.
Students will draw and label the items they see. Students will dictate to their teaches what
they think is living or nonliving.
Guiding questions:
 How do you know that is living or nonliving?
Does it need air, food, and water?
Does it grow?
Does it move?
After returning to the class, students will share their drawings and their living and
nonliving lists.

Evaluate:

Students will do Is It Alive sheet p. 158 . They will pick a picture and tell if it is living or
not living by using a yes/no visual. And visuals for things that it needs or do not need.
Visuals needed: examples of living and non-living things to choose from, yes/no, food,
water, air, move, grow, and No need food, no move, no grow.

Students will use the IPads using the sock puppet app to present their project.
Title of the Lesson: Lesson 2: What will grow?
Lesson Logistics/Materials:

There will be a total of nine students with IEPs, two paraprofessionals, and one teacher.
The engage lesson will be done in whole group.
The explore lesson will be done in small group, come and share in whole group, small
group again, and then come and share in whole group.
Materials:
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow by Susan A. Shea.
2 Tables/posters of visuals for the book Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow 10 visuals
on each poster.
Small circular color coding labels
Safety goggles
Have at least 2-3 living things in classroom.
IPads
Smartboard
Boardmaker CD to make visuals
Whats Alive book by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Masking tape to write on an modify the Whats Alive Book
Hula hoops
Copies of pages 149-158

Documentation of Resources

Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, K-5 by Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry.
Chapter 11, Do you Know Which Ones Will Grow? P. 141.
Read Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow by Susan A. Shea. I do not have the book, so
I used this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wC8ltn7rY from you tube.

Whats Alive book by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld