SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC DETAILS CK

Name Kelsey Myers

Subject Science/ Language Arts

Grade Level Kindergarten

Date/Duration 1, 30 minute class period

RATIONALE Sight word Apple Tree Book

3.1.K.A3 Observe, compare, and describe stages of life cycles for plants and/or animals

S.K-2.B.1.1.1 Describe basic external structures of animals and plants

S.K-2.B.1.1.2 Identify a plant or animal based on a given life cycle stage (e.g., butterfly,
frog, seed-producing plant).

CC.1.1.K.E Read emergent-reader text with purpose and understanding

CC.1.2.K.A With prompting and support, identify the main idea and retell key details of
text.

CC.1.2.K.B With prompting and support, answer questions about key details in a text

CC.1.2.K.C With prompting and support, make a connection between two individual,
events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

CC.1.2.K.G Answer questions to describe the relationship between illustrations and the
text in which they appear.

The students will create, draw, and color a picture to go along with each page of a book.
The book goes through the different stages of the life cycle of an apple tree. This lesson
focuses on the order of the stages of the life cycle of an apple tree as well as the
vocabulary of the lesson. The lesson is based on these eight standards.

INTRODUCTION Activating Prior Knowledge

What does every apple tree start out as?
What are the roots of the plant?
What do they do?
Where are they located?

Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chNwmpqSa78

Play 1 minute 47 second video

This video is an animated video that shows the life cycle of an apple tree. It begins with
how an apple seed gets to the ground and continues until the tree is fully grown and
producing fruit. This video allows the students to see the different stages of the life
cycle. It will help the students to see the life cycle in a visual way as well as auditory
because of the narration.
EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION Big Idea Statement

An apple tree goes through stages during its life cycle starting as a seed, growing roots,
having leaves, flowering, and then having fruit.

Essential Question Statement

What are the stages of the life cycle of an apple tree in order?

Objective Statement (Audience, Behavior, Condition, Degree)

In order for the students to fully understand the order of the stages of the life cycle of
an apple tree, the students will individually color in the illustrations on each page with
crayons at their desks 6 out of 6 pages while reading the book as a whole class.

While reading through the book as a class, students will, individually, highlight the high
frequency words as they see them through the book successfully 90% of the time in
order to recognize the words.

Vocabulary
Apple
Tree
Big
Roots
Stages

High Frequency words:

See
That

Transition
Sing to the floor:
How quiet can you be as you tiptoe after me. We come to the floor without a sound. We
cross our legs and then sit down. To transition to the floor for short video and pre-
assessment questions

LESSON PROCEDURE Pre-Assessment of Students

Does an apple tree grow?
What does it start out as?
Has anyone ever picked apples from an apple tree?

Modeling of the Concept

As the students color and highlight the different parts in the book as we read through it,
complete a book with them. This way the students know what they are expected to do.

Guiding the Practice

Ask the students to give me five (raise their hand) when they are done. Once everyone
is done, have the students raise their completed page into the air and walk around to
quickly view the students work
 Providing Independent Practice
Students will independently go through the book and underline the vocabulary words
found in the book.

Transition
Simon says: Put your hands on your head if you are done.
Simon says: Clap once if you need more time.
Simon says: When you are done, walk like a bear to put your completed book into my
basket on my desk and then sit quietly on my floor.

READING MATERIALS, - Video

TECHNOLOGY, AND - Projector to view the video
SUPPLIES - Laptop to stream video
- Enough booklets for each student to have one
- Crayons
- Highlighters (enough for each student to have one)

EVALUATION OF THE Formal Evaluation

LEARNING/MASTERY
OF THE CONCEPT Activity is turned into the teacher to grade for completion.

Informal Evaluation

Teacher walks around to assess students progress and completes checklist on

students understanding of the concepts.

CLOSURE Summary and Review of the Learning

What were our words we highlighted in the book?

What words did you underline?
What was the first stage of the apple trees life cycle?
What was stage did the apple tree go through next?
When did the apple tree grow leaves?
Did the apple tree have anything on it before it had apples on it?

Homework/Assignments

Students are asked to find both of their high frequency words at home and be prepared
to tell the teacher where they found them in their home.