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Lesson Plan Guide

Teacher Candidate: Madelynn Fitzsimmons Date: April 25, 2019

Grade and Topic: First Grade Science Length of Lesson: 2-1 hour lessons and 1 30
minute lesson for quizzing with 30 days of observation

Mentor Teacher: Jennifer Townes School:

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

● Life Cycle of the butterfly.

LESSON OBJECTIVE:
● Students should be able to math the parts of the lifecycle at an accuracy 80%.

STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
● 1.LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
○ Recognize the structure
○ Illustrate the life cycle

MATERIALS:
● Matching Work Sheet
● Butterfly Kit to watch them grow into butterflies over time to be able to see there life cycle up close and hands on.
● Copy of the book The Very hungry Caterpillar
● IPads-to watch videos of the life cycles and work on activities that they will be able to access.
● Pencil and Paper
● Construction Paper
● Markers
● Crayons
● Scissors
● Internet Access to:
○ ToonDoo
○ Inspiration/Kidspiration
BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:
● What are the 4 stages of the butterfly life cycle?
● After we finish this lesson there is a Magic School Bus Activity: Circle of Life where the students come
their own life cycle to a butterfly’s life cycle.
● I will have to plan differentiated activities for the students with disabilities.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

● Introduction: Have you ever watched how a butterfly grows or seen how it transforms from a
caterpillar? Well for the next 30 days we are going to watch these sweet little caterpillars become
beautiful butterflies, as well as, learn about their life cycle. You are going to use your iPads to make a
 comic strip as well as a graphic organizer. On both of these assignments you are going to show the life
cycle of the butterfly.
● Procedures:
○ Activity 1
■ Teacher will show the students how to complete a comic strip on ToonDoo.
■ Teacher will then discuss what she expects from the students and a couple guidelines.
■ Teacher will have the URL written on the board for the students to put into their iPads.
■ The teacher will go step by step with the students to show them how to make a free
account and how to pick a template.
■ When the students are finished they will print out their comic strip to turn in.
■ After the students have turned in their comic strips and are back at their tables they can
discuss with their table what they have learned so far.
○ Activity 2 (will be done at the end of the observation)
■ Teacher will show the students how to complete a graphic organizer on Kidspiration.
■ Graphic organizer should include the different stages of the life cycle and a couple facts
they saw during the observation. The graphic organizer should include different shapes
and colors.
■ The students will print out their graphic organizer to turn in.
○ Activity 3
■ The students will make a journal with construction paper on the outside and staple
notebook paper on the inside.
■ They will then draw butterflies on the front of their journals and color them.
■ Each day during the observation the students will write down a couple things they notice
that are different each day like size, color, shape, or the diet of them. Some days there
may be no change which is okay.
■ At the end of the observation the students will turn in their journals.
Closure: At the end of the lesson and the students have turned in all their assignments they will
be going a matching handout to make sure they understand the life cycle.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
● Comic Strip Rubric
Criteria Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Information Provided Information was accurate Some information was None of the information
About the Topic correct was correct
Comic Organization Comic was easy to Somewhat easy to Could not understand
understand understand
Comic Appearance Comic was creative Student had little Showed little to no effort
creativity
 ● Graphic Organizer
Criteria
Information Provided
about the Topic
Graphic Organizer
Organization
Graphic Organizer
Appearance
Level 3
Information was accurate
Easily Understood
Creative; used different
shapes and colors
Level 2
Some information was
accurate
Somewhat easy to
understand
Creative; but no different
shapes or colors
Level 1
None of the information
was accurate
Not easy to understand
Not creative did not use
different shapes and
colors.

MODIFICATIONS:
● Students who finish early will have a coloring sheet of the life cycle. List specific modifications for students
who did not master the objectives.
● Students with disabilities will not have to do the two online things if they are not capable, but will watch a video
on their iPad for extra help that explains it on a different level.

ToonDoo Example
Matching Worksheet
 Graphic Organizer

Will
eat for 3-4
Lives in the weeks then
egg for 1-2 mold each time
weeks it grows

Egg Larva

Life Cycle

Butterfly Pupa

Also
Only live
known as a
for 1-2 weeks.
chrysalis, will
They find a mate
stay in this
and then lay
stage for 1-3
eggs.
weeks.