Unit Topic: Science
Grade: Second Grade
Lesson Topic: The Life Cycle of a Frog
Lesson Objectives:
- The students will be aware of change over time
- They will work together to illutrate the life cycle of a frog
- Students will analyze, identify, and use patterns such as cycles and trends to understand past and present events and predict possible future events
Instructional Technique:
-Class Discussion: prior to the activity, the class will have a discussion about life cycles, concentrating on the life cycle of a frog
- Class Story: the book "From Tadpole to frog will be read to the class
- Group Work: students will work in groups to illustrate
- Presentations: students will present their groupwork to the class
- Website activity: students will work individually to complete the website activity
- Worksheet: there will be a worksheet created that goes along with the website that the teacher can use to assess the students' knowledge and make sure they stay on track with the task.
Instructional Materials:
- pieces of white paper for each group
- crayons, markers, and pencils
- the book "From Tadpole to Frog" by Wendy Pfeffer
- the Life Cycle of a Frog website activity/ quiz (this website)
- worksheetA.C. Gilld
Procedure:
1. We will have a class discussion about the life cycle of a frog. The teacher will introduce the concept of life cycles and go over important vocabulary. The teacher will then discuss the different stages in the life cycle of a frog and ask students questions about what they know along the way. For example, the teacher will state that the life cycle starts when they are first tiny eggs that cling together in the water.Begin to make a list on the board (1. Tiny eggs are in the pond). Ask the students what happens next (2. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs and swim in the pond). Etc... The teacher will also discuss the eating habits at each stage of a frog's life, how they catch their food, and what it is they eat.
2. Next sit the class down together and read the story "From Tadpole to Frog." Have students take turns reading parts of the story out loud to the class.
3. After this, break the class into groups and explain that they are going to work in groups to illustrate the life cycle of a frog and put the illustrations into correct order. Hand out the markers, crayons, pencils, and paper.
4. After the children are finished illustrating their life cycles, they will present them to the class. Hang the cycle posters around the classroom.
5. Students will then log onto the computer and this website. They will complete and fill out the worksheet as they do the website activity.
6. At the end of the class, the students will pass in the worksheets.
Assessment:
In order to assess the students, the teacher will first observe each individual on how well they worked together in groups. Another form of assessment the teacher can use is the life cycle posters that each group created, paying attention to correct order of the stages. And lastly, the teacher will have the worksheets to assess student knowledge, looking at the correctness of each answer and making sure they actually performed the website activity and did not simply fool around online.
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Grade: Second Grade
Lesson Topic: The Life Cycle of a Frog
Lesson Objectives:
- The students will be aware of change over time
- They will work together to illutrate the life cycle of a frog
- Students will analyze, identify, and use patterns such as cycles and trends to understand past and present events and predict possible future events
Instructional Technique:
-Class Discussion: prior to the activity, the class will have a discussion about life cycles, concentrating on the life cycle of a frog
- Class Story: the book "From Tadpole to frog will be read to the class
- Group Work: students will work in groups to illustrate
- Presentations: students will present their groupwork to the class
- Website activity: students will work individually to complete the website activity
- Worksheet: there will be a worksheet created that goes along with the website that the teacher can use to assess the students' knowledge and make sure they stay on track with the task.
Instructional Materials:
- pieces of white paper for each group
- crayons, markers, and pencils
- the book "From Tadpole to Frog" by Wendy Pfeffer
- the Life Cycle of a Frog website activity/ quiz (this website)
- worksheetA.C. Gilld
Procedure:
1. We will have a class discussion about the life cycle of a frog. The teacher will introduce the concept of life cycles and go over important vocabulary. The teacher will then discuss the different stages in the life cycle of a frog and ask students questions about what they know along the way. For example, the teacher will state that the life cycle starts when they are first tiny eggs that cling together in the water.Begin to make a list on the board (1. Tiny eggs are in the pond). Ask the students what happens next (2. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs and swim in the pond). Etc... The teacher will also discuss the eating habits at each stage of a frog's life, how they catch their food, and what it is they eat.
2. Next sit the class down together and read the story "From Tadpole to Frog." Have students take turns reading parts of the story out loud to the class.
3. After this, break the class into groups and explain that they are going to work in groups to illustrate the life cycle of a frog and put the illustrations into correct order. Hand out the markers, crayons, pencils, and paper.
4. After the children are finished illustrating their life cycles, they will present them to the class. Hang the cycle posters around the classroom.
5. Students will then log onto the computer and this website. They will complete and fill out the worksheet as they do the website activity.
6. At the end of the class, the students will pass in the worksheets.
Assessment:
In order to assess the students, the teacher will first observe each individual on how well they worked together in groups. Another form of assessment the teacher can use is the life cycle posters that each group created, paying attention to correct order of the stages. And lastly, the teacher will have the worksheets to assess student knowledge, looking at the correctness of each answer and making sure they actually performed the website activity and did not simply fool around online.
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