Lesson Plan Outline

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• Lesson Topic or Theme: Parts, processes, and life cycle of plants
• Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to identify the parts of a plant through an activity. The students will be able to complete a quiz on the life cycle of a plant with 80% accuracy.
• Instructional Technique: group work, discussion, lecture, experiment, demonstration, quiz)
• Instructional Materials: 
1. Construction paper
2. Scissors
3. Colored pencils
4. computers
• Theoretical Perspective: The life cycle of the plant is important for students to learn because it is an essential part of life because plants absorb carbon dioxide and give back half of what they absorb into the environment and we need this in order to live. It is important for students to understand this and how it works.
• Procedure: 
1. The teacher will explain to the students that in class we will be doing a project about the features and functions of a plant.
2. Students will create a foldable plant and label it.
3. The students will demonstrate their project to the class when they are finished.
4. The students will bring the project home to show their parents and use to study for the quiz the following day.
5. Students will take a quiz based on plants.

A. Introductory Activity

·      The students will start off on the rug.

·      We will start the class by signing the plant song.

·      I will ask the students to tell me everything they have learned these pasts few weeks about the life cycle of the plant and the parts of a plant.

·      There will be an easel with a big sticky note paper that I will be writing their responses on. 

·      Some responses I may get from the students are the details about: the flower, leaf, stem, bud, roots, seeds, nutrients, photosynthesis, germination, pollination, seed dispersals, stamens, sepals, ovule, and fertilization process.

·      I will then tell the students that today’s activity we will be making a science foldable plant with its parts and their jobs.

·      I will tell the students that after they create their foldable project they will be taking it home to study for the mini quiz that we will be taking tomorrow (Friday) in class.

·      The quiz will be about the plant parts and their life cycle.

B. Step-by-step

·      The students will return to their desks.

·      There will be scissors, colored pencils, markers, and construction paper on their desks.

·      I will give them step by step instructions on how to fold and cut their construction paper. (I will be demonstration while giving directions.)

·      Instruction:

o   Fold paper in half (lengthwise) style.

o   Cut makes are made every 2 ¾ inches. (But don’t cut it yet!)

o   Take a ruler and mark 2 ¾ inches with a pencil lightly. ( draw a line across the paper so you can see all four parts clearly)

o   Draw a flower at the top section (make it large enough to fill the space)

o   Next section down, draw a leaf, or two. Also draw a bud.

o   The third section you will draw a stem.

o   The last section you will draw the roots.

o   Next you will color in your drawing and label the parts.

o   Now you can cut the sections apart (ONLY the front page flaps; NOT the back (inside) page flaps.

o   Inside use the cute as a guide.

o   Fill out the information we have learned about each of these plant parts: make sure to include the jobs of the plant.

o   We will discuss this as a class and I will write it on the whiteboard for the whole class to see. ( therefore the correct information is written in their project to study from)

o   The students will write what is on the whiteboard inside the correct folds.

·      As a class we will all fold the paper and measure the individual folds together so it’s done correctly. Then the students can draw their flower on their own pace with my example hung on the whiteboard.

·      I will be walking around the room for assistance if needed.

·      They will take their projects home to study and there will be a 40 minute quiz the following day.

C. Closure

·      Once the students are finished with their project I will have them turn and talk about what they are going to tell their parent what they made in class today.

·      I will ask two students to demonstrate to the class what they will say to their parents.

·      One student will be the parent and the other will be the student (roleplay).

·      A quiz will be taken the following day on the information.

D. Adaptations for different learners (i.e. non-native speakers, struggling readers or math phobic learners, students with poor study skills)

·      Students who have trouble reading may have their test read to them.

E. Homework

Their homework will be to tell their parents about the project they made in class.

They will need to study with an adult for the quiz they will be taking tomorrow (Friday) in class.

I will inform the students that even though they are bringing the projects home to study; they must bring back their project so I can grade them.

• Evaluation:

A.   I will know if they students meet their objectives because I will take a mental note on who tells me about what they know about the life cycle of the plant and the parts of a plant. I will also be walking around the classroom and observe who is doing the project to the best of their ability. I will be collecting the projects they made in class. Lastly, they will be taking a quiz online in class based on what we talked about and it will be graded and accounted for in the grade book.

B. Concerns or questions you have about teaching this lesson?

No concerns or questions.