Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Rev. 2013

Teacher Candidate: Dominique Wooders Subject/Grade: Science/ 5th

Lesson # __4____ Date and Time of Lesson: 10/8/13 8:30 am

Learning Objective: TSWBAT identify and give examples of predators/ prey and parasites/ hosts Alignment with Standards: SC Curriculum Standard(s): 5-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of relationships among biotic and biotic factors within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. SC Academic Indicator(s): 5-2.4: identify the roles of organisms as they interact and depend on one another through food chains and food webs in an ecosystem, considering producers and consumers (herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores), decomposers (microorganisms, termites, worms, and fungi), predators, and prey, and parasites and host. Developmental Appropriateness or Cross-curricular connections: This lesson is appropriate for student learning because it is activating prior knowledge and giving them a deeper understanding of ecosystems and what to factors make up and ecosystem. The students touched on Ecosystems in the 4th grade, but didnt get the vocabulary; this lesson will introduce them to the vocabulary and functions of predator/prey and parasite/host. Assessment(s) of the Objectives: Lesson Objective(s) Assessment(s) of the Objective(s) Teacher observation Use of Formative Assessment The data obtained during this assessment will allow the teacher to make the decision to move on or to take another day on this lesson.

TSWBAT identify and give examples of predators/ prey and parasites/ hosts

Objective 2 (if applicable)

Assessment for Objective 2

Accommodations: This class has 4 ESOL students who all require the options of partner work, extended time on assignments, and they receive any vocabulary ahead of time. For my hearing impaired student I will make sure I speak clearly and provide visual examples. For my Autistic student; visual examples and one on one instruction can/will be provided. This class also has eight GATAS students who are early finishers. When this occurs they will be instructed to take AR test or to read quietly and log the time they have read. Materials: 1. Smartboard 2. Workbook pages (Students do not have science workbooks yet) 3. Science notebook 4. Pencil 5. Dry erase board

Procedures:

Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

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1. Ok, guys and girls lets get out our Science notebooks and if you cant see the board you may come to the carpet. 2. Who can raise their hand and tell me what we discussed yesterday? a. Students: we discussed producers and consumers 3. Good and what is a producer? a. A producer makes its own food 4. How does it make its own food a. It gets its nutrients from the sun 5. Good and what is a consumer? a. A consumer lives off of other living things 6. Good; now do you all remember that consumers are broken into three sub-groups? a. What are they? Herbivore 1. What is an herbivore? a. They eat plants 2. Whats an example of an herbivore a. Students will give a few examples Carnivore 1. What is a carnivore? a. They eat animals 2. Whats an example of carnivore? a. Students will give a few examples Omnivore 1. Whats an omnivore? a. They eat both plants and animals 2. Whats an example of an omnivore? a. Students will give a few examples Students will be guided to their noted from the previous day of they get hung up during the review. 7. Well today we are going to look a little deeper into consumers; who can tell me what a predator is? a. Students will give the answer because they have been introduced to the vocabulary prior to the lesson. 8. A predator is the hunter; it is the one that does the killing. a. So if a predator hunts and kills another animal it is a what? Carnivore 9. So if the predator does the killing what do you think is the role of the prey? It is the hunted; it is the animal that is killed and eaten. 10. Good job 11. What an example of a predator and prey? 12. Teacher will give students to answer and as they answer they will record into their journals on a t-chart. 13. Another set of organisms that we will discuss are parasites and hosts. a. Whats a parasite? Feeds off of a host b. Whats a host Organism in which the parasite lives c. Whats an example of a parasite? Leech Tick Fleas

Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

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14. Conclusion: a. Ok every one lets review what we have learned today b. A predator is? c. Prey is? d. Parasite? e. Host? After students define the vocabulary the teacher will display pictures and students will identify either predator/ prey, parasite/ host Activity Analysis: 1. 2. The second activity will be used a review to conclude the lesson. This lines up with the objective because it goes back over the material covered. This activity will give students an opportunity to get a better understanding of the lesson. This activity will close the lesson by leaving pictured in the minds of the students. This is a way for them to put a picture with the vocabulary. The technology used will be the Smartboard to display the pictures of the predator/prey and host/parasites The first activity; the t-chart will be used as a study tool for students. This will help will identifying the different factors associated with predators/ prey and parasites/hosts. This activity will get the students into what is going on. This will also help students get a visual of the lesson. Students who have need of visual examples will be well accommodated with this activity. The technology used will be the Smartboard to display the workbook pages. This will be used because the students do not have their workbooks yet.

References: Some information and resources were furnished by Angie Nelson, 5th grade teacher at Pinecrest Elementary School. Pictures used during the lesson were collected from Google images.