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CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Lesson Plan Template
THE SOLAR SYSTEM – INNER PLANETS
Student Teacher Becca Sutay
Grade Level
5
Date of lesson
4/16/12
Content Standards/Relationship to Standards: State the appropriate curriculum standard(s) and
how this lesson aligns with the standard’s outcomes.
Content Standards:
5.3a. The positions of the earth and moon relative to the sun explain the cycles of day and night, and the
monthly moon phases.
Technology Standards:
1b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression
Learner Background: Discuss prior learning that has occurred that will support the lesson’s
learning objective and how this lesson supports subsequent lessons.
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The students will have already learned about the solar system in previous grades. This
lesson goes more in-depth when it comes to the individual planets.
The students know how to use a class blog, Moodle, and a wiki from previous
assignments given in class.
Specific Learning Objectives:
of Learners
Student Learning Objective(s):
State the intended learning outcome of this
lesson. Be sure it is observable and
includes clear criteria. *NOTE –
cooperative learning lessons must include a
social skill objective in addition to the
academic objective
Assessment:
Learners
Meeting the Needs
Objective(s) for most/all
students
Modification/Accommodations of
Objective(s) if needed for struggling
and/or advanced groups
The students will be able
to identify ten
characteristics of one of
the inner planets in the
solar system, and show
their knowledge in the
booklet created by the
group. The students will
use a Wiki to
communicate with one
another and post what
they discover about their
individual planets.
Meeting the Needs of
Assessment: State the specific strategy (ies)
and tools used to collect the data for each
SLO. (Examples: essays, projects, quiz, exit
slip, worksheet, etc.)
Assessment tool(s) for
most/all students
Modifications/Accommodations of
Assessment (if needed for struggling
and/or advanced groups)
There will be four groups
of four. Each group will
complete a booklet
showing what they have
learned about each of the
inner planets in our solar
system. The students will
be assessed individually
for their section of the
booklet.
Classroom Learning Environment: Cite positive strategy (ies) that will be utilized to support student
learning and increase student engagement throughout the lesson based on your evaluation from
previous lessons/observations. Include response strategies for off-task behavior and/or conflict.
Provide detail for each checked items (minimum of 4 checked strategies).
X
X
X
X
Standards of Behavior
Routines/Procedures
Group Work
Transitions
Student Engagement
Instructional Arrangement
Instructional Model/Strategy: State the rationale for the chosen model(s). Explain how you will best
facilitate student learning through a specific model of instruction. You may check more than one.
X
X
X
X
Direct Instruction
Cooperative Learning – specific strategy
Inquiry
Concept formation/Concept Development
Discussion
Materials/Resources:
Learners
Materials/Resources:
Materials/resources
used in each learning
activity including
modifications for
individual students in
order to facilitate
learning
Meeting the Needs of All
Materials/Resources for most/all students.
-computer/internet
- construction paper
-pencils/markers
- scissors
- stapler
- glue
Modification/Accommodations and/or
Differentiation of resources if needed for
struggling or advanced groups or students
identified with specific needs.
Initiation:
Learners
Meeting the Needs of All
Modifications/Accommodations ~ Note
specific
modifications
and
accommodations for students with specific
needs based on your evaluation from
previous lessons.
and./or
Differentiation ~ Note specific strategies
to be employed during lesson to address
differentiated learning needs (ex: learning
styles, modalities, interests, readiness, etc.)
based on your evaluation from previous
lessons.
Initiation
Briefly describe
how you will
initiate the lesson
by:
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1) motivating
learners to focus
on expectations for
learning and
behaviors;
2) explaining:
a) what they will
be doing and
learning in the
lesson;
b) how they will
demonstrate
learning;
c) why it is
important.
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Lesson Development:
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Start the lesson by asking the students
what they already know about the
planets. Ask if they know what the
inner four planets are.
Write down on the board all of their
prior knowledge.
Explain that they are going to research
one of the four inner planets that night
at home for homework and post what
they have found on their group’s Wiki
site.
Explain that they will be assessed on a
booklet that they come up with together
as a group about the four inner planets.
Teacher shows an example of a
completed inner planet booklet
Meeting the Needs of All Learners
Modifications/Accommodations ~ Note
specific modifications and accommodations
for students with specific needs based on
your evaluation from previous lessons.
and/or
Differentiation ~ Note specific strategies to
be employed during lesson to address
differentiated learning needs (ex: learning
styles, modalities, interests, readiness, etc.)
based on your evaluation from previous
lessons.
Lesson
Development
A. Describe
sequentially how
you will:
1) develop the
lesson;
2) model and
guide practice;
3) engage students
in learning
experiences to
enable them to
meet learning
outcome(s);
B. Identify the
instructional
groupings you will
use in each phase
of instruction
(whole group,
small group, pairs,
individuals, etc)
Students will:
- After the initiation, the students will get
into their groups of four. The groups
are always the same for every group
project – each group has a section of the
Wiki set up for them where they each
can access this Wiki from home.
- Each student picks an inner planet and
that night at home has to research that
planet – has to come up with 10
characteristics of that planet and find a
detailed photograph of that planet –
characteristics have to include; size,
number of moons, and
atmosphere/surface of that planet
- Post findings on the Wiki as well as
print out a copy of the facts/
characteristics found to bring into class
the next day to share with the group
- If there are any questions as to what the
assignment is, it is reposted on Moodle
and all of the students know how to
access Moodle
The next day in class the students get
back into their groups and talk about
their findings – compare/contrast the
four inner planets together
- Each group gets materials needed to
make an inner planet booklet (materials
are listed previously in the lesson plan)
- Each student cuts out the picture that
they found of their planet and paste it
on the left side of the page in the
booklet
- Each student lists their characteristics in
marker on the right side of the page in
the booklet
- Do the same for the four inner planets
and complete the booklet as a group
- Each group hands in their booklet to be
assessed – scores found on Google
spreadsheet
- That night for homework the students
have to go onto their class blog that
they have used before for previous
assignments and respond to the question
that the teacher posts – they will be
responding to the group activity
- Once the booklets are completed and
graded, the teacher will scan them and
put them onto the Moodle website for
the class so everyone can access them
and see what the other groups came up
with – the students can download the
other booklets from Moodle as an
additional resource for the class – they
can use these booklets as a study guide
for a test at the end of the solar system
unit
Closure:
Closure
Describe how you
will enable the
students to;
1. 1. question and
apply learning by
reviewing lesson
content
2. analyze by
connecting this
lesson to previous
and subsequent
learning
3. see relevancy by
understanding
purpose/importanc
e of the learning
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After this lesson the students will know facts about the inner planets of the solar
system and when we move onto the outer planets of the solar system, they will be able
to compare/contrast what they discover about those planets with what we learned about
the inner planets.
Students will know what the inner planets look like.
Students will know facts about each of the inner planets and have access to the
booklets that were made in class through the class Moodle site
Students will have a better understanding when it comes to working outside of class
with a group as well as in class with a group on the same project.
Adaptation: Instead of modifying a lesson plan and making it my own, I created it myself. There
is no adaption made for this lesson plan.