Directly Taught With Activity

Sample Lesson

Objectives (on the board):

• Dimensions of Learning: The students will determine the common names of plants and animals found along the shoreline (#2).
• Content: The students will find the scientific name of two samples (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species).
• Social Skills: The students will find the scientific name of two samples (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species).

Materials:

Warm-Up: (Numbered Heads Together) Review of Characteristics of Mollusks

• Name five phyla of animal kingdom.
• Give the scientific name for the sea shells group.
• Name three characteristics of this phylum.

Presentation/Instruction: (Directions for Activity)

• Groups of four.
• Person wearing red goes first.
• First person takes bag and pulls out one item.
• Use key together to figure out common name.
• Set item in front of first person.
• Pass bag to the left.
• Continue until all items are identified.
• Work together until the group can identify all common names.
• Check: Levels of Understanding.
• #3's come get materials.

Guided Practice:

• Students do the activity while teacher moves from group to group monitoring.

Independent Practice:

• Homework: Choose two items and write scientific name and address. Quiz.

Closure: (Whole Class)

• Hold up item and have students think of and then say the common name.

Appraisal:

• Group Dynamics: How did taking turns work? Better? Worse? Why?
• PQP (Praise . . . Question . . . Polish)

Evaluation: Quiz on the common names of shells and plants.