The group consists of four students who are in the 3rd grade and who are enrolled in a TBE program. All students were born in the United States and can speak both English and Polish.
The students obtained the following composite ACCESS scores in winter 2016: Student 1 –
4.3, Student 2 – 4.3, Student 3 – 4.0, Student 4 – 4.6. The Rigby ELL Reading Assessment revealed that all students’ instructional reading level is M.
How does this lesson connect with and build on the previous lesson(s)?
Currently, students are in their Earth Science unit. They have already learned about the moon and the Earth, specifically, what causes day and night using the words “rotation” and “axis”, what causes the changing of seasons using the words “revolution”
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The students will answer the questions in their graphic organizers. o Students will respond to the writing prompt in their science journals: Why is the Sun important to you? o Students will self-assess themselves on the learning target forms.
Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks (Procedures and Timeline)
Time Instructional Strategies/Learning Tasks Purpose
5 minutes 1. Questions, brainstorming, pictures To probe for background knowledge; to pique interest in the lesson.
5 minutes 2. Watching a video clip To introduce the topic; to garner information about the Sun.
3 minutes 3. Vocabulary Building To support students’ understanding of academic texts.
6 minutes 4. Read aloud, questioning To build schema; to present material; to build students’ understanding.
15 minutes 5. Graphic organizer To further deepen the understanding of the new material.
10 minutes 6. Writing prompt To describe and explain why the Sun is important’ to make connections between new material and everyday
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“How big do you think the Sun is?” (The Sun is so big that 109 Earths would fit across it). Show a visual.
3. Do you think that the sun is big compared to other stars? (Our sun is small compared to nearby stars: Sirius, Pollux, and Arcturus). Show the picture.
4. If you could drive to the Sun, how many years, do you think, it would take you to get there? (177 years). Show a picture.
5. “Today, we are going to talk about the Sun”. Introduce the learning target.]
Lesson Steps What steps will you take to go through the lesson? Number your lesson steps. Do not just paste your questions in this section. This is where you break down and list the steps you will take to complete your lesson. This will require multiple different numbered steps.
[1. Watch a video clip, titled “The Sun, a Real star”. If desired, give students another opportunity to absorb all the important information. Instruct students to take notes while they are watching a video clip.
2. Have students share out important facts that they picked up from the video clip, and then have them define two vocabulary words: “plasma”, and “solar energy”.
3. Read the passage from “Science a-z: Earth, Moon, Sun, and Stars”.
4. Students answer the questions:
• “Why does the Sun look much bigger in the sky than other