Our lesson plan consisted of 5 days-Monday through Friday. The subject that we chose to focus on was Science as we could see that the book we chose (The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl) related very well to science more than it did to any of the other subjects. The grade that we agreed to do a lesson plan for was second grade as I am an elementary ed major and so was one of the other girls in my group. This made it easier to brainstorm new ideas and such as a group dealing with age, comprehension, and picking actitivies that addressed the needs of students that have special needs such as ELL students. ELL stands for English Language Learners. The subject of a caterpillar is one of the easier ones to branch over from English to a different language. This is because the book can be translated, so can all of the worksheets as well as the video, and lastly, the caterpillars themselves can be seen in person and handled by those students. This ensures that the student learns certain things about caterpillars on their own personal level just as the rest of the class will though they may have an easier time identifying with the assignments.
On Monday, for science, "bring Caterpillars into the classroom for observation. As a class, research the anatomy of a caterpillar, life cycles, and other questions the students may have" This speaks again to what I mentioned with students being able to see the creature face to face and get to experience them firsthand. On Tuesday in science, we have the detailed lesson plan, which I will get into later. Wednesday, for science, we "Visit a park and see how many caterpillars and butterflies the students can locate. How are they all different? How are they similar? Colors? Designs? Have students write short stories with pictures about their discoveries." This also gives students another chance to experience the life cycle firsthand. This may be something that the students may become very excited about and therefore, really be encouraged to find as many examples as possible. The pictures are something that every student can do on their own, but ELL as well as the rest of the students may very well need extensive help at this grade level with writing a short story.
On Thursday for science, "Have students draw/make a collage of their own interpretation of what happens in the life cycle of the caterpillar in detail." This will hopefully show that the students know and understand the life cycles of the caterpillars that are located in the room. If the students still do not understand the process after 4 days of teaching this, then mabye it is time to reevaluate how the lessons are being taught and possibly spend a little more time on them depending on importance. Lastly, on Friday, "Visit a butterfly room at a museum or zoo and have students take vivid notes on what they learned." This gives the students the opportunity to learn a little more than they may have before by getting the word of an expert or someone who specializes in that field. ELL students may need a translator to help them grasp what they presenter may be saying. Besides that, this should be a pretty easy fieldtrip that the students would get really excited about. Even more so than the one before.
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