Week 9 - Lesson 1 - Scientific overview - Whales

Candidate’s Name: Malka Wallerstein

Grade Level: 3-4

Title of the lesson:  whales

Length of the lesson: one hour

Central focus Learning about different types of Whales and their parts.

Knowledge of students to inform teaching (prior knowledge/prerequisite skills and personal/cultural/community assets) Students know about different type of fish. Students have an understanding that there are many different types of fish in the ocean.

Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Support literacy development through language (academic language) Students will learn new vocabulary words Baleen, calf, blowhole, dorsal fin, fluke

Learning objectives Students will learn about whales and their differences. Students will be able to differentiate between different types of whales. Students will be able to label a diagram of the different parts of a whale.

Formal and informal assessment (including type[s] of assessment and what is being assessed) Sample: Formal Assessment - students will hand in a diagram of the parts of a whale filled in correctly. Informal Assessment - I will hang up different cutouts of whales and I will ask students to name the correct whale. I will call on different students to assess their learning.

Instructional procedure: I will begin the lesson with a short you tube clip of Shamu. I will then project on the whiteboard a KWL chart and ask students what they know about whales. I will ask them if they have ever seen a whale. And we will have a short discussion about what they already know about whales. I will then put on the whiteboard a big cutout of a laminated whale. I will label the Whale with all the different parts and teach the class the new vocabulary words regarding whale. I will explain to the class that different types of whales have different parts and that's how we differentiate them. As I am teaching them about different part of the whale i will show them a picture so my visual students can see it in front of them. I will then hang up large cutouts of a few types of whales and teach the students a bit about each one. Students will be given out a diagram of a whale. They will correctly fill it in using their journals to write the correct vocabulary words. Students will work in pairs of four and each creates their own origami whale out of blue construction paper. I will show them how to do it step by step using a video tutorial. Students will have their origami and will be able to name the different parts of their own whale. I will end the lesson with a short matching game using the big cutouts and the correct names. Students will come up to the board and match the correct type of whale to its name.

Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning. White board Laptop Big cut outs Blue construction paper Scisors Markers Shamu video https://www.pinterest.com/pin/250512798002244468/

Reflection I believe my lesson is interesting and includes different ways of learning to support all my students. I believe I deliver my lesson in a clear way and students are engaged in learning