Lesson Plan : Biomes of the United States
Teacher Name: | D. Tatum |
Grade: | Grade 7-8 |
Subject: | Special Education |
Topic: | Biomes of the United States |
Content: | The chapter book is "Ecosystems in the U.S.A.". The chapter in this topic will cover "Biomes of the United States". |
Goals: | TLW apply use of special vocabulary in the context of a topic. TLW answer questions related to what is read. TLW experience different literary forms (chapter books). TLW ask and respond to questions during a listening activity. TLW compare different ecosystems. |
Objectives: | Level 1: TLW visually focus on pictures while listening to text read aloud. TLW select a picture in response to an oral question. Level 2: TLW read/listen to text during a shared reading experience. TLW point to pictures in response to oral/written questions. Level 3: TLW independently read text in chapters. TLW respond to oral/written questions during discussion of the chapter. |
Materials: | Simple Chapter 1: Biomes of the United States communication board Comprehension worksheets and sentence strips |
Introduction: | TLW do a picture walk through the chapter story to see what the story may be about. Students state the different pictures they see and make a hypothesis about the content. |
Development: | Introduce the word "biome" and it's meaning. Read using a shared reading experience of the chapter book. |
Practice: | Students follow along visually during the shared learning experience. Discussion questions are asked after each page. Focus on pictures on each page to reinforce learning. |
Accommodations: | Students may answer orally or by selecting pictures from the chapter communication board. |
Checking For Understanding: | Assess discussion questions through students mode of communication. |
Closure: | Students will brainstorm something that the learned from the chapter book. |
Evaluation: | Discussion questions Review of material the following day. |
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