Lesson Design Template: MAT/Certification Elementary

Candidate Name: Amanda Camargo Host Teacher Name: Angela Blake

School: John Shaw Elementary Grade Level: 1st # of Students: 18
Date & Time of Lesson: 3/21/2017 Length of Lesson: 45 minutes
Topic of Lesson: Hatching Chicks Content Area: Science
Materials: include technology:
Promethean Board w/pen
Activity Worksheet
Coloring utensils (pencils, markers, crayons)
Glue
Scissors
An Egg is Quiet, by Dianna Aston

Chickens, by Ann Larkin Hansen

Chick Song

Alaska Standard: C. Concepts of Life Science A student should understand and be able
to apply the concepts, models, theories, facts, evidence, systems, and
processes of life science.

E. Science and Technology A student should understand the

relationships among science, technology and society.

F. Cultural, Social, Personal Perspectives and Science A student

should understand the dynamic relationships among scientific,
cultural, social, and personal perspectives.

STAGE ONE STAGE TWO

Objective(s)
1) Chickens hatch from eggs.
2) Chicken eggs typically take 21
days to hatch.
3) Identify the stages of an egg
cycle.
4) Describe where chicks come
from.
Student Assessment
1) 1. Oral questioning: i.e. (Formative)
a) What can you tell me about chicks?
b) What do they look like?
c) What kind of sounds do they make?
d) Where do they usually live?
e) What kinds of things do they do?
1) Conversation Circle (Performance)
2) How do Chicks Grow Worksheet
(Summative)

STAGE THREE: Opportunities to Learn

Introduction/Hook

Hook:
1) Snack time/reading time: An Egg is Quiet

Introduction:

1) Today we are going start a really fun unit. This unit will take a couple weeks to
finish, but I am really excited to do this with you and I hope you get excited too!
a) What can you tell me about chicks?
b) What do they look like?
c) What kind of sounds do they make?
d) Where do they usually live?
e) What kinds of things do they do?

2) Promethean board will be displayed and students will already be at the computer
carpet to watch a short video on developing/hatching chicks:
http://www.teachertube.com/video/chicken-egg-development-368393

3) How Does a Chick Grow Worksheet Activity

a) Students will return to their seats and be given the handout for this activity.
 b) Students will need colored pencils or crayons, glue and scissors.
c) Students will color, cut and paste the life cycle of an egg in the correct order.
4) Chicken Song -
a) Im a little chicken,
Ready to hatch,
Pecking at my shell,
Scratch, Scratch, Scratch.
When I crack it open, out Ill leap,
Fluff up my feathers and cheep, cheep, cheep!
Processes and Products
1. Strategy 1 Reading activity. The
teacher will read a story
describing eggs and their
characteristics. This books
contains pictures to help students
understand the text. The teacher
will also read three sections from
the About Chickens text which
goes into more detail about the
original eggs, chicks and their
habits.
2. Strategy 2 Educational video on
the development of eggs and
chicks. This reinforces the reading
activity and presents the same
information in a different format.
3. Strategy 3 How Does a Chick
Grow? Worksheet activity. This
activity gives students the
opportunity to demonstrate their
understanding of the development,
or process, of a chick. It also allows
Differentiation/Accommodations/Modifications
1. Visual/auditory/kinesthetic/tactile
strategies.
2. Lesson includes regular, structured
interactive strategies (group
discussions and work at team tables).
3. Lesson includes activities that involve
all language skills:
Reading/Writing/Listening /and
Speaking.
4. Lesson includes review of and
connection to existing prior knowledge
(some students have chickens and can
share their experiences).
5. All activities are modeled for students,
or done alongside students.
6. Students have alternative ways to
represent their understanding and at
their level of skill.
7. Early finishers are encouraged to label
the stages on their How Does a Chick
Grow worksheet to further learning.
 for interpretation because some 8. Early finishers will be given helper
students may choose to put the tasks to facilitate clean up and can
egg, or chicken, first. browse their I-pick library for a book to
4. Strategy 4 Chicken Song. read.
Engaging activity to help students
remember a general progression
of a chick, and hatching. Studies
show song and rhyme help with
knowledge retention.

Closure:
1) Students will meet back at the computer carpet and have a group discussion/sharing
on the following questions: What do eggs need to hatch?; What other animals
hatch from eggs?; What do you think came first? The chicken or the egg? How can
raising chickens be incorporated into your life style?
2) Students will put their How Does a Chick Grow worksheet in their folder/tub and
will be given their writing packet that will be worked on in the next lesson.