Preschool Science Lesson Plan Lesson Name: How Do Pumpkins Grow Lesson Type: Whole Group Activity Unit of Study: Living Things Life Cycles Focus Question: What do plants need to live? Objective: Students will be able to identify what do plants need to live. PKFCC Focus Standard: PK.CKW.5 (Science): Observes and describes characteristics of living things. Additional PKFCC Standards: PK.SED.2: Regulates his/her response to needs, feelings and events. Materials: • Books: From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie by Jill Esbaum • Pumpkin • Plastic cups (1 per student) • Spoons (1 per student) • Potting soil (1 bag) • Pumpkin seeds (enough for a couple per student) …show more content…
• Water • How Do pumpkins Grow worksheet (1 per student) • Glue sticks • Halloween Pumpkin Coloring sheet • Crayons Vocabulary: garden, grow, orange, pumpkin, plant, soil, seeds, sunlight, sprout, vine, water Procedure: Hook: Show children video That's How A Pumpkin Grows.
By Brian Vogan Beginning: Ask students what is the most famous Halloween vegetable. Ask them if anyone has ever grown a pumpkin. Explain that today, they will learn how pumpkins grow. Read From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer aloud to the class. At the end of the story, review the steps to grow a pumpkin. Have students identify what components plants need to live. Middle: Invite children to investigate pumpkin from inside and outside. Ask students how it feels like? Smooth or rough? What shape is pumpkin? What color? What is inside? How it smells? Explain to the class that they will be growing their own pumpkin plant. Model the steps that students will need to follow independently: • First using a spoon, take 5 scoops of dirt and place them in a small cup. • Then, count 3 pumpkin seeds. Have the students count them out with you. Place the seeds in the cup. • Give the plant some water and place it by the window. • Have the students repeat the steps I just modeled to plant their pumpkin plant. • Walk around the room to make sure all students are on task.
End: • Ask students to make predictions as to how long they think it will take their pumpkins to grow. • Ask them to show how big they think the plants will get. • Remind children one more time the pumpkin life cycle. Ask them what is the next step after we plant a pumpkin seed? What is the next after that? Assessment: To test knowledge of the life cycle of a pumpkin plant, have students complete the How Do Pumpkins Grow? worksheet. Differentiation: Have students help their peers in counting the correct number of pumpkin seeds, extend time, and provide 1:1 support. For children who need additional support: Have students complete the Halloween Pumpkin Coloring sheet instead of the How Do Pumpkin Grow? worksheet. For children who are ready for a challenge: Invite to explore picture books: The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll and Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie by Jill Esbaum. Ask them to draw a picture from favorite part of the book. Children with IEPs: Depend on their unique and individual needs Provide Presentation Accommodations which allow a student to: • Work with fewer items per page • Provide materials in a larger print size • Have another student share notes with him • Be given an outline of a lesson (with pictures) Response accommodations allow a student to: • Dictate answers to a scribe Setting accommodations allow a student to: • Work or take an assignment in a different setting, such as a quiet room with few distractions • Sit where he learns best (near the teacher) • Use sensory tools such as an exercise band, that can be looped around a chair’s legs (so fidgety kids can kick it and quietly get their energy out) Timing Accommodations allow a student to: • Take more time to complete a task • Have extra time to process oral information and directions • Take frequent breaks, such as after completing a task Organization Skills Accommodations allow a student to: • Use an alarm to help with time management • Mark texts with a highlighter Assignment Modifications allow a student to: • Complete fewer or different homework problems than peers • Write shorter answers • Answer fewer or different assignment questions Curriculum Modifications • Get graded or assessed using a different standard than the one for classmates Children whose home language is a language other than English: Assign a classroom friend, who speaks the same native language and who is very responsible.The friend could help ELL student with class directions and assist him with any questions. Write in print because the script is often unclear. The student should sit close to the teacher and should be given extra time to process information. Possibly reduce the length of assignments. Teach important words, these important words do not mean vocabulary words. Important words are those that are essential to an ELL student functioning in the school environment. Avoid slang and idiomatic expressions, speak clearly and naturally. Encourage students to raise their hand if they don’t understand the word. Pumpkin life cycle visual illustrations allow ELL students better understand the material while learning important vocabulary. Teacher Tip: Send How Do Pumpkin Grow? worksheet home. Encourage parents to talk about other Living Things Life Cycles with their children. ⋆ Bring wet tissues to clean students’ hands after pumpkin exploration. If you have enough time sing with children: Do You Know How Pumpkins Grow? Song Do you know how pumpkins grow? Pumpkins grow, pumpkins grow, Do you know how pumpkins grow? In my garden. First I plant some pumpkin seeds, Pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seeds. First I plant some pumpkin seeds, In my garden. Then the seed grows a sprout, Grows a sprout, grows a sprout, Then the seed grows a sprout, In my garden. Then the vine and leaves will grow, They will grow, they will grow, Then the vine and leaves will grow, In my garden. Then flowers grow on the vine, On the vine, on the vine Then flowers grow on the vine, In my garden. Then green pumpkins start to grow, Start to grow, start to grow. Then green pumpkins start to grow, In my garden. At last the pumpkin turns orange all around, Orange all around, orange all around, At last the pumpkin turns orange all around, In my garden. Now we know how pumpkins grow, Pumpkins grow, pumpkins grow, Now we know how pumpkins grow, In my garden. Song recorded by Amanda G. Ellis www.morewithmusic.org
This task should be fun and interesting for the students. It is my hope that this activity proves to be successful for my students and helps them to understand the necessary learning objectives set forth.
“Danny’s Plant”, by Meish Goldish, is about how Danny’s mom and his science teacher, Mr. Morgan, played a trick on Danny, so he would be more interested in horticulture. In the beginning of the book, Danny was not interested in horticulture, and his mom thought it was a problem. So, she made a bet with Danny. She would give him his own plant, and if he would have to tell his plant a joke everyday and water everyday. If he could make it grow like crazy, his mom would win, but if it didn’t grow, he would get a new music tape that he wanted. Immediately, Danny confirmed the bet. The article,”Probing Question: Does talking to plants help them grow?”, states that many people believe in talking to their plants, but you need a certain tone or volume
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Students will identify the correct how to find the area of circles. We are going to do this first by deriving the formula for the area of a circle ourselves. Students use these operations to solve problems. Students extend their previous understandings of finding the area of a shape: This learning goal meets the Common Core Standard CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.G.A.3. The students are going to learn find the area of only the doughnut, excluding the hole in the middle. For the formative assessments during the teaching of this unit, I will keep an observation log, where I note any student progress, whether it be positive or negative. I believe it will be important to record observations any time a student has difficulty with a particular task. For example, if a student has trouble solving the problems with the formulas. to purchase an item, I should write down particular actions, attitudes, and behaviors that stand out, as well as the specific issue. Any time the students are doing independent work, I will monitor the learning activities and record observations.