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Title-
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Background-
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| The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin |
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Expected Outcome Of This Lesson Plan-
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1. Students will learn the life cycle of a pumpkin.
2. Students will be able to identify each stage of a pumpkin's life cycle. |
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Teacher Objectives-
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| 1. Students will be able to identify the structures of the pumpkin plant and be able to sequence the stages of the pumpkin life cycle by completing a worksheet, with 100% accuracy. |
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Resources-
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"Pumpkin Pumpkin" story by Jeanne Titherington
Pumpkin life cycle worksheets
Computer
PowerPoint presentation |
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Teaching Methods-
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1. Lesson Introduction-
1. As a class, students will discuss what they know about pumpkins.
2. Students will watch a video of the story "Pumpkin Pumpkin" by Jeanne Titherington
3. The teacher will hold up the paperback copy of "Pumpkin Pumpkin" for the students to follow along. |
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2. Lesson Progression-
| 1. As a class, students will discuss what they have learned about pumpkins from the video/story. |
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3. Guided Practice-
1. To begin the discussion of the life cycle stages, the class will tell the teacher where pumpkin seeds come from.
2. Students will learn the six stages of the pumpkin life cycle. |
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4. Student Practice-
| 1. Students will complete a worksheet individually, where they will label and sequentially number the stages of a pumpkins life. |
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5. Learner Accommodations-
| 1. The teacher will hold up the paperback copy of "Pumpkin Pumpkin" for the students who are visually impaired to follow along. |
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6. Assessment-
1. As a class, the teacher will review the worksheet and discuss the correct answers.
2. The teacher will collect the worksheets to evaluate the students progress.
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7. Lesson Closure-
| 1. Students will watch a video of other first graders going to the pumpkin patch to oberve the life cycle of a pumpkin. |
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Measuring Student Progress-
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| 1. The teacher will do a summative evaluation on the students by reviewing the worksheets to see how well they understood the lesson. |
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