SIOP Lesson Plan Template

STANDARDS:
RI.5.1- Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
RI.5.9- Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject
knowledgeably.
RI.5.10- Read and comprehend informational texts including history/social studies, science, and technical
texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
W.5.2- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W.5.10- Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter
time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
SL.5.1- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led)
with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly.
L5.1- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
L5.2- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
L.5.6- Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases,
including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships.
THEME:
English-Language Arts
LESSON TOPIC:
Science: Why the Sun is important to our Solar System?

OBJECTIVES:
Content:
Students will be able to read and understand
informational texts.
Students will be able to text code to organize
information from the text.

LEARNING STRATEGIES:
Text coding
Using text evidence to support their ideas
KEY VOCABULARY:
Sun
Blue star
Yellow star
Red star
Star
MATERIALS:

Language:
Students will explain why the sun is a star.
Students will describe the characteristics of
the sun.

Student LDC Text Booklet: Our Stormy Star, the Sun

Student LDC Activity Booklet: Day 3 Response shet
Elmo

MOTIVATION/ANTICIPATORY SET (Building Background):

Focused on the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies in previous days lesson; students will be learning about
the Sun and stars in their science class to go along with the Language Arts assignment with the Sun.
PRESENTATION/INPUT/MODELING (Language & Content Objectives, comprehensible input, strategies,
interaction, feedback):
Reread the Performance task (teacher and student).
Introduce essential question (Why is the Sun important to our Solar System? What are the
characteristics of the Sun?)
Model of correct way to text code ( read the first two paragraphs of the article and text code info about
the sun so students know what they are looking for.)

PRACTICE/APPLICATION (meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, feedback):

Independent reading and text coding (Students will first read the article independently and text code
and find information that describes a star).
Turn and Talks (Will share the information they found that describes a star and also will discuss their
own definition of a star that they come up with).
Whole group discussion ( Teachers and students will discuss together what the characteristics they
found in the article; students will come up to the Elmo to show what they found.)
Shared reading (students will reread the text together and text code together to find characteristics that
describe the sun.

REVIEW/ASSESSMENT (review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning):

Independent Practice: Students will answer the prompt, Using information from the text, describe the
characteristics of the sun and its importance to our solar system.
Students will be given a rubric to self assess their response before they turn it in so they know the
expectations of the assignment.

EXTENSION:
If students are struggling text coding and starting their extended response, I will hold a small group for
the students that are struggling.