K5 Science Endorsement GPS Lesson Plan

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Title Living and non-living

Teacher(s) Manar Karaja
E-mail Manar.karaja@cobbk12.org
School Timber Ridge Elementary
Lesson Title Lesson 4: is it fiction or is it real /living and nonliving things
Grade Level Pre-K special Concepts(s) Targeted Show interest in different kinds
needs of literature
Living and nonliving
Performance Expectation Four-year-olds become interested in a variety of reading materials. They
learn that books tell stories as well as provide information about specific topics. Interest in non-fiction
books increases, showing their curiosity about the real world. GELDS

Science & Engineering Disciplinary Core Ideas (Content) Crosscutting Concept

Practice

Construct Explanations MA4.4b Sorts and classifies objects Patterns

and Design Solutions: using one or more attributes
Make observations to or relationships.
construct an evidence-
based account for natural SC3.4b Discriminates
phenomenaliving versus between living and non-
nonliving objects. living things.

CLL8.4a Demonstrates
interest in different kinds of
literature, such as fiction
and non-fiction books and
poetry, on a range of topics.

Georgia Performance Standards

SC3.4a Observes, explores and describes a variety of animals and plants. Describes their basic
needs and life cycles.

SC3.4b Discriminates between living and non-living things.

CLL8.4a Demonstrates interest in different kinds of literature, such as fiction and non-fiction
books and poetry, on a range of topics.
Safety Considerations

The Learning Plan

ENGAGE:

Bring a bag filled with a variety of books fiction and nonfiction about living and
nonliving things. For example, the very hungry caterpillar and a book about the life cycle
of a butterfly.

EXPLORE:
Students will be broken into three groups. 3 students/teacher
The students will pick books from the bag provided earlier for their teachers to read. As
they are reading, teachers will ask: what do you notice about the pictures? (Photographs
vs. illustrations), is it true or is it made up? Which ones teachs you new things and which
one is an entertainment? Is the rock living or nonliving? Do nonliving things really talk?
Is the caterpillar in the story living or nonliving? What did the caterpillar need to grow
and stay alive? What is the life cycle of the caterpillar? What is something else we
learned about that has a life cycle too? (plants)

EXPLAIN:

Watch video with examples of fiction and nonfiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
ykwXZQ629s#action=share

Create a T-chart.
Ask the students what they noticed about the different books that they read? How are
they similar? How are they different?
I will then explain that fiction books are made up stories, that must be read in order, and
have illustrations. For nonfiction books, they include true facts, must be read in order,
and they have photographs.
My T-chart will have pictures made with boardmaker instead of words.
Listen to a Song explaining fiction and nonfiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CFbX-wFPvWo#action=share

EXTEND:

To review the concept of sorting from the previous lesson, the students will look at a new
set of books and then sort them into two categories: fiction and nonfiction.

EVALUATE:

Make your own story: Are you going to make a fiction or nonfiction book? If you are
doing a fiction book, is the character in your story a living or nonliving? If you are doing
a nonfiction book, is it about a living or nonliving thing?

The writing sample from the extend section will be the evaluate piece to check if students
understood the concepts of fiction/nonfiction and living/nonliving
Title of the Lesson: lesson 4: is it fiction or nonfiction/ living and nonliving things

Material:

Variety of books that are fiction and nonfiction with focus on the following: nonfiction
books are about living and nonliving things. Fiction books have characters of nonliving
things being alive and animals talking.

Paper and writing tools (crayons, markers, pencils) to write the book.

Documentation of Resources

Lesson plan about fiction and nonfiction from online:

http://www.mrswintersbliss.com/2016/03/fiction-vs-nonfiction-teaching-ideas.html
Video with an example of fiction and nonfiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
ykwXZQ629s#action=share
Song explaining fiction and nonfiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFbX-
wFPvWo#action=share

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