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TEAM Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Angelina Cicero and Amber Brown
Class: 2nd Grade Science
Course Unit: Unit 6
Lesson Title: Metamorphosis
LESSON OVERVIEW Summary of the task, challenge, investigation, career-related scenario, problem, or
community link.

Teachers will be dressed as a caterpillar and a butterfly to engage the students and give them an idea of what
the lesson will be about. Students will be introduced to metamorphosis with a lesson and an activity. The lesson
will start with a video to engage the students and show a brief process of metamorphosis. After, the students
will be shown the process more in depth, while keeping it simple. There will be a dance and a song taught and
reviewed to help the students remember the information being taught. The closure will be a paper plate activity
where the students will show their understanding of the process of metamorphosis.
STANDARDS Identify what you want to teach. Reference State, Common Core, ACT College
Readiness Standards and/or State Competencies.
LS1.3 Use simple graphical representations to show that species have unique and diverse life cycles

2.LS1.2 Obtain and communicate information to classify animals (vertebrates-mammals, birds,

amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates-insects) based on their physical characteristics
OBJECTIVE Clear, Specific, and Measurable – NOT ACTIVITIES
Student-Friendly

Students will be introduced to the life cycle of a caterpillar to a butterfly (metamorphosis) and apply their
understanding by constructing a model.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION Students show evidence of proficiency through a variety of assessments.
Aligned with the Lesson Objective
Formative/Summative
Performance-Based/Rubric
Formal/Informal
An paper plate craft activity will be given to the students to show their understanding of
metamorphosis.
MATERIALS Aligned with the Lesson Objective
Rigorous & Relevant
- Plastic bags for all materials
-Paper Plates
-Cut out words (process)
-Cut out pictures
- Markers/Colored Pencils
ACTIVATING STRATEGY Motivator/Hook
An Essential Question encourages students to put forth more effort when faced with
a complex, open-ended, challenging, meaningful and authentic questions.

Teachers will come into the classroom dressed as a caterpillar and a butterfly. They will have enthusiasm when
introducing the lesson, and keep students engaged.
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INSTRUCTION Step-by-Step Procedures-Sequence

Discover/Explain – Direct Instruction
Modeling Expectations – “I Do”
Questioning/Encourages Higher Order Thinking
Grouping Strategies
Differentiated Instructional Strategies to Provide Intervention & Extension
1. Introduce the lesson with hook (costumes) (Angelina)
2. Go into PowerPoint and explain each step of the cycle; interacting with students (Amber)
3. Review each step with students who come up to the board; Who can come up and tell or draw a picture
of which process is first? (Angelina)
4. Stand up and sing song for cycle (about 3x) (Both)
5. Partner paper plate activity (Angelina)
6. Go over activity (Amber)
GUIDED & INDEPENDENT PRACTICE “We Do”-“You Do”
Encourage Higher Order Thinking & Problem Solving
Relevance
Differentiated Strategies for Practice to Provide Intervention & Extension

I DO : Presentation of process
WE DO: Song with dance
YOU DO: Plate activity

CLOSURE Reflection/Wrap-Up
Summarizing, Reminding, Reflecting, Restating, Connecting

Review activity and Where are my wings?

CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS
Don’t have to have

Revision Plans: -Kick up video shown to a second grade level.

-Stay in mode of ‘thinking process” when modeling instead of questioning.

-Explain in detail how to make the manipulative.