Dekalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan s2

DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan Teacher: * Teaching Structures: Week of: (O) one lead, one support (A) alternative teaching Subject: (S) station teaching (T) team teaching Class Hour: (P) parallel teaching

Target Students: Students with Special Needs:

Day/Date Big Idea/ Assessment Goals Lesson Activities *Teaching Structure Standard/Modified Essential Question (State at beginning and exit ticket) TSW identify Students will complete a test What plants What happens N/A differences covering the characteristics of and animals to plants and Monday between plants plants and animals. Also, if can adapt to animals who and animals they can adapt to any different can’t adapt to and their environment. environments? different adaptations. environments? The student will Students will orally read and Where do we find Do animals of N/A identify if discuss evolving of animals the evidences of today have any Tuesday animals and and discuss the evidences of animal fossils? similar their their changes and their characteristics adaptations existence. of the fossils of have changed their species? over time. TSW identify Students will orally read and Why would the What is N/A Darwin’s discuss why there were same species selective Wednesday findings on similarities of the same in different breeding? likenesses and species located in different countries have differences of areas. some similar the same characteristics? species of animals. TSW identify Students will be given 2 Why would Why would N/A plant and worksheets covering the similar animal today’s animals Thursday animal material previously covered species in have similar adaptations regarding plant and animal different areas characteristics and aspects of adaptations and what Darwin’s have some of to some of their Darwin’s research found about similar the same similar species animal studies. animal species. characteristics? in fossils? TSW will Students will write the Why would Why would N/A examine vocabulary words and their similar animal todays animals Friday vocabulary definitions. Also, there will be species have possess similar words and do a questions worksheet similar characteristics questions regarding animal adaptations characteristics to fossils of a about the and Darwin’s studies. if they live in similar species? weeks material different covered.. regions? DeKalb Middle School Lesson Plan – page 2 Teacher: Week Of: Subject: Class Hour:

Academic Adaptations Key Vocabulary Materials/ Performance Data and (as needed for gifted students and Support Needed Notes students with disabilities) Oral reading, as well as silent Adaptation, species, fossil, fossil Textbook Monday reading record

Oral reading, as well as silent Trait, selective breeding, selective Textbook Tuesday reading breeding, natural selection

Oral reading, as well as silent Adaptation, species, fossil, fossil Textbook Wednesday reading record, trait selective breeding, natural selection Oral reading, as well as silent Adaptation, species, fossil, fossil Textbook Thursday reading record, trait, selective breeding, natural selection Oral reading, as well as silent Adaptation species, fossil, fossil Textbook Friday reading record, trait, selective breeding, natural selection