Video Enhanced Lesson Plan
Name: Tara Sells
Lesson Title: Taking Notes for an Informational Report
Introduction:
This lesson is just a portion of an overall lesson in informational writing. This is just one part of about a two week process of writing an informational report on mammals. This lesson will focus on gathering facts/details and notes to use for their informational writing.
Content Area and Grade or Age Level of Students:
This lesson is targeted for First Grade Writing, but could be used for Kindergarten or Second Grade with some adaptations.
Objectives:
Standards Addressed:
Relative Advantage:
Videos provide many advantages. They capture the interest and attention of the students. Some First Grade students can read fairly well, but others really struggle. Videos provide audio and visual facts/details about the content they are learning about. Videos also bring experiences to "life" that ordinarily would not be possible.
Timeline:
This lesson will be completed in three days. This is just a piece of an overall lesson on writing a complete informational report which would take at least two weeks. At the end of a two week period, the students will have an independently written report on mammals.
Materials:
Grouping Strategies:
The videos used in this lesson will be shown to the whole class on the SmartBoard. We will take notes as a class on the "Note Taking Worksheet". At the end of the worksheet is a place to list examples of mammals. During this part of the lesson, the students will work in pairs. At the end of the lessons, each student will independently complete the "Who's a Mammal" Worksheet.
Learning Activities:
Day 1 and 2:
(You may want to begin each day showing the two videos. On the second day, a refresher may be needed.)
The students will first watch the Mammals and All About Mammals videos. Then the teacher will pass out the "Note Taking Worksheet". As a class the students will give ideas for mammal characteristics. There are many different characteristics that can be used.
Some examples include:
Then, as a class, discuss the different vocabulary words to check for understanding. The students can write one or two words in the box to remind them what each word means.
For example:
Vertebrates - backbone Marsupials - pouches Carnivores - meat
Herbivores - plants Omnivores - both Viviparous - milk
Finally, ask students to come up with 8 examples. They can pair up and work with a partner for this part. A reminder that best-guess spelling is encouraged.
Day 3:
Show students the Animal Atlas, School of Mammals video.
Then ask students to independently do the "Who's a Mammal" Worksheet.
Assessment:
The students will independently complete the "Who's a Mammal" Worksheet that can be used as an assessment. Since this is just part of their informational report writing, you will again see evidence of their understanding at that point.
Adaptations for Learners with Special Needs:
With the way this lesson is set up, few modifications will need to be made. The note taking is done whole class so if any students need help with writing, they can be part of the class discussion and just do their best on the note taking. They can participate with their partner to come up with examples of mammals, but they do not have to complete the writing. Before needing the notes for writing, the teacher can make a copy of a classmate's note taking worksheet or the teacher's example.
References:
English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 1 | Common Core State Standards Initiative. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2016, from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/1/
Happy Learning TV. (n.d.). Mammals | Educational Video for Kids. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGonwMTPV6g&feature=youtu.be
Free School. (n.d.). All About Mammals for Children: Cats, Bears, Elephants, Pandas and More - FreeSchool. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kACaok7DRlM&feature=youtu.be
Animal Atlas. (n.d.). Animal Atlas, School of Mammals. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrAY4rEGaXo&feature=youtu.be
Lesson Title: Taking Notes for an Informational Report
Introduction:
This lesson is just a portion of an overall lesson in informational writing. This is just one part of about a two week process of writing an informational report on mammals. This lesson will focus on gathering facts/details and notes to use for their informational writing.
Content Area and Grade or Age Level of Students:
This lesson is targeted for First Grade Writing, but could be used for Kindergarten or Second Grade with some adaptations.
Objectives:
- The students will be able to take notes from facts learned from videos as a whole class and with the help of a teacher.
- The students will be able to learn numerous facts about mammals focusing on the characteristics.
- The students will be able to decide which animals are mammals and which are not due to the facts they have learned.
Standards Addressed:
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure. - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.7
Participate in shared research and writing projects
Relative Advantage:
Videos provide many advantages. They capture the interest and attention of the students. Some First Grade students can read fairly well, but others really struggle. Videos provide audio and visual facts/details about the content they are learning about. Videos also bring experiences to "life" that ordinarily would not be possible.
Timeline:
This lesson will be completed in three days. This is just a piece of an overall lesson on writing a complete informational report which would take at least two weeks. At the end of a two week period, the students will have an independently written report on mammals.
Materials:
- Teacher Computer with SmartBoard
- "Note Taking" Worksheet
- Pencils
- Videos about Mammals
- "Who's a Mammal" Worksheet
Grouping Strategies:
The videos used in this lesson will be shown to the whole class on the SmartBoard. We will take notes as a class on the "Note Taking Worksheet". At the end of the worksheet is a place to list examples of mammals. During this part of the lesson, the students will work in pairs. At the end of the lessons, each student will independently complete the "Who's a Mammal" Worksheet.
Learning Activities:
Day 1 and 2:
(You may want to begin each day showing the two videos. On the second day, a refresher may be needed.)
The students will first watch the Mammals and All About Mammals videos. Then the teacher will pass out the "Note Taking Worksheet". As a class the students will give ideas for mammal characteristics. There are many different characteristics that can be used.
Some examples include:
- they have a backbone
- they breathe air
- they have live births (except for 2 types of mammals)
- they have hair or fur
- they take care of their young
Then, as a class, discuss the different vocabulary words to check for understanding. The students can write one or two words in the box to remind them what each word means.
For example:
Vertebrates - backbone Marsupials - pouches Carnivores - meat
Herbivores - plants Omnivores - both Viviparous - milk
Finally, ask students to come up with 8 examples. They can pair up and work with a partner for this part. A reminder that best-guess spelling is encouraged.
Day 3:
Show students the Animal Atlas, School of Mammals video.
Then ask students to independently do the "Who's a Mammal" Worksheet.
Assessment:
The students will independently complete the "Who's a Mammal" Worksheet that can be used as an assessment. Since this is just part of their informational report writing, you will again see evidence of their understanding at that point.
Adaptations for Learners with Special Needs:
With the way this lesson is set up, few modifications will need to be made. The note taking is done whole class so if any students need help with writing, they can be part of the class discussion and just do their best on the note taking. They can participate with their partner to come up with examples of mammals, but they do not have to complete the writing. Before needing the notes for writing, the teacher can make a copy of a classmate's note taking worksheet or the teacher's example.
References:
English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 1 | Common Core State Standards Initiative. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2016, from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/1/
Happy Learning TV. (n.d.). Mammals | Educational Video for Kids. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGonwMTPV6g&feature=youtu.be
Free School. (n.d.). All About Mammals for Children: Cats, Bears, Elephants, Pandas and More - FreeSchool. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kACaok7DRlM&feature=youtu.be
Animal Atlas. (n.d.). Animal Atlas, School of Mammals. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrAY4rEGaXo&feature=youtu.be