LESSON PLAN LESSON: The planets
Teacher: Huda Subject: Science
Grade: 2 Unit: The Date: March 11, 2021
solar
system.
SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING
Students will be able to:
• The characteristics of the planets and what differentiates each planet from the other.
Link to prior learning: Students will need to be familiar with the following
21st Century Skills: Students will be able to enhance the following skills:
Communication: Teacher will communicate with students by asking questions and giving examples.
Critical thinking: students will think and answer. Students will answer the quizzes questions.
Technology literacy: teacher when use Teams and Nearpod to present the lesson.
Digital media: playing songs.
Informational: teaching students’ information about the planets.
Key vocabulary:
Common misconceptions for learners: Ways of identifying and addressing these misconceptions:
Some students may have Teacher will prepare a video for the planets names and she
difficulty with reading all the will read and repeat the name of the planets.
planets’ names.
Resources/equipment needed:
- Laptops.
- iPads.
- Microsoft teams.
- Nearpod.
UNIT: LESSON: Estimating TASKS/ACTIVITIES
Resources & Time Starter (10 minutes)
Teacher Will: Students Will:
Teacher will greet the students. Students will greet their teacher.
Teacher will remind the Students will watch the video the
students to raise their hands teacher will present.
they want to answer. Students will answer the questions.
In my previous to lesson I Students will participate with the
explain for my student how to teacher.
use it Nearpod and how to join The students will follow the
so this time hopefully they will activity instructions and finish
make it easier than the first their work.
observation I had.
In the beginning of the lesson
teacher will explain for the
students to learning outcomes
of the day and what they will
do then teacher will review
(brainstorming) what they had
last week (because my MST
review these things what the
students) teacher will review
with a simple question “how
many planets in the solar
system?”.
After the quiz teacher will play
a video about song of planets.
After listening to the song
teacher will explain each planet
and the main characteristics of
it.
Resources & Time Activity one- matching pairs
Teacher Will: Students Will:
After explaining the first four Student will be matching the right
planets teacher will give the description with the planet.
students matching pairs activity
where they should match the name
of the planet where is the
characteristics of it.
Activity 2 - fill in the Fill in the blanks activity have the same idea of matching pairs activity when
blanks. the students will be telling the blanks with the right description of the
planet.
Activity 3 – Writing In this activity students are going to write the names of the eight planets.
activity
Resources Plenary (5 minutes)
Teacher Will: Students Will:
Teacher will thank the students At the end of the lesson students
for their hard work in the class will give their thoughts about
she will also ask them to write today’s lesson.
themselves
(self-assessment) and how they
think they did today.
Homework https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)
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Learning styles catered for (✓):
Visual ✓ Auditory ✓ Read/Write ✓ Kinesthetic
Assessment for learning opportunities (✓):
Observation ✓ Student self-assessment Oral questioning ✓ Peer assessment ✓
✓
Quiz ✓ Student presentation ✓ Written work and Verbal feedback ✓
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