10 ASSURE Model Lesson Plan - Living Things

Subject: Science

Title of Lesson: Living Things

Duration: 40 - 45 Minutes

ANALYZE LEARNERS

General Characteristic

·         Number of Students: 19 

·         Level (grade or age): Standard 1

·         Gender: 9 girls, 10 boys

·         Age Range: 6 - 8 years old

·         Exceptionalities: None

·         Cultural/Ethnic/or other types of Diversity: 3 Caucasians, 15 Africans, 1 East Indian 

Entry competencies

·         Students are acquainted with their surroundings

·         Students would have some sort of interaction with their surroundings.

Learning Style

·         Students obtain spatial (visual) intelligence where they have the ability to observe their surroundings closely. This type of learner often tend to visualise whatever is being taught to them and learns best by viewing things.

STATE OBJECTIVES

Audience: 

This is a standard one class where the students are visual learners.

Behaviour:

Students would learn about, discuss and identify the characteristics of familiar living organisms

Condition: 

This lesson will be done indoors and outdoors

Degree:

This lesson will be done in 45minutes and 100% of the students should be able to identify the characteristics of living things.

SELECT METHODS, MEDIA AND MATERIALS

Projector

Laptop

Activity sheets

Writing Journal Paper

UTILIZE METHODS, MEDIA AND MATERIALS

·         Before the lesson commences teacher prepares videos, put projector in place and have worksheets on standby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqxomJIBGcY

·         Teacher gains the class interest by playing the introductory video about living things/ organisms.

·         Teacher would engage students in a discussion to learn what the students know about living things

·         Teacher would display the second video where a narrator teaches about the characteristics of living things while displaying living things .

REQUIRE LEARNER PARTICIPATION

Students will:-

·         With the accompaniment of the teacher, go outside to identify and observe some living things/ organisms that live within the school surroundings.

·         Discuss the characteristics of living things/ organisms, what they all have in common and their differences.

·         Returning inside, each student would in isolation write in their Social Studies copybooks a brief summary about the characteristics of living things.

·         Determine if items are living things or not and state why on the work sheet provided.

Evaluate and Revise

·         Teacher would collect the worksheets and journal sheets to evaluate and record what each student learns about the characteristics of living things/ organisms.

Rubric

		Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Organization		Audience cannot understand video because there is no clear narrative line.	Audience has difficulty following video because information jumps around and main points or themes are unclear.	Video information is posted in logical sequence which audience can follow.	Video information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow.
Subject Knowledge		Does not have grasp of information; student cannot articulate basic and core concepts	Unfamiliar with information and does not provide clear illustrations or examples.	At ease with core concepts but fails to elaborate.	Demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) by providing explanations and elaboration.
Technical Skill and Creativity		Presentation will not run, nor was any problem solving evident to make sure it would run	Presentation runs from start-end with one/two issues	Presentation runs fine from start-end	Presentation runs flawlessly from start to end.