fluffy clouds and model lessons
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Fluffy Little Clouds and Model Lessons
Mike Bryant and Lance Rougeux
How do you know when you’ve designed a really good lesson?
Designing a model lesson
• Learning objective• Anticipatory set• State the lesson
objectives (EQs)• Direct Instruction/Input• Check for understanding• Guided practice
• Independent practice
• To practice technique
• Show end result
• To learn how to paint fluffy little clouds
• Demonstration with narrative
• Observation
• Model technique, students practice
• Assign more fluffy little clouds for homework
Planning for Effective Instruction: Lesson Design in Enhancing Teaching by Madeline Hunter, 1994.
Learning Objective
Learning Objectives
DE Science Elementary
“5-Minute Prep” For
Ecosystems
What is an Ecosystem?
Parts of Ecosystems
Science Class – Room 103
Ecosystems
Mr. Rougeux
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Anticipatory Set andDirect Instruction/Input
Anticipatory Set
What would happen to the bees if there were no flowers?
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As a pre-assessment, have students create a diagram that shows their own ecosystem.
Have students show the living and non-living parts of their ecosystem and how they depend on one another.
Lesson ObjectivesEssential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
• What makes up a balanced or healthy ecosystem?• How are the parts of an ecosystem interdependent?• What can happen if an ecosystem becomes
unbalanced?• How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
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What makes up a balanced or healthy ecosystem?
How are the parts of an ecosystem interdependent?
What can happen if an ecosystem becomes unbalanced?
How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
Guided Practice
Guided or Directed Inquiry
What makes up a balanced or healthy ecosystem?
How are the parts of an ecosystem interdependent?
Check for understanding
Parts of Ecosystems – Common Misconceptions
• Ecosystems contain only living things.– Reality: Ecosystems contain both living and non living
components.
• Ecosystems are not a functioning whole, but simply a collection of organisms.– Reality: In an ecosystem, organisms depend on one another for
energy. Plants use the sun’s energy to make their own food. Some animals feed on plants, and some animals feed on other
animals.
Who was paying attention?
• Ecosystems contain only living things.– Reality: Ecosystems contain both living and non living
components.
• Ecosystems are simply a collection of organisms.– Reality: In an ecosystem, organisms depend on one another for
energy. Plants use the sun’s energy to make their own food. Some animals feed on plants, and some animals feed on other
animals.
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Independent Practice
Have students create a diagram that shows their own ecosystem.
Have students show the living and non-living parts of their ecosystem and how they depend on one another.
Coming soon…
Let’s look at what we created…
Science Class – Room 103
Ecosystems
Mr. Rougeux
What would happen to the bees if there were no flowers?
Lesson Essential Questions
• What makes up a balanced or healthy ecosystem?• How are the parts of an ecosystem interdependent?• What can happen if an ecosystem becomes
unbalanced?• How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
Who was paying attention?
• Ecosystems contain only living things.– Reality: Ecosystems contain both living and non living
components.
• Ecosystems are simply a collection of organisms.– Reality: In an ecosystem, organisms depend on one another for
energy. Plants use the sun’s energy to make their own food. Some animals feed on plants, and some animals feed on other
animals.
Your turn
Designing a model lesson
• Select a concept and go the model lesson • Build a classroom resource using the 5-
minute prep that reflects the seven essential components for a model lesson– Learning objective
– Anticipatory set (slide)
– State the lesson objectives/essential questions (slide)
– Direct Instruction/Input
– Check for understanding (slide)
– Guided practice
– Independent practice
• Fluffy clouds (optional)