Dynamic Lesson Plan 

Customize your instruction by incorporating each of the following components into your instruction:

1 - Starter

• Bell Ringers - Include Formative Assessment 
  • Checks for Understanding (Bell Ringers)
  Science in the News 
• Review an exit ticket from a previous lesson 
  • Checks for Understanding (Exit Tickets)
• STEM Starter 
  • Problem solving activity
• Pre-Check Activity  

2 - Review

• Vocabulary Games (with Videos):
  • Tic-Tac-Choice
  • Tic-Tac-Terminology 
  • Word-Up Review Game
  • Vocabulary Match Up
  • Science Buzz
  • Flashcard Frenzy
  • Think Fast
• Vocabulary Organizers:
  • Valuable Vocabulary
  • Four Square Vocabulary
• All I Know - Prior Knowledge

3 - Content Instruction

• Note-Taking Strategies
  • Facilitated Notes
    • Differentiation Opportunities
    • Summarizing Skills
    • Content Organization 
  • Students Present Notes 
  • Independent Study 
    • Lead into Group Discussion  
  • Highlight for Understanding
• Content-Driven Labs & Activities
  • Group Activities 
    • Labs
    • Reinforcing Scientific Practices
  • Research Activities
    • Project-Based Learning
  • Literacy Activities  
    • Student Expression
    • Incorporate Scientific Articles

4 - Reflection & Application

• Literacy Activities:
  • Science + Creative Writing
  • Blackout Poetry
  • Article Analysis
  • Page Summary 
• Graphic Organizers:
  • Cause, Effect + Explanation
  • Explore a Scientist
  • STEM Reflections
  • Careers in Science
• Demo Review:
  • ​60-Second Science

5 - Closure

• Exit Tickets
  • Checks for Understanding (10 Review Strategies)

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