Lesson Title: The Ocean
Topic/Focus Area: Language Arts/Science

Lesson Overview

In this lesson, students will study the ocean and life forms. Students will use writing and computer resources to learn about this subject.

Subject : English-Language Arts
Grade : Second
Strand : Reading
Substrand 2.0 : Reading Comprehension

Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed (e.g., generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, comparing information from several sources). The selections in Recommended Readings in Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Eight illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students. In addition to their regular school reading, by grade four, students read one-half million words annually, including a good representation of grade-level-appropriate narrative and expository text (e.g., classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, online information). In grade two, students continue to make progress toward this goal.


Concept : Structural Features of Informational Materials

 

 

Standard:

2.1

Use titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information in expository text.

Concept : Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text

 

 

Standard:

2.2

State the purpose in reading (i.e., tell what information is sought).

 

 

Standard:

2.8

Follow two-step written instructions.

Subject : Science
Grade : Two
Strand : Life Sciences
Substrand 2 : Plants and animals have predictable life cycles. As a basis for understanding this concept:

Standard:

2d

Students know there is variation among individuals of one kind within a population.

Student Learning Objectives

• Students will be familiar with the ocean and its' environmenet.
  Students will be able to name at least two samples of each life forms found in the ocean.
  Students will be able to use outside links to find information about the ocean's sealife.

Activities

1. Activity 1 - Introduction
   
   Teacher will ask:
   "How many of you know what is an ocean?"
   "How many of you have seen an ocean?"
   Teacher:
   "I will be giving you a worksheet/assessment that will
   make questions regarding the ocean. Please read care-
   fully and answer as much as you can."
   
   Teacher passes Assessment 1. Teacher asks students to answer and gives them enough time to answer.(20 mins.)(teacher may read the questions out-loud.)
   
   Teacher will collect assessment as students finish answering.
   
   Teacher: "You will be working in teams of 4 students to do the
   the following assignment. I will now make the teams."
   
   Teacher will try to put in each team a high reader, high computer literate, a medium and a low reader. You may number them 1 to 4.
   
   "Now that you are in teams, please give your team a
   name. Since we are going to learn about the ocean give
   your team a name related to something that reminds
   you of the ocean."
   Teacher will write names of teams and team members on chart paper and place it in a visible spot in the room.
   
   Activity 2: Instructions of assignment. Students will be instructed on what to do at the computer center. They will find the answer to the first two questions of the assessment.
   
   
   

Resources

File Attachments

Pre & Post Assessment
  — Assessment_1.doc   (20.0 KB)

Students will be given a pre/post assessment of which they should have answered correctly 15 of the 20 questions posted.
For students to be successful in answering the assessment,each activity will contain a worksheet to be used as the students are following the lesson. The worksheet will answer one or two specific questions that are asked in the pre/post assessment.
Teacher observation will be essential to see if students are on target.

This is a fun and informative lesson.
It is a hands-on lesson because they have the opportunity to touch and see at least some of what they are learning.
Students learn about new things which are at their reach.
By using the computer, VCR, and the rest of the media, the student gets a sense of being their in the ocean.
It develops Communication skills as students have to report orally on what they have seen, heard and touched.
It develops reading and writing skills as the students have to write between three to four sentences on what they found out about the lesson.
They develop computer skills as they get information to report orally and written.