Lesson Plans

SIOP Lesson Plan

Primary Content Standard(s):
CCSS Math 3.MD.1. Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.
CA ELD A.1. Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics.
CA ELD A.2. Interacting with others in written English in various communicative forms (print, communicative technology, and multimedia)

Language Learning Objective:
- Students will be able to use key vocabulary to measure time in small-group discussion.
- Students will be able to draw hour and minute hands on a model analog clock and write the correct digits for the time using numbers and colons.
Contnent Learning Objective: Students will be able to tell time to the nearest minute using analog clocks and will be able to demonstrate understanding by correctly drawing and labeling an analog clock with correct times.
Subject Area: Math
Duration: 50 minutes

Primary Content Standard(s):
L.5.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings
RF.5.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RL.5.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Learning Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding of figurative language using poetic exemplars and create their own extended metaphors inspired by weather patterns learned in their science unit.
Essential Literacy Strategy: Identifying metaphors in poetry and appreciating how metaphors build meaning in poems.
Subject Area: ELA
Duration: 30 minutes

Primary Content Standard(s):
CA.3.OA.5 Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division. Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiple and divide.2 Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide

Learning Objective: Students will be able to use the Associative Property of Multiplication as a strategy to solve single-digit multiplication problems.
Subject Area: Math
Duration: 60 minutes

Primary Content Standard(s):
CA.3.OA.5 Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division. Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiple and divide.2 Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide

Learning Objective: Students will be able to use the associative property of multiplication as a strategy to solve multiple-digit multiplication problems.
Subject Area: Math
Duration: 60 minutes

Primary Content Standard(s):
ELA.W.3.7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
ELA.W.3.8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

Learning Objective: Students will categorize brief notes on information from gathered print and digital sources, focusing on YouTube videos, and demonstrate understanding by producing pre-research on a topic in the form of a chart.
Essential Literacy Strategy: Summarizing information, identifying important details, and gathering informational sources.
Subject Area: ELA: Writing
Duration: 50 minutes