Co-Teaching Lesson Plan

Subject Area: Science

Grade Level: 7th
Content Standard: MS-LS2-3. The students understand the defining boundaries of the
ecosystem and the flow of energy associated with an ecosystem.
Lesson Objective: Students will learn to describe the different parts of the ecosystem and give
examples.
Essential Questions: Are all ecosystems the same? Big Idea: Ecosystems describe a
community of living organisms in their natural environments.
Key Vocabulary: Ecosystem, biome, habitat, decomposer
Pre-Assessment: Day before – Do worksheet on ecosystems to see what students already
know or want to know. Provide them with the correct answers.
Materials: Kahoot quiz printouts; PowerPoint and corresponding handouts; dry erase board and
markers; paper; felt storyboard pieces; exit tickets; put homework on board/web

Lesson Co-Teaching Time General Special Considerations (may

Approach (can Education Service include adaptations,
select more than Teacher Provider differentiation,
one) accommodations,
and student-specific
needs)

Beginning: ● One Teach, 10 Take Read Remind students to

Warm Up One minutes attendance questions and ask for help
Activity Support Prepare answer
● Parallel materials options on Have copies of the
● Alternative Kahoot aloud questions for students
● Station Ask students to also read in addition
● Team to get iPads Lead students to Kahoot questions
to connect to in a displayed on projector
Kahoot for discussion of
warm up why each
activity question’s
Remind answer is
students to be correct
proactive

Middle: ● One Teach, 32 Take ½ class Take ½ class Quiz some students
Instruction One minutes and teach and teach with flash cards, asking
and brief Support (15 per ecosystem ecosystem them to give the
group activity ● Parallel group using and the flow of definition of the word
● Alternative and 2 PowerPoint energy using they see or vice versa
● Station minute and examples felt storyboard
● Team switch) pieces Have an example
Students may ecosystem displayed
use dry erase Switch after
boards or 15 minutes
 paper to show and repeat
their own
ecosystem
renditions

Switch after
15 minutes
and repeat

End: ● One Teach, 10 Have entire Work with Students who need
Closing and One minutes class students who extra time or
Continuation Support complete exit often need assistance can gather
of the Lesson ● Parallel ticket before extra time or at the designated table
● Alternative they can pack assistance in in the back of the room
● Station up by understanding
● Team completing a the task at Provide variations of
worksheet hand the exit ticket for
where they differentiation
need to Remind
match students to Adapt homework
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terms to the homework individual need
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their planners
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students to
write down
the homework
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