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Grade Band: Middle School Unit 19 Unit Target: Scientific Inquiry Unit Topic: Middle School Science Fair

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Lesson 7 Instructional Targets

Reading Standards for Literature • Range and Level of Text Complexity: Experience grade level and age-appropriate literature materials, including poems, biographies, chapter

books, fiction and nonfiction works, that are adapted to student reading level. • Key Ideas and Details: Answer questions to explain the main ideas, details and inferences of a story. Which of your state standards are aligned to these instructional targets?

Classroom Activities/Lesson Plan Chapter 3: Life Science The title of the Chapter Book is Let’s Learn About Science. The third chapter, Life Science, describes the study of living things. The lab team learns about the study of plants and animals as part of life science. • Chapter books present a “reading to learn” experience. Therefore, students may read independently, in a shared reading experience or books may

be read to them. Present students with one chapter at a time for reading and comprehension instruction. • After each page is read, ask the discussion question that appears in italics at the bottom of the page. Focus on pictures to reinforce understanding.

Repeated readings are encouraged. • Suggested Reading Levels for this chapter include: Levels L, presented in a text format and E, presented in both text and symbol-supported formats. Read and Answer Comprehension activities extend beyond “checking” what students remember from reading. During instruction, students learn to refer to the book, using both illustrations and text, to locate answers to questions. Students recognize types of responses appropriate to who, what and where formats. Question responses may also provide students with a foundation for story retell. Activities should be repeated throughout the unit to increase students’ skills in multiple areas of comprehension. • Select the level of comprehension questions appropriate to each student. Comprehension questions are also in three formats. Level 3 is text only.

Level 2 is symbol-supported. Level 1 is written in sentence strip format, allowing students to select from multiple choices or one errorless picture choice.

• Build comprehension and vocabulary through discussions.

Standards Connection • These standards connection lessons are designed to build summarizing skills and are applicable to all chapters. Using the first standards

connection form, determine whether this book is a work of fiction or nonfiction. Select the additional standards connection lesson based on whether the chapter is a fictional format that has a story line or an informational text that includes facts and historical events.

The first two sets of comprehension questions are derived from the lower levels of text. An advanced level of mixed questions is provided in text-only format.

Pre- and post-assessments are available through Monthly Checkpoints.

Differentiated Tasks Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 • Students will independently read literature

forms, including chapter books, biographies, poems, fiction and nonfiction works, that have been adapted to student reading level.

• Students will independently read questions about a story and write, speak or select an answer.

• Students will read supported and shared literature forms, including chapter books, biographies, poems, fiction and nonfiction works, that have been adapted to student reading level.

• Students will point to or select a picture from a choice of three in response to a question about a story.

• Students will actively participate in supported reading of literature forms, including chapter books, biographies, poems, fiction and nonfiction works, that have been adapted to student ability level.

• Students will respond to a question by choosing a single option or errorless picture.

Resources and Materials Notes Chapter 3: Life Science Communication board Comprehension worksheets and sentence strips (multiple-choice and fill-in) Advanced questions Standards Connection Lessons 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13

Grade Band: Middle School Unit 19 Unit Target: Scientific Inquiry Unit Topic: Middle School Science Fair

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Lesson 7, Chapter 3: Answer Key Fill-In Multiple-Choice

animals plants life science need People 1. Todd is learning about _____. (life science)

2. He learns how animals and _____ grow. (plants) 3. He learns about which _____ get along. (animals) 4. _____, plants and animals need each other. (People) 5. What do you _____ to live? (need)

1. What is this chapter about?

(physical science, technology and science, life science)

2. What does Todd learn about plants? (how they grow, how they move, how they sleep)

3. What does Todd learn about in life science? (tools, animals, electricity)

4. What do people, plants and animals need to live? (each other, microwave, car)

5. What is important to know about this chapter? • We learn about plants and animals in life science. • Animals drink water. • Plants grow.

Fill-In Advanced Multiple-Choice Advanced Use the Chapter Book to help you fill in the blank. 1. Todd works on his project with a _____. (team)

2. The team asks _____ about life science. (questions) 3. In life science, we can learn about _____.

(plants, animals, etc.) 4. People, plants and animals all need _____.

(water, Sun, air, food, each other) 5. Write a question about life science.

__________________________________

These questions may have more than one correct answer. 6. What do we study in life science?

(rocks, living things, Sun)

7. What do plants need to grow? (water, air, Sun)

8. What does Todd learn about animals? (how they grow, where they live, weather)

9. What do people, animals and plants all need? (cars, food, air)

10. In the scientific method, we ask a question. What is a question about life science? • Can plants grow without light? • How does electricity give us light? • Why is the weather colder in winter?

Chapter 3:Life Science

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MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science, Level L

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Todd and his lab team are thinking

about life science. Should they do a

project on life science? They talk about

ideas for their project. All plants and

animals are part of life science.

What topic are they thinking about?

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In life science, Todd learns about living

things. He learns about plants. He sees

how plants grow. He knows that plants

need water, Sun and air to grow. He

learns about the need to keep the air and

water clean.

What do we learn about plants?

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In life science, Todd learns about

animals. He learns about places where

animals live. He learns how animals grow

from babies to adult animals. He learns

what different animals eat. He learns

which animals get along together.

What do we learn about animals?

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In life science, Todd learns about

people too. People, animals and plants

all need water, Sun and air. People,

animals and plants all need food too.

People, animals and plants need each

other to live.

What do we learn about people?

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Todd and his lab team think about

questions in life science for their project:

• How do plants get their food?

• Why do some animals sleep all winter?

• How does a tadpole become a frog?

Discuss how the team would use the scientifi c method to answer questions about life science.

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What do you know about life science?

What would you like to know? Can you

think of more questions for Todd and his

lab team?

Brainstorm questions related to life science.


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MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science, Level E


Todd and his team are thinking about a project. Will it be about life science ?

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Todd learns about plants. He learns how plants grow.

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Todd learns about animals. He learns where animals live.

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Todd learns about people. People, plants and animals need each other to live.

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Todd and his team think about life science. Will this be a good project ?

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What do you know about life science ? Can you think of a question ?

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MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science, Level E Symbol-Supported


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Will it be about life science ?

Todd and his team are thinking about a project.

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?

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He learns how plants grow.

Todd learns about plants.

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He learns where animals live.

Todd learns about animals.

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need each other to live.

People,

plants

and animals

Todd learns about people.

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Todd and his team think about life science.

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Will this be a good project ?

?

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What do you know about life science ?

?

Can you think of a question ?

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Life Science


MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science

learn

live

know

about

good

Todd

life science

people

team

plant

each other

project

animal

question

think

grow

need

Within each category, pictures are listed from left to right in the order in which they appear in the text.

Chapter 3: Life Science


MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science, Fill-In Level 3

Name: _______________________

plants life science need Peopleanimals

1. Todd is learning about .

2. He learns how animals and grow.

3. He learns about which get along.

4. , plants and animals need each other.

5. What do you to live?




plants life science need Peopleanimals

Name: _______________________





5. What do you to live?





animals plants life science need People



Chapter 2: Earth and Space Science



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5. What do you to live ?

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MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science, Multiple-Choice Level 3

Name: _______________________Chapter 3: Life Science

1. What is this chapter about?a. physical science b. technology and

sciencec. life science

a. how they grow b. how they move c. how they sleep2. What does Todd learn about plants?

3. What does Todd learn about in life science?

4. What do people, plants and animals need to live?

5. What is important to know about this chapter?

a. tools b. animals c. electricity

a. each other b. microwave c. car

a. We learn about plants and animals in life science.

b. Animals drink water.

c. Plants grow.




1. What is this chapter about?a. physical science b. technology and

sciencec. life science

a. how they grow b. how they move c. how they sleep2. What does Todd learn about plants?

3. What does Todd learn about in life science?

4. What do people, plants and animals need to live?

5. What is important to know about this chapter?

a. tools b. animals c. electricity

a. each other b. microwave c. car

a. We learn about plants and animals in life science.

b. Animals drink water.

c. Plants grow.


Life SciencePhysical Science

Technology and Science



how they sleep

how they grow how they move

electricitytools animals

careach other microwave

Plants grow.We learn about plants and animals

in life science.

Animals drink water.


1. What is this chapter about ?

2. What does Todd learn about plants ?




3. What does Todd learn about in life science ?

4. What do people, plants and animals need to live ?



5. What is important to know about this chapter ?




MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science, Fill-In Advanced

Name: _______________________

1. Todd works on his project with a ___________.

2. The team asks ___________ about life science.

3. In life science, we can learn about ___________.

4. People, plants and animals all need ___________.

5. Write a question about life science.

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________



Use your chapter book to help you find answers to these questions:


10. In the scientifi c method, we ask a question. What is a question about life science?


9. What do people, animals and plants all need?

8. What does Todd learn about animals?

7. What do plants need to grow?

6. What do we study in life science?

a. Can plants grow without light?

b. How does electricity give us light?

c. Why is the weather colder in winter?

a. cars

b. food

c. air

a. how they grow

b. where they live

c. weather

a. water

b. air

c. Sun

a. rocks

b. living things

c. Sun

These questions may have more than one correct answer:

MIDDLE, Unit 19, Scientifi c Inquiry, Middle School Science FairLesson 7, Chapter 3, Life Science, Multiple-Choice Advanced

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