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It have found Lesson Planet to be an invaluable adjunct to the scope and sequence my district follows. I have used many of the worksheets as homework to reinforce what I have already gone over in class and to help students gain additional confidence on some of the more challenging lessons.
- San Antonio, TX
- 11-07-11
Pet Rat Lesson Plans
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Students explore a recent salmonella outbreak in young students linked to pet rodents. They create pamphlets to help assist and inform pet owners about the disease and necessary health precautions.
Students use statistics to solve problems based on the spread of disease. In this disease lesson students study the role that viruses and bacteria play in the spread of diseases and explain pandemics.
Seventh graders work in small groups to utilize "police evidence" to construct a plausible solution to a classroom mystery. They review the presented material, and carefully analyze witness statements and other clues. The "crime scene" is presented in a series of attachments that the teacher will need to edit prior to the lesson.
Students determine the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore vocabulary while reading Amigo. Students record their words in a word journal or discovery chart.
Seventh graders examine how people use the characteristics of a scientist in their daily life. For this becoming a scientist lesson students brainstorm and create a master list of characteristics.
Students examine the characteristics of rodents and mammals and differentiate between rats and mice. They read and discuss an informational handout, fill out the worksheet answers together as a class, and complete a worksheet that compares a house mouse and a Norway Rat.
Students guess what types of mammals are being described by teacher clues. In this mice and rats lesson plan, students discuss rodents they know and their characteristics. Students pretend they work for a pest control company and write letters to local residents about how to keep their homes free of pest such as rats and mice.
Students practice the strategy of phonemic awareness to become better fluent readers. They grasp the concept of short vowels and identify the sound of /a/ in reading and spelling words. A letterbox is utilized within this lesson plan along with the book, "A Cat Nap."
