STAGE 1 DESIRED RESULTS

STAGE 1 DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: Life Cycle of a FrogSTANDARDS:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.2Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

AND FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE SCIENCE STANDARDS:12.A.2a Describe simple life cycles of plants and animals and the similarities and differences in their offspring

Understandings: Students will understand that there are five stages to the life cycle of a frog Students will be able to explain the name of the frog in each cycle Students will be able to give a description of what happens during each stage of the life cycle of a frog Students will understand the importance of each stage to the frogs life

Essential Questions: What are the five stages in the life cycle of a frog? What happens during each stage to the frog? Where can the frogs live during each stage? What effect will the frogs environment have on its life?

Students will know: The five stages of the life cycle of a frog frog spawn, tadpole, tadpole with legs, froglet, adult frog How to create a ThingLink about the frogs life cycle using the wiki and teacher or peer support

Students will be able to: Identify the five stages of the life cycle of a frog

Create a Thing Link containing information obtained through the web quest

Present the information in front of the whole class

STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE

Performance Tasks: Students will read through websites given on the wiki for information Students will fill out sheet with questions concerning the life cycle of a frog with information found on the wiki Students will create a Blabber using four facts about the life cycle

Other Evidence: Students are able to work collaboratively in small groups Students are able to take on one job for the group and stick to those job requirements Students are staying on task Students are reading through all the information given on the wiki Students are watching the videos on the wiki for information

Key Criteria:

Can students identify all stages of the life cycle? Can students read through web links pulling out only the important information necessary to present or answer questions?

Can students work collaboratively while adding insight?

Can students present in front of a whole group?

STAGE 3 LEARNING PLAN

Summary of Learning Activities: Students will sign on to the wiki about the life cycle of a frog Students will look through the steps of the webquest and follow along in number order Students will click on each website provided looking for information about the life cycle of a frog Students will click on the videos provided to gain information about the life cycle Students will fill out the assessment as they move through the webquest Students will work collaboratively to create a Thing Link on the life cycle of a frog

PAGE 2Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)