SIOP LESSON PLAN
Date: 03/26/2008
Grade/Class/Subject: 9&10/Literacy
Unit/Theme: What Impacts How We Act?—Cluster 2 “Bridges”
Standard:
Science Standard 1
Reading Standard 5
Content Objective
Students will develop background knowledge on bridges
Students will develop a google site on bridges
Students will know and understand how suspension bridges work and how they are built
Students will understand and employ the scientific method to figuring out problems
Language Objective:
Students will READ about bridges
Students will WRITE about bridges on their google site
Students will TALK with other students to create a bridge
Students will LISTEN to other students to create a bridge
Student Outcomes (what should students know and be able to do?): Students will know
how to find information on the internet and synthesize it on google sites. They will also
understand how bridges work.
Key Vocabulary Supplementary Materials
Career, comedian, consent, engineer, obstacle, project, react,
stubborn, suspension bridge
SIOP Features
Preparation Scaffolding Grouping Options
_Adaptation of Content _Modeling _Whole Class
_Links to Background _Guided Practice _Small Groups
_Links to Past Learning _Independent Practice _Partners
_Comprehensible Input _Independent
Integration of Process Application Assessment
_Reading _Hands-on _Individual
_Writing _Meaningful _Group
_Speaking _Linked to Objectives _Written
_Listening _Promotes Engagement _Oral
Lesson 1. Preview “bridges” (pictures,
Sequence:
2. Students will read “bridges” on their own to practice making predictions
3. Students will create a Google Site on Suspension Bridges cataloging their
experiment and research on Suspension Bridges
1. Topic
2. Question
3. Research
4. Hypothesis
5. Design Experiment
6. Test the Hypothesis
7. Analyze results
8. Formulate conclusion
9. Include pictures and a brief reflection
4. We will re-read bridges as a class and discuss our vocabulary and finding in
relationship to career opportunities
Technology Projector, laptops, access to school google account with google sites.
Integration
