Lesson Plan

Name: Melody Lutz

Lesson Title: Order of the Planets
Science
Grade: 5th Grade
Elementary School
Type of Lesson:

Practice and Review

Objective(s): Students will learn the order of

the planets from the sun and be able to
remember them for the worksheet.

Date of lesson: 11/3/15

Content Area: Earth/Space
School: Bright
Multicultural Goals:
Lesson is the same for every student, no
multicultural goals applied
Assessment Tool(s): coloring
sheet/worksheet
Assessment Criteria: Students should be able
to list the planets in order after completing
the coloring sheet.

Academic Standards:
5.2.1 Recognize that our earth is part of the solar system in which the sun, an average star,
is the central and largest body. Observe that our solar system includes the sun, moon, seven
other planets and their moons, and many other smaller objects like asteroids and comets
Differentiation/Adaptations: (How will my instruction be different for students who are not
yet ready for this level of skill; How will my instruction be different for students whose skills
are beyond this lesson?)
Background Knowledge/Prerequisite Skills:
The students need to know the names of the
planets and the order they are in the solar
system
Materials: Coloring sheet, crayons or colored
pencils, worksheet for after lesson.

Multiple Intelligences/Learning Styles &

Blooms Levels:
visual; auditory; knowledge; comprehension;
application.
Technologies Implemented:
No technologies used.

Coloring sheet retrieved from education.com

Modifications (meet IEP for individual students)
Aid available to help read worksheet to students and work one on one if needed.
Anticipatory Set:
Ask the students about the sun and the planets placement related to the sun.
Procedures:
After lesson about the planets, have the students complete the coloring sheet, then go over
the order they were in, collect sheet, and have students complete worksheet putting the
planets in order from memory.

Closure : Give the students 10 minutes to complete the worksheet/quiz and then go over the
correct order.

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