WHY THE 5E LESSON PLAN MODEL?

ENGAGE:

The purpose of this portion is to generate interest in the topic and to access prior knowledge. It is not meant to be a place
to explain the concepts, provide definitions for important vocabulary, or lecture about the topic.

ENGAGE STRATEGIES:

Probes

Padlet

Digital Whiteboard

Brainstorming -- Circle Map

Current Events Article

EXPLORE:

The purpose of this portion is for students to experience key concepts around the topic. In addition, students should be
probing, inquiring, and questioning the experiences. This is where students should be engaged in hands-on activities that
result in recorded observations and discussions with peers.

EXPLORE STRATEGIES:

Hands-On Experiments

Games

Manipulative activities

Case Studies

Interactive Animations

Virtual Dissections

EXPLAIN:

The purpose of this portion is to connect the student's prior knowledge of the topic to new discoveries experienced in the
Explore section. Here students should be discussing possible solutions to the questions raised during the Engage and
Explore sections. Explanations should come from the observations made during the Explore section.

EXPLAIN STRATEGIES:

Whiteboarding

Writing to Learn Activities

Journaling/Notebooking

Claims-Evidence-Reasoning

Sense Making Class Discussion

ELABORATE:

The purpose of this section is for students to expand on the concepts they have learned, make connections to other
related concepts, and apply their understandings to the world around them in new ways.

ELABORATE STRATEGIES:

Follow-up inquiry activities

Student-generated questions

Project-Based Learning

Connecting text to the hands-on activity

Debate

Writing task

Engineering design challenge

EVALUATE:
Here the students demonstrate their understanding of a skill or concept. This can include self-assessment or peer
assessment, formative assessment, and/or summative assessment.

EVALUATE STRATEGIES:

Exit tickets

Probes

Writing to demonstrate learning activities

Plickers

Kahoot!

Schoolnet assessment

Unit tests

Writing tasks

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