Summer Boost
Lesson Plan:
My Body
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify some common body parts.
Introduction
(10 minutes)
- Tell the students you are going to listen to a song to help them review their body parts.
- Play the My Body Parts Song video. Repeat the video if needed.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling
(10 minutes)- Review body parts with the students. Go over parts that you feel weren't gone over in the body part song.
- Introduce the body tracing activity to the students.
Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling
(15 minutes)- Have a student trace you on a piece of paper and help you label your body parts.
- Display you outline and review each body part—head , arms, legs, chest, hands, and feet—with the students.
Independent Working Time
(20 minutes)- Have students work in pairs and trace each other.
- Once they have traced each other, have them label their bodies.
Differentiation
- Enrichment: Have advanced students use the backs of their worksheets to write descriptions for what each body part does.
- Support: Give struggling students one-on-one assistance with identifying the different body parts.
Assessment
(10 minutes)- Have students complete the Your Body worksheet.
- Collect the worksheet once they're done working. Review it to assess their understanding.
Review and Closing
(5 minutes)- Display students' work on the walls of the classroom.
