Lesson #2- What do we eat?
Purpose:
● Students will learn how a food chain works and how producers, consumers and
decomposers play a part in that food chain
● Students will learn what some living examples of producers, consumers and
decomposers are.
● Students will be able to work in a group to write a musical piece that incorporates
learned information.
● Students will compose a written piece of nonfiction work
● Students will present their written musical piece that they completed in their small
groups to the rest of their classroom
Science 3.5
The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key
Concepts include
a. producer, consumer, decomposer
b. herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; and
c. predator and prey
Musical Standards of Learning 3.10
The student will describe the relationships between music and other fields of knowledge
Oral Language 3.1
The student will use effective communication skills in group activities.
a. Listen attentively by making eye contact, facing the speaker, asking questions, and summarizing what is
said
b. Ask and respond to questions from teachers and other group members
c. explain what has been learned
d. use language appropriate for context
e. Increase listening and speaking vocabularies
Writing 3.9
The student will write for a variety of purpose
a. Identify the intended audience
b. Use a variety of prewriting strategies
c. Write a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea
d. write paragraph on the same topic
e. Use strategies for organization of information and elaboration according to the type of writing
f. include details that elaborate the main idea
g. revise writing for clarity of content using specific vocabulary and information
Objectives:
The students will be able to know what part consumers, producers and decomposers play on the food
chain by completing a group activity that will require full participation from each member of the group
Procedure:
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Modifications:
-Visually Impaired: allow for those students to use a recording device to record their write up
for their song
- Learning Disabilities: set up groups with varied academic levels
-Kinesthetic:
Introduction
● Have an open class discussion about what they learned the previous day ( the lesson of carnivores,
omnivores and herbivores)
--Some possible questions -“Do you guys remember what we talked about yesterday?”
“How are those animals related to each other?” “What is an example of each?”
● Introduce the new vocabulary we will be discussing today- Producers, Consumers and
Decomposers- “Does anyone know what those words mean if you don't it’s okay, we are all as a
class going to learn about them together?”
Development
● Begin the lesson by getting the computer set up on the Smartboard lesson that goes overProducers, Consumers and Decomposers. While you are doing this tell the students “can you guys
turn to your deskmates and discuss what you think are producers, consumers and decomposers
using our inside voices.”
● Get the class back together after they had some time to discuss with their deskmate and the
presentation is on the Smartboard. Ask some questions
○ “What are some things you guys talked about?”
○ “ Did you agree or disagree with each other?”
○ “ What did one of you know but not the other”