Teaching Biology with E’s: Student-Centered 5 E Lessons Many educators spend valuable time searching for and pulling from various resources to piece together cohesive biology lessons. This approach often leads to disjointed activities with questionable rigor that can result in instructional frustration—for teachers and students. The Teaching Biology with E’s series and Skills (TEKS). The Teaching Biology with E’s individual lesson format acknowledges teachers’ preferences for needs. Because some student expectations are more challenging than others, we’ve chosen to prioritize those with which students historically struggle. Teachers can select a Teaching Biology with E’s collaborative explanations, real-world applications, and targeted formative assessments. Teaching Biology with E’s lessons are rooted in the 5 E lesson cycle, integrate appropriate science process skills, and embed research-based best practices that support achievement for all students. The lessons support a diversity of biology students, including English learners and struggling learners The Engage sparks student curiosity and often doubles as a formative assessment, allowing teachers to gauge prior knowledge. The Explore allows students to “do science,” providing a common, collaborative, and minds-on experience to which students can tie concepts and vocabulary. The Explain promotes student academic discussions with appropriate supports that formalize The Evaluate provides opportunities to formatively assess student understanding and provide feedback for both teacher and student. Embedded options for interactive notebooking strategies throughout increase every student’s ability to master the TEKS. Teaching Biology with E’s clear procedures and facilitation questions allow teachers to guide their classes to understand concepts through student-centered discussions. Further support for lesson facilitation is provided through teacher notes and answer keys to aid in content development and to clarify any learner misconceptions. A detailed at-a-glance outline includes a description, depth of knowledge ranking, student friendly content and language objectives, recommended formative assessment*, and allocated time for each instructional E. *Support implementation of these lessons and provide additional checkpoints throughout the lessons by pairing them with formative assessments from Warm Up to Science: TEKS-Based Engagements Activity, Biology . This resource can be purchased at www.region4store.com.
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