Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans

Bringing Together Industry Tour & STEM/Manufacturing Careers

FLATE has developed curriculum tools to help students prepare and succeed in Hi-tech careers with new ways to tailor instruction. This curriculum brings together industry tours and STEM areas in a four day lesson plan to build learners’ background knowledge in STEM areas, expand their vocabularies, and to promote reading and writing success.

The curriculum is aligned with common core/FL standards using the Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model - CIS. This model uses a multiple-strategy instruction that promotes student development in reading comprehension, vocabulary, content-area knowledge, and critical thinking about complex texts.

There are 8 lesson plans with focus on different processes/aspects of manufacturing. Each lesson includes activities for 4 day (50 minute) plans on:    

Assembly, Automation, Electronics Assembly, Materials Selection, Product Design, Quality Measures: Metrology, Subtractive Machining and Fabrication: Welding.

• Day 1 and 2 - Reading and research: students will focus on reading and research about the manufacturing process topic, learn new technical vocabulary and research of a company to be toured.
• Day 3 - Industry tour day: students will experience a real manufacturing world by touring a Florida manufacturing company, taking notes and categorizing observations based on previous reading/search.
• Day 4 - Discussion/essay writing: students are encouraged to use critical thinking to write an essay using evidence from previous research (day 1 and 2) and observations they make while on the company tour (day 3).  The essay will be graded for accuracy, punctuation, spelling and format.  

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