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Introductory Elements/Context Name: Heidi F.

Judd Grade Level: First Grade Subject Matter: Rocks Objectives: Competency Goal 2: The learner will make observations and use student-made rules to build an understanding of solid earth materials. Objective 2.01: Describe and sort a variety of earth materials based on their properties: color, hardness, shape, size. Objective 2.02: Describe rocks and other earth materials in more than one way, using student-made rules. Rocks are an important resource that we use almost daily. We see the use of rocks in our homes, buildings, roads, sidewalks, mirrors, glass and even on playgrounds just to name a few places. Its important that students begin to understand rocks as they will see their use throughout their lives. This lesson will introduce students to rocks and help them to learn about the different properties of rocks. Students will observe a variety of rocks and record observations. Students will be able to identify color, texture, and size of rocks and be able to describe. Survey Questions: 1. Are all rocks hard? 2. Are all rocks grey? 3. Can rocks change their shapes? 4. Are there different kinds of rocks? 5. Can rocks be found in water? 6. Can rocks come from a volcano? 7. Does it take a long time for rocks to be created? 8. Do some rocks have layers? 9. Where do rocks come from? (short answer) Link to survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditorFull.aspx?sm=J4mVb3lha%2fXZL PBjfE4Cn%2fqvnn6sfTk5xfZFDXpe5tY%3d Additional Details: Class size is 35 (way to many first graders in one classroom!) There are many different learning styles in this classroom. This lesson can relate

to the visual learner by seeing the pictures of rocks, real examples of rocks, as well as the SmartBoard information; the verbal learner is able to answer questions in whole class as well as small group situations. The student who is an auditory learner is able to hear the discussions as well as listen to a story and the discussion that follows. The kinesthetic learners have multiple opportunities for hands-on activities. Students are able to learn socially and solitarily during different parts of the lesson. Data Analysis: The pretest allowed my students to answer in yes or no responses which should provide a very basic understanding of rocks. My pretest scores were surprisingly low. There is a lot of room for improvement after the lessons. I would have expected at least a 50% return of positive responses since even with a guess the students had a 50-50 chance of being correct. This shows that teachers cannot assume the level of understanding prior to presenting the subject matter, regardless of the simplicity of the subject. I will have to begin very simplistically. It is apparent that students need to see and touch different rocks. Doing hands on activities and experiments will greatly help most students on this tangible subject matter. TQP Instructional Strategies: To begin the unit on Rocks, I will use a Graphic Organizer on the SmartBoard using a KWL chart (Know, Want to know, Learn). This will help lead the lessons from the beginning and give the first graders a visual and hopefully help students to arrive at different answers not known on the pretest. I will then use show a picture of different rocks on the SmartBoard and ask students what they see. I will prompt students to discuss with their neighbor the different things they see. [Grouping] After a few minutes the students will be redirected to the SmartBoard and the class recorder will write on the SmartBoard around the rocks the different sights-colors, sizes, shapes, etc.. This time of Concept Learning will provide the students with ways to describe what a rock is. We will read the book: Rocks in His Head (Oral Expository). After listening to the story, open ended questions such as: Why did Mr. Rock like to collect rocks? What did you see that was made out of rocks? What did Mr. Rock look for in rocks? At this time we will update our KWL Chart. As a means of Formative Assessment, students will be divided into groups and travel to stations to perform experiments to find different ways to describe

rocks. They will use magnifying glasses, balances, tub of water to sink or float, scratch on tile, etc. These experiments will enable students to show if they understand that rocks have different colors if one looks closes, weigh differently, are light or heavy, and if they can change their shape. The class will rejoin to again update the KWL Chart. (The Teacher will roam while students experiment to be sure that all students are participating, asking questions when necessary, and listening to discussions.) I believe that the strategies I have chosen for teaching this lesson on rocks will have a positive impact on the students because of the degree of engagement. I have chosen to use a variety of methods to reach the most learning styles possible in one lesson. I feel that having lots of engaging opportunities will keep the interest of students and keep them motivated to continue on topic with the subject matter and will make them feel as though they have an active role in the learning process.

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