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Rockwall Center Lesson Plan Template for Formal Observations

Intern/Resident: Brandi Robinson Date: 10-5-17 Subject: Science Grade Level: 1st

Projected Length of the Lesson: 30-45 minutes.

Learning Objective (Learning Intention)

The student will be able to classify objects by properties.

Science
(1.5 A) Classify objects by observable properties such as larger and smaller, heavier and lighter, share, color,
and texture.

Criteria for Success (How will you know if students master the learning objective? How will students know they were successful?)
I will know the students have mastered the learning objective when they can use their senses to describe the
carved and uncarved pumpkin.

Students will know their mastery by:

1. Being able to describe the senses they are using.
Relevance/Real World Application (Can your students explain to someone WHAT they are learning and WHY?)
We are learning how to use our senses with a real world object.

Interdisciplinary Connections (Other Subject Integration)

Health Education
(1.4A) Identify and demonstrate use of the five senses.

ELPS
ELPS.c.2D monitor understanding of spoken language during classroom instruction and interactions and seek
clarification as needed

ELPS.C.2E use visual, contextual, and linguistic support to enhance and confirm understanding of increasingly
complex and elaborated spoken language

Class Information
One of the students wears hearing aids, the teacher wears a microphone while he is the room so that he can
clearly here the instructions.

Assessment Plans (Formal and Informal)

1. Assessing prior knowledge before the lesson:
Students will describe the senses they used at the fair.
2. Assessing understanding during the lesson:
Students will be using their senses while exploring the pumpkin.
3. Assessing mastery after the lesson:
Students will be able to explain the difference between the carved and uncarved pumpkin.
Technologies and Other Materials /Resources
Pumpkin
Knife
Newspaper

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Academic Vocabulary
Larger Observe

Smaller Senses
Lesson Procedures/Learning Activities:
Introductory Activity/Opening:
The class with review the five senses and which ones they used at the fair.
Information Giving:
The teacher will give instruction on what to do with the uncarved pumpkin.
Modeling/Providing Examples:
The teacher will carve the pumpkin and scoop out the inside.
Guided Practice:
The students will explain how they are using their senses with the pumpkin.
Higher Level Questions/Thinking Opportunities:
1. Explain the senses you are using to explore the uncarved pumpkin.
2. What do we notice about the carved pumpkin?
Independent Practice:
The students will touch and smell the carved pumpkin.
Closure/Culmination Procedure:
The teacher will have the students descried the differences between the uncarved pumpkin and the carved pumpkin.
Instructional Strategies for High Student Engagement
Think-pair-share
Differentiation (Content, Product and/or Process)
When students are talking about the senses they used at the fair, I will also ask for the students that didnt go to
the fair what senses they used on Wednesday.

Anticipated Student Difficulties or Misunderstandings:

Students may have difficulties coming up with the different senses they used at the fair.

(Minimum One page/Double Spaced) Impact Story/Reflection after liaisons lesson should include:
1. What went well?
2. What would you change next time around?
3. Was the learning goal/objective met by most students? What did your assessments reveal?
4. What were your professional growth goal(s) and how was your progress toward your goal(s) reflected in this lesson?
5. What are your next steps?