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Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas

Essential
Questions

PA/Common
Core/Standards
Objective
Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence

DETAILS
Miss. Stein
Science/ Language Arts
First Grade
October 12th, 2015: 15 minutes
The theme of the experiment is Halloween.
Students will make a prediction on the experiment and
describe the difference between their prediction and
the outcome.
Students will learn what a reaction is and why the
reaction happened in the experiement.
What is a reaction?
What do you predict will happen when you mix all of
the ingredients together?
Why did that reaction happen?
SK-2.A.2.1- Apply skills necessary to plan and conduct
an investigation
SK-2.A.2.1.2- Describe outcomes of an investigation
Students will be able to make a prediction based on
their knowledge of the information.
Students will be able to conduct an experiment and
follow directions to complete it.
Students will be able to differentiate between their
prediction and the outcome.

ISTE Standards
for Students
Framework for
21st Century
Learning
Accommodation
s, Modifications

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

The student can make a prediction and explain why

they made it.
The students can follow instructions to conduct an
experiment and complete it.
The students can describe the outcome of the
experiment and how it differs from their prediction.
Communication and Collaboration: Read an
introductory book using camera to display book on
screen for all the students to see.

Accommodations for a student with Hearing Loss:

Premeasured ingredients
Written directions
Do a demonstration before
Wear a microphone while reading the book

CK

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Procedures
RATIONALE for
the Learning
Plan
Introduction

Activating Prior Knowledge

Have you ever done an experiment before?
What is a reaction?
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Talk about Halloween
Read Skeleton for Dinner by Margery Cuyler
Explicit
Big Idea Statement
Instructions
Today we are going to do a Halloween experiment and
make witchs brew.
Essential Questions Statement
What is a reaction and what do you think will happen
when you add all of the ingredients together?
Objective Statement
You will make a prediction, do the experiment, and we
will talk about the outcome.
Transition
Read a book then move to tables to conduct the
experiment
Key Vocabulary
Reaction
Lesson
PreAssessment of Students
Procedure
What is their prediction?
Modeling of the Concept
Write down essential questions, predictions, and
directions
Guiding the Practice
What do you think will happen? Why?
Providing the Independent Practice
What is the difference between your prediction and the
outcome?
Transition
Move to get ingredients and make the brew
Reading
Skeleton for Dinner
Materials
Glass Jars
Technology
Baking Pans
Equipment
White Vinegar
Supplies
Dish Soap
Baking Soda
Food Coloring
Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
Their predictions
Learning/Master
Why they think the outcome happened

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Concept
Closure

Teacher
Self-reflection

Informal Evaluation
Observation of the experiment
Following directions/ using fine motor skills
Summary & Review of the Learning
Discuss their predictions
Discuss the outcome and why it happened
Homework/Assignments
Name other reactions
Students learned about reactions and could define it
Talk more about reactions and do more hands on
experiments if the concept is not mastered