RU

Teacher Education Lesson Plan Format

Lesson Title/Topic: Class Shadows
Standards:
Science: K.8. The student will investigate and understand that shadows occur when
light is blocked by an object: b) shadows can be produced by blocking artificial light
sources.

English: K.2. The student will expand understanding and use of word meanings: e)
use words to describe/name actions.

Specific Observable Objective(s):
1) I can name the two types of light.
2) I can describe artificial light and give an example.

Essential Vocabulary:
-Artificial: made by humans
-Natural: made by nature
-Produce: to make
-Hypothesis: a guess

Assessment: I will assess the students using formative assessment by asking
questions during the lesson and listening to their responses. I will use notes,
checklists, and rubrics for summative assessment. (checklist at end of lesson plan)

Student Considerations: For all students, a wooden step will be provided in front
of the SmartBoard for easier access to touching and interacting with the board.
Students with learning disabilities, I will give them options for how to show their
knowledge of meeting the objectives (pointing, drawing, speaking). For students
with behavior concerns, I will allow them to assist with the experiment to keep them
engaged and from getting off task.

Instructional Resources, Materials, and Technology:
-SmartBoard and projector, SmartBoard markers, step stool in front of the
SmartBoard, class names cup (popsicle sticks) to draw names from, and pom-poms
for children to touch the SmartBoard with.

PROCEDURES:
Learning Environment: The students will be sitting on their assigned
letter/number on the carpet in front of the SmartBoard. This is an open space
towards the middle of the classroom where they have morning meeting and some
other lessons throughout the day.

Personnel in the Classroom: During the science lesson, the only other adult in the
classroom will be Mrs. Bailey, the lead teacher. She will sit nearby to observe, but
will assist with the children as needed.

The Beginning: 12:00
I will start by asking the children for an example of natural light. Then I will
ask the children if they know what the opposite of natural light is. I will explain that
we can see our shadows outside in the sun AND inside with artificial light. Next, I
will send the children on a visual hunt for ways to make shadows inside of the
classroom.

The Middle: 12:15
Once we have reviewed the difference between natural and artificial light, it
will be time to begin our experiment! We will make a hypothesis about if the
students think their shadows will look similar or if they will look different. I will pull
names from the class names cup and each child will come up and stand in front of
the SmartBoard and I will trace their shadow onto a blank page with only their
name.

The End: 12:30
Once each childs shadow has been traced, we will flip through each slide and
look at the shadows all together. The children will have an opportunity to compare
their shadows and point out any differences they notice.
Later, the presentation will be printed out as slides for each child and they
will have a class book to reflect on.

Teacher Reflection on Practice:

1. What evidence did you collect to show your students attained todays
objective(s)? Please explain how you know which students did and did not
master your objectives. Use formative assessment data to support your claims
regarding the portion of students who did and did not master the learning
objective(s).
-Following the activity, the children sat in a circle and we discussed what we learned
in the lesson. They took turns giving examples of natural light and examples of
artificial light. In the future, I would have done this activity over a few days so I
actually had time to fill in a checklist to show who mastered the objectives and who
did not.

2. Based on the result of your assessment, what will you do tomorrow? Can
you go ahead as planned or will you need to reteach concepts from todays
lesson?
-I will be sure to include multiple ways of checking for the understanding; naming,
pointing to pictures, pointing to objects, etc. rather than just asking the children to
verbalize examples of light. I believe that I would be able to go ahead in the content
and that the concepts would not need to be taught again.

3. If you have to teach this lesson again, what might you do the same and what
might you do differently?
-If I did this lesson again, I would have done it as a small group activity. Science is
done as a whole group every day, but if I could have done it in a small group I think
it would have kept the children more engaged.

Student 1) I can state that there are two

Name: types of light: natural and artificial. 2) I can state that a
SmartBoard is artificial light.

AB

AI

AL

CA

DA

EL

GR

IA

JA

JN

KI

MA

QN

TY

SA

ZE
= Successfully met objective