Caitlyn Bridges EDUC 3200 Lesson Plan Template Technology-Connected Lesson Plan Template Lesson Title: Identifying Materials

Grade Level/Subject Area: Fourth Grade State or National Standards (GPS or CCGPS): GPS: S4P1. Students will investigate the nature of light using tools such as mirrors, lenses and prisms. a. Identify materials that are transparent, opaque, and translucent. ELACC4SL1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly. c. Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others. Essential Questions: Can you describe and give examples of transparent, opaque, and translucent objects? Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson the student will distinguish the difference between transparent, opaque, and translucent. Performance Objectives: The criterion of success is correctly listing two examples for transparent, opaque, and translucent objects. Technology Connections (Post related URLs): http://www.songsforteaching.com/intellitunes/objectslight.htm http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=5140&CategoryID=633 Materials: bag, flashlight, wax paper, plastic wrap, tissue paper, aluminum foil, colored plastic lids, clear plastic lids, book, paper towel, clear glass, clear plastic water bottle, and a styrofoam cup Procedures: Whole Group: (use bullets) The teacher will pull out one item at a time from the mystery bag and have the students talk in pairs and determine if the object is transparent, opaque, or translucent.

Examples: 1. wax paper translucent 2. plastic wrap transparent 3. tissue paper translucent

Caitlyn Bridges 4. aluminum foil opaque 5. colored plastic lids translucent 6. clear plastic lids - transparent Small Group: (use bullets) The teacher will split the class into groups and give them each an object that they must collaboratively determine if it is transparent, opaque, or translucent.

Examples: 1. Book - opaque 2. Paper towel - translucent 3. Clear glass transparent 4. Clear plastic water bottle transparent 5. Styrofoam cup - Opaque The teacher will call on one member from each group and have him or her share their object and tell what the group collaboratively determined it as transparent, opaque, or translucent.

Individual: (use bullets) The teacher will have the students pull out a sheet of notebook paper and have them list two examples of a transparent, opaque, and translucent object to turn in.

Differentiation of Instruction: Additional Resources: PowerPoint, Sound and Light By: Harcourt Assessment: The student must list at least two examples correctly. Directions for the Assessment: The teacher will have students think of two examples for transparent, opaque, and translucent. The students will then write the objects down on a sheet of notebook paper to turn in. Differentiation of Assessment: Auditory and Visual Sample Assessment: Transparent glass plastic wrap Translucent- window tint, paper towel

Caitlyn Bridges Opaque desk, wall Rubric: Correctly listing two examples for transparent, opaque, and translucent objects. Grade scale is based on a point system. This is worth 20 points.