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Second Grade Team

Lesson Plan Template
Course/Subject Name: Science Period or Time of Day: Science
Week of: 8/21/17-8/25/17 Authoring Team Member: Sarah-Ann Hopper
Standard (What do students need to know, understand, and be Key Vocabulary:
able to do this week?): S2P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate Color, mass, length, texture, hardness, strength,
information about the properties of matter and changes that absorbency, flexibility.
occur in objects.
a. Ask questions to describe and classify different objects
Obtain, evaluate, communicate
according to their physical properties. (Clarification statement:
Examples of physical properties could include color, mass,
length, texture, hardness, strength, absorbency, and flexibility.)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Learning Targets (FIP 2) I can describe and I can describe and I can describe and I can describe and I can describe and
Can this standard be stated in classify different classify different classify different classify different classify different
student-friendly terms? objects based on objects based on objects based on objects based on objects based on
their physical their physical their physical their physical their physical
properties. properties. properties. properties. properties.
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Assessment Formative Formative Formative Formative Formative

Selected Response, Written Response, Assessment Assessment Assessment: Assessment Assessment:
Performance Assessment, Personal Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion STEAM
Communication (FIP 2, 3) questions. questions. questions. Journals. questions. Summative
How will we know students have Journals. Journals. Investigating Journals. Assessment:
learned? Investigating Investigating characteristics of Investigating Standard
What is the best assessment match characteristics of characteristics of the physical characteristics of assessment for
for the learning target type? (selected the physical the physical properties of the physical progress
response, written response, properties of properties of different materials. properties of monitoring:
performance assessment, personal different materials. different materials. different materials.
communication)
Students will
complete a
multiple choice
assessment.
Instructional Resources
How will we teach effectively to ensure that students learn?
Activator: -Introduce -Review Learning -Review Learning -Review Learning -Review Learning
learning target, target, review target, review target, review target, review
introduce vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary
vocabulary
Mini-lesson: Ask students to Ask students to Introduce the work Introduce work Introduce work
brainstorm what brainstorm what session activity. Go session. Go over session. Go over
physical physical over rules with rules with rules with
characteristics characteristics students. students. students.
are. are.
Work session: Have Stemscopes Have Stemscopes Have stemscopes Have stemscopes Continue to work
materials ready. materials ready. materials ready. materials ready. on Wednesday’s
Students will be Students will be Each group of Each group of and Thursday’s
classifiying classifiying students will be students will be activities and
objects on their objects on their given a balloon given various have students
desks based on desks based on with a mystery materials (Marker record in their
physical physical substance in it. Rock Rubber band science journal.
Remind students to Stick of gum Apple
characteristics. characteristics.
be gentle with the Textbook Sheet of
balloon. Have paper towel Triple
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students record beam balance

their observations Ruler).
of each balloon in
their science Students will
journal. Physical record in their
properties and if it science journal
is a solid or a liquid (data table) items
is included in the that are similar to
journal. one another. Allow
students to touch
and feel each item
and talk with one
another over each
item and its
physical
characteristics.

Closing: Students will Students will Students will write Students will Group
write new write new new information write new discussions.
information information learned in their information
learned in their learned in their science notebooks. learned in their
science science science
notebooks. notebooks. notebooks.
Homework:
Accommodations/ Physical Physical Physical Physical STEAM Activity
Modifications/Differentiation characteristics of characteristics of characteristics of characteristics of
materials. materials. materials. materials.
What do we do when students
Activities based on Activities based on Activities based on Activities based on
do not reach proficiency or
ability, interests, ability, interests, ability, interests, ability, interests,
when they exceed learning styles, learning styles, learning styles, and learning styles,
expectations? and and communication and
communication communication skills. communication
skills. skills. Groups pulled by skills.
teacher based on
needs.
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Groups pulled by Groups pulled by Groups pulled by

teacher based on teacher based on teacher based on
needs. needs. needs.