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Learning Objective(s)
Write at least two learning objectives for this lesson. Learning objectives are observable, measureable outcomes of what students
should be able to demonstrate and the teacher should be able to assess. Each LO should contain all three components (task
(in bold), condition (in italics), standard (underlined)) of a well written learning objective.
1. LO #1. Students will make observations about the sky and use these observations along with
their classmate’s observations to create a Sky observations chart including at least three
details about the day time sky.
2. LO#2. Students will use information gathered during observations and reading to correctly define,
in their own words, Daytime as the part of the day when the sky is bright, and Nighttime as
the part of the day when the sky is dark.
1-ESS1-1 Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed,
described, and predicted
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Per student: (approximate number of students: 20)
4. #20- clipboard or other writing surface*
5. #20- pencil
Per group: (approximate number of groups: 10
• #10- Spinning Earth Investigation Notebook (page 5)
Miscellaneous materials
For the Classroom Wall
6. #3- vocabulary cards: daytime, nighttime, predict
7. #1- “What Scientists Do” chart
For the Class
8. #1-“After Sunset” big book
9. #1- large index card (5" × 8")
10. #2- sheets of chart paper
11. #1-marker
12. #1-masking tape
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2. Understand the unit question “Why does the sky look different at different times?”
3. Know the meaning of the word “Observe”
1. Lesson Opening (Journal Entry, etc.) – optional (est. time: ___ minutes)
How will you prepare students to begin the lesson?
1.
1. Project the image of Sai and his Grandma. Remind students of their role and the problem
they are trying to explain.
a. “We are working as sky scientists to help Sai figure out why the sky looked
different to him than to his grandma when they talked on the phone.”
3. Project the Sky for Sai image. Have students compare what they observed in the sky to what
Sai saw in the sky.
a. “We will compare what we saw in the sky with what Sai and his grandma saw in
the sky.”
b. “This picture shows what Sai saw in the sky when he called his grandma. How
is what we observed in the sky outside our school the same as what Sai saw?”
i. Accept all responses. If students don’t mention it, note that the sky in both
places (near Sai and outside our school) looked bright.
c. “How is what we observed in the sky outside our school different from what
Sai saw?”
i. Accept all responses.
2. Explore: Making New Sky Observations and Reflecting (est. time: 15 minutes)
Students go outside to make and record new observations of the sky during the school day in their Investigation
Notebooks.
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.
1. Set the purpose for making new sky observations.
a. “Today, we will go outside again to make new observations of the sky at a
different time.”
b. “When scientists investigate, they often observe things more than once. By
observing many times, scientists can look for what is the same or different
each time they observe.”
c. “When we make our new sky observation, we can look for what is the same as,
or different from, what we noticed during our first sky observation. This will
help us answer our Investigation Question.”
5. Have students record their observations of the sky on page 5 of their notebooks. (See BL #1)
a. Assist students in turning to page 5, Sky Observations 2, as needed. Provide
students about 10 minutes to observe the sky and record their observations.
Circulate to provide support as needed. Encourage students to discuss the
observations they recorded with a partner.
2. Introduce the Sky Observations chart. Point to the chart and read the title aloud.
a. “Sky Observations, we can use this chart to record all our observations of the
sky.”
3. Ask students to share their sky observations and record them on the chart.
a. “What did we see when we went outside to observe the sky?”
i. Accept all responses. Encourage students to refer to the observations they
have recorded in their notebooks as they share. List students’ responses on
the chart as they share. Invite any different ideas until all ideas have been
shared. (LO#1)
4. Highlight the need for observations of the sky during the nighttime. Point to the Investigation
Question on the board.
a. “We are trying to figure out what we can see in the sky at different times. We
have gathered a lot of information about things that can be observed in the sky
at different times. But our observations so far have been during the school day
—during the daytime. What about the nighttime? “
b. “We need to gather more information about what we can observe in the sky
during a different time—the nighttime—in order to answer our question.”
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5. Introduce reading as a way to gather secondhand data.
a. “We are not at school during the nighttime, so we need to find another way to
gather information about what can be observed in the sky during the
nighttime.”
b. “When scientists investigate, they also read books to gather information. We
can read a book to investigate what can be seen in the sky during the
nighttime.”
6. Collect Investigation Notebooks.
NOTE: You should include guiding questions you might ask students during the EXPLORE activity. You should have at
least 10+ questions to guide student discussion and learning distributed between EXPLORE/EXPLAIN. After each
question (in bold), write the correct (or expected) answer (in italics).
2. Display the front cover of After Sunset big book. Read the title aloud and invite students to
share what they notice on the cover.
5. Begin reading and pause at the end of page 5. Model checking your prediction.
a. “We just read and gathered information about what the children observed in
the sky after sunset. By reading and looking at the pictures, we learned that the
children observed stars in the sky after sunset, during the nighttime.”
b. “I predicted that the children would observe stars in the sky during the
nighttime. My prediction matches what we just read. The children did observe
stars in the sky.”
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2. “By reading and looking at the pictures, we know that the
children have not yet observed the Moon in the sky. I predict
that they will not observe the Moon in the sky on this night.”
b. Turn the page and point at the picture on page 8.
i. “There are many things to observe in the sky, but on this night we
cannot see the Moon in the sky. My prediction matches what we just
observed in the picture on this page. “
5. Assessment/Evaluate: (Please attach your rubric AND/OR key!) (est. time: ___ minutes)
a. Attach the EVALUATION as a separate Blackline Master. Have 2-3 questions.
b. For each question, identify in parentheses at the end of the criteria the LSSS # and/or Learning
Objective (LO#___) you are assessing for this lesson.
c. Attach the key to your assessment as a separate Blackline Master.
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b. As students share their predictions with the class, repeat one or two that were based
on students’ prior knowledge or experience. Highlight the way that students used
their prior experience with observations of the nighttime sky to make their
predictions. For example, you might say something such as I heard Eduardo say that
he predicted the children in the book would see lights on an airplane in the sky
during the nighttime because he has seen lights on an airplane in the sky during the
nighttime before. Eduardo used what he already knew to decide what he thought
might happen.
2. Written Assessment
a. The students have space to write one sentence and a correlated drawing of
something they would see in the day time and another space to draw and write one
sentence about something they will see in the nighttime. (LO#2)
3. Discuss the Moon. If students have not yet mentioned the Moon, write “the Moon” on the Sky
Observations chart.
a. “The Moon is another thing that can be observed in the sky. On the night, the
children in After Sunset observed the sky, they did not see the Moon.”
b. When have you observed the Moon in the sky?
i. [During the nighttime. During the school day.]
ii. Point out that the sister in After Sunset explained that you can observe the Moon
in the sky during the daytime and the nighttime.
6. Add read to the What Scientists Do chart. Point to the chart and read the title aloud.
a. Remind students that this chart will help them remember and think about the important
things that scientists like them do to answer their questions. Post the What Scientists Do
chart read card that you prepared on the chart.
i. “One of the most important things that scientists do is read to gather
information that helps them answer their questions.”
ii. “How did we read like scientists today?”
1. [We read After Sunset. We looked at the pictures in After Sunset and
made predictions about what the children would observe in the sky.]
iii. “As scientists, we read a book and looked at the pictures to gather
information to help answer our question about what we can see in the sky
at different times.”
CITATION OF SOURCES.
I/We used the following resources to build our lesson (APA citation). Please take care not to plagiarize….
Give authors credit if you borrow an idea from someone or quote directly from their work.
image Credits:
Shutterstock; Artem Vorobiev/Moment/Getty Images; Juanmonino/E+/Getty Images (Projections: Lesson
1.2).
√ Yes, I cited all materials and resources used in this lesson. mjw
Student signature
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Blackline Master #1
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Blackline Master #2
Image of Sai and His Grandmother
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Blackline Master #2 (cont.)
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Blackline Master #3
Name: Mary Jane Walker Date: March 18, 2019
Lesson Assessment: After Sunset
1. (LO#2)
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Blackline Master #2 - KEY
Name: Mary Jane Walker Date: March 18, 2019
Lesson Assessment: After Sunset - KEY KEY KEY
1. (LO#2)
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Name: Mary Jane Walker Peer evaluator ____________________
Check for Success
Written Lesson Plan Using the 5E Learning Cycle
SELF PEER
Criteria Description Evaluation Evaluation
All stages of the lesson are clearly described in enough detail so that someone
Yes No NA Yes No NA
else could teach the lesson.
Lesson detail
Each step is numbered and reflects an orderly progression to the lesson. Yes No NA Yes No NA
The source of the lesson is cited in correct APA format in the lesson plan. Yes No NA Yes No NA
Lesson
source
Photographs have the website in a text box next to the photo Yes No NA Yes No NA
CHECKPOINT EXTEND characteristics: (1) students should apply concepts and skills in new (but similar) situations to their experience in the Explore
QUESTIONS phase; (2) students should use formal labels and definitions.
for: Does the EXTEND provide students an opportunity to practice and apply their
Yes No NA Yes No NA
new understanding to the learning objective(s) of the lesson?
Extend Doe the EXTEND not introduce new material? Yes No NA Yes No NA
EVALUATE characteristics: (1) questions/tasks are directly connected to Learning Objectives for lesson, (2) questions provide
evidence of student understanding/misconceptions, (3) indicate the degree to which educational objectives are being achieved.
CHECKPOINT Is each question connected directly to the learning objectives for the lesson? Is
QUESTIONS each question’s learning objective or LSSS noted in parentheses at the end of Yes No NA Yes No NA
for: the question?
Is the EVALUATE attached and ready to be handed out? Yes No NA Yes No NA
Evaluate
Is the EVALUATE KEY attached as a separate sheet? Yes No NA Yes No NA
Comments on back. Peer evaluator signature: ____________________________ Date ___________________
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