S+1.3.2+Lesson+2

=** LESSON PLAN ** = created by:Jenny Correa, Jacquie Johnson, Elaine Marshall, Kristina Adams.

==**__Core Objective/Standard__:** == Standard 1: The Processes, Communication, and Nature of Science. Objective 2: Communicating Science: Communicating effectively using science language and reasoning. Objective 3: Knowing in Science: Understanding the nature of science.

==**__Student learning objective__:** == The students will observe, compare, describe, and sort types of rocks by size, texture, and color.

==**__Materials needed__:** == Various rocks (small samples that students brought in to class - no larger than a baseball), magnifying glasses, blue light (to show the different elements of rocks), chart paper/markers (to make a KWL chart), pre-made "labels" for rock samples such as: sharp, smooth, round, square, brown, black, heavy, rough, etc. (or you could generate these as a class) If available: a book about rocks. Title: //Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough (Amazing Science)// [|Rosinsky] (Author), [|Natalie M] (Author), [|John] (Illustrator), [|Matthew] (Illustrator)

==**__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:** ==
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hook: Introduce the activity by placing a rock inside of a can, outside of the view of the students. (The students do not know that it is a rock inside of the can.) We call this the "guessing can". The students will ask questions about the object in the can. (Is it living? Is it non-living? Is it soft? Is it smooth? etc.)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Introduce that we will be studying rocks because we are scientists and will be learning about the world around us. Read aloud the book about rocks.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Have a class discussion by introducing the KWL chart. Ask students to raise their hands and tell what they know about rocks. Write these ideas down on the KWL chart.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ask the students what they would like to know about rocks. Add this to the KWL chart as well.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Teacher has a collection of different rock samples that he/she will sort in front of the class as there is a discussion about how they are sorted and why they are sorted in such a way.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Assign the students to bring a small rock sample from home - no larger than a baseball. As students bring them in, collect them. (teacher will have their own "additions" to the rock samples as well)

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:** ==
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gather student rock samples.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Model sorting and classifying rocks for the students by the teacher thinking out loud and grouping the rocks into the appropriate groups. Have the students give their input and comments to "help" the teacher match the rock to the label.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Discuss why these rocks were put under the labels they were.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Have a teacher led class discussion about the activity.

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:** ==
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Students are put into smaller groups and will be given rock samples and labels to sort together. Tell students that there may be differences in their opinions about where the rocks should be classified. If they disagree, they need to make additional observations to decide where the rocks belong. Tell the students that it is okay to disagree.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The teacher will monitor the activity.


 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As a closure activity, the students will join together as a class and have a discussion on what they learned about rocks.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Together, the class will finish completing the KWL chart by adding what they would like to STILL know about rocks.

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:** ==
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Verbal and Observation. Students will be assessed by the teacher watching and listening as they completing their rock sorting activity.