S+3.2.1+Lesson+4

= = LESSON PLAN created by: North Point First Grade Team

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard 3: Physical science Objective 2. Analyze objects and record their properties. Indicator 1: Sort, classify, and chart objects by observable properties, e.g. size, shape, color, and texture.

__Student learning objective__:
Students will sort, classify, and chart types of pasta.

__Materials needed__:

 * Small Ziploc bags containing assorted types of pasta, i.e. spaghetti, fettuccine, bow-ties, spiral (rotini), wagon wheels, penne, elbows, shells.
 * //Pasta Groups// observation sheet
 * Charting sheet for pasta graph
 * Large Ziploc bags containing more varied, unusual pasta shapes (large shells, medium shells, lasagna noodles, egg noodles, etc.)
 * Pasta Journal pages


 * Day 1**

Sorting Pasta:


 * Show the students the collection of pasta (use document camera) and ask, "What do you know about these types of pasta? Have you eaten any of these? Do you like them? Why? Name some foods that you eat that have pasta in them."
 * Provide each group with a bag of assorted pasta.
 * Give each group a copy of the //Pasta Sort// recording page.
 * Tell the students to dump the bag of pasta onto their desk and sort the pasta into smaller sets or like kinds. After sorting, have the students record their findings on the //Pasta Groups// observation sheet.

Charting:
 * Combine the pastas of all the groups and have the students place them on the large bar graph on the floor (or use document camera). How many bow ties, rotini, wagon wheels, etc. are there?
 * Discuss which type of pasta there is the most of, least of, etc.
 * Tell the students they have made a real graph, and now they will take the pasta off and put the graph up on the bulletin board.
 * Challenge the students to take the same pasta and make a different kind of graph such as horizontal bar graph or a pie graph.

Observing Pasta:
 * Using the bags of pasta, discuss as a class the attributes of the pasta. Help students create a list of properties (size, color, shape, smell, texture, etc.) that they can use to classify them.
 * Allow students time to observe, classify, and talk about the different pasta.
 * Using the //Pasta Journal// recording sheet, have the students write down what they observe about each type of pasta.


 * Day 2**

Classifying:
 * Pass around a bag of pasta and instruct the students to take out one piece.
 * Ask the students to gather in groups according to the kinds of pasta they are holding.
 * Tell them to discuss the pasta by observing the size, shape, color, likenesses, and differences. Have them explain physical attributes about the pasta.
 * Gather the students in a circle on the floor. Place a piece of pasta in the circle. Tell the students that this pasta is in the circle because of its type. Direct them to place the pasta they are holding in the circle if they belong to this same type.
 * Repeat the procedure using various pastas with other attributes, such as color, shape (round, long), or texture.
 * Each time the students place their pasta according to a new attribute, ask them to explain why they placed their pasta in that circle.
 * In groups, give students a new bag of pasta with different sizes, shapes, and types, etc. Have them classify their pasta, then explain how they came up with their classification system.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Observe and listen to student explanations of how they sort and classify objects. Have them explain their thinking when classifying types of pasta and ask questions relating to similarities and differences to extend thinking.