Stetson University Department of Education Daily Lesson Plan
Stetson University Department of Education Daily Lesson Plan
Stetson University Department of Education Daily Lesson Plan
Language Objective(s): (Must include language skill/domain and function, may contain grammar, where appropriate)
Reading- Students dictate their illustrations to the teacher.
Writing- Students will draw what an object looks like through a magnifying glass.
Speaking- Students will discuss how the objects look through the magnifying glass and without it.
Listening- Students will listen to their classmates’ responses.
Instructional Steps: B:
Show students the objects in their observation bags. Tell students I:
what each of the items are and ask for predictions of what the 20 min A:
items might look like when we use the magnifying glasses.
Call on students for predictions.
Remind students that on Friday we watched a video about how
glasses can help people see better if their eyes need help.
Explain that a magnifying glass can help everyone’s eyes see
something much closer and with more detail than we would be
able to without it.
Show students how to use the magnifying glass (ex: not putting it
right on their eye or right on the object, finding a spot where it
shows the magnified object).
Instruct students to go back to their desks and begin using their
sense of sight so they can observe the objects with their
magnifying glass for five minutes. If they need assistance, they
should raise their hand so a teacher can come to them.
Pass out observation bags and send students back to their desks.
Set the timer for 5 minutes so the students can self-pace their
observations.
When timer rings, instruct students to leave their materials at their
desk and to come back to the carpet.
Ask students “Raise your hand if you can contrast what your
objects looked at with and without the magnifying glass. Tell me
how one object looked different when you used the magnifying
glass from when you did not use the magnifying glass.”
Call on students to discuss. Prompt students and repeat the
definition for contrast if necessary.
Tell students that they will now go back to their desks and draw
what one of the objects looked like through the magnifying glass
in their science journal. If the students need to look at one object
again, they can do so quickly.
Students should use different colors and add details to their
drawing.
Demonstrate what this drawing might look like on the board. Draw
a green section with veins to represent what a drawing of a
magnified leaf would look like.
Send students back to their desks to draw in their science journals.
Circulate as students are drawing and write down what their
picture is of.
Rev. Spring 2019
Stetson University Department of Education Daily Lesson Plan
Procedural:
Instruct students to put their materials back into the bag, put their
science journals in their desks, and pack up for dismissal.
Supported: SC.K.L.14.Su.1
Recognize the senses of sight and hearing and related body parts.
Participatory: SC.K.L.14.Pa.1
Recognize and respond to one type of sensory stimuli.
Objective 2: Students will illustrate one magnified object that they observed
with detail.
Reflection on Teaching: (Analyze and evaluate your lesson and class management.)
This lesson went well! The students were engaged and very excited to use the magnifying glasses! I told students to observe
the materials in the bag and then let them have independent time to do so. I think I should have given more specific instructions
such as when to look at each object. I noticed a lot of students became fixated on one object and, as a result, neglected the rest
of the objects in the observation bags. I really enjoyed how my students drew their observations. They used real-life colors and
drew in a lot of details! Some students even drew a magnifying glass which was very scientific. I wish I had told all of my
students to draw a magnifying glass along with their observation to further show how their sense of sight was altered.
Learning trajectory: Detail the learning trajectory associated with this standard. A learning trajectory consists of set of
instructional tasks, matched to each of the levels of thinking in the developmental progression. These tasks are designed to help
students learn the ideas and skills needed to achieve that level of thinking by grade level. Include each standard for grade
levels below & one above from CPALMS, the VCS curriculum maps, Next Generation Science Standards, or another standard-
based resource.