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Lesson Math: Coins Science: Forces and Guided Reading: Science: Classifying Writing: Letters to
Motion Cause and Effect Materials Guardians
Objectives 1. Given a coin, the 1. Given an everyday 1. Given a reading 1. Given a material such 1. Given a letter, students
students will be able object, students will passage, the as dirt, clothes pin, or will be able circle and label
to identify the coin be able to identify students will be candy, students will be the different parts of a letter.
and its value. how it may move able to identify the able to make
such as roll, slide, or cause and effect of observations and classify 2. By completing the activity,
2. By completing the stay stationary an event. the items into groups. the students will be able to
activities, the unless pushed. write out the parts of the
students will be able 2. By completing 2. By completing the letter on their own in the
to add and subtract 2. By completing the the activities, the activities, the students proper format.
the value of coins. activities, the students will be will identify different
students will be able able to identify that classifying groups that 3. After completing the
3. After completing to describe how causes occur first they create and will have lesson, the students will be
the lesson, the different items and the result is items in each group. able to receive mail, identify
students will be able move and what kind what is known as parts of the letter, and
to count real money of force (push, pull, the effect. 3. By completing the respond back using proper
and know if they etc.) they need for lesson, the students will heading, greetings, and
have enough money motion. 3. After completing be able to classify closings.
to buy an item they the lesson, the everyday items that they
desire. 3. After completing students will be see and put them into
the lesson, the able to predict the basic groups at school
students will be able effects that will and at home
to identify the occur when given
relationship the cause.
between force and
motion. 4. After completing
the lesson, the
students will be
able to summarize
the effects that will
 occur when given
the cause.
Standards 2.M.7: Find the SEPS.2 Developing 2.RN.3.2: Identify 2.PS.1 Plan and conduct 2.W.3.3 Develop topics for
value of a collection and using models how a nonfiction an investigation to friendly letters, stories,
of pennies, nickels, and tools text can be describe and classify poems, and other narrative
dimes, quarters and structured to different kinds of purposes that –
dollars SEPS.3 Constructing compare and materials by their
and performing contrast, to observable properties. I. Include a beginning.
investigations describe a
procedure, and to SEPS.3 Constructing and II. Use temporal words to
SEPS.6 Constructing explain a cause and performing signal event order (e.g., first
explanations (for effect relationship. investigations of all).
science) and
designing solutions III. Provide details to
(for engineering) describe actions, thoughts,
and feelings.

IV. Provide an ending.

Materials 1.Making Cents by 1.Water Bottle 1.The Boy Who 1.Boxes 1,Letters to all students
Elizabeth Keeler Cried Wolf
Robinson 2.Sand Worksheet 2.Half Sheet of Paper 2.Example letter with labels

2.Money Guide 3.Pencil 2.The Tortoise and 3.Items to put in boxes: 3.Blank card to write to Miss
Worksheet the Hare shreds of paper, Cross
4.Funnel paperclips, blocks, foam
3.Manipulative 3.Anchor Folders balls, etc. 4.20 Blank cards for
Activity Worksheet 5.Two bouncy Balls students to write on
4.Half sheets of 4.Shoe boxes
4.Puzzle Sheet 6.Piece of Paper paper 5.Twenty Stamps to send
5.Items to sort such as cards
5.Scissors 7.Force and Motion 5.Teacher made candy, blocks, pencils,
Video cards pens, paperclips, 6.Pencils
6.Glue clothespin, etc.
 8.Boxes (ramps) 6.Cause and effect 6.Lined pieces of paper 7.Colored Pencils (if extra
7.Pencil graphic organizers time)
9.Books (ramps)
8.Doc Cam 7.Instructions at
10.Pencils, Markers, each station
9.Clip Boards erasers, etc. (go
down ramps) 8.Ipads
9.Pencils
11.IPads
10.Self-chosen
books
Body/Activities I will read aloud The students will The students will The students will start The students will start at
with the students to start by watching discuss what the the lesson by guessing their desks with reading a
introduce the topic the teacher drop word relationship what are in the boxes by card I wrote them ad discuss
of money to them. items and guessing means to them and only feeling the items. what they notice with a
Then the students which item will hit how it can also Then the students will partner. Then the students
will fill out a guide the ground first. relate to their participate in class will move to the rug and will
sheet of the coin Then they will learning. Then the discussion about what it help me write a thank you
names and values watch a video over students will go means to classify and card to Miss Cross. Then
while they sit on the forces and motion. through their how items can be using and anchor chart, the
rug after the story. The students will stations and to classified. The students students and I will discuss
The students will rotate through groups will meet will be split into groups all the parts of writing a
return back to their stations where they with the teacher in and practice their skill of letter and why they are
seats and will work will discover force the back for guided classifying. The class will important. To dig deeper the
with partners to and motion as well reading using the come back as a whole class can even talk about
complete an activity as make hypotheses. text The Boy Who group to discuss what how it is different than
sheet of how many The students will Cried Wolf. The they discovered and how writing a normal essay.
coins are needed to have a station with other stations will be they classified certain After learning the parts of a
buy certain items the teacher, have a review over cause items they were given. letter the students will then
using coin station of building and effect and how write a letter to a guardian
manipulatives. To ramps, and then a to identify it in their talking about their favorite
close the students station or reading reading. To close the part of school and why. The
will hold up the on epic. To close the students will discuss
 manipulatives as I students will share a with a partner what letters will be sent at the
call specific coin discovery with one cause and effect is end.
names and values, another and then and how they saw it
with the whole in one of their
class. stations in the
lesson.
Assessments Formative: Formative: Formative: Formative: Formative:
Walk around room Walk around room Ask questions Walk around room while Ask questions while
while students work while students work while students students work students work and discuss
work
Take note of Take notes of Take notes of students Take note of areas students
students who are students who seem Take note of who seem to be may be struggling with the
struggling and may to be struggling students who seem struggling most
need a follow up to be confused or
lesson At the end ask struggling At the end ask students At the end of the lesson ask
students to share to share something they students to check for every
At the end ask something they At the end of the learned part of the letter in their
students to hold up learned lesson ask students Summative: written letter
specific coins and to define cause and Collect papers at the end
tell values Summative: effect in own words of the lesson to see what Summative:
Collect papers at the with a partner and students understood Collect letters at the end of
Summative: end of the lesson to share with the class about the topic and what the day and check to see if
Collect manipulative see what students they did not fully every part is included in the
sheet at the end of understood about Summative: understand or what they letter and if it is written out
lesson to see what the topic and what Collect cause and might have confused. correctly.
students they did not fully effect worksheet
understood the understand or what from read for
topic and what they might have meaning station to
students did not confused. see what students
fully grasp the idea. understood and
confused in the
activity that was
not teacher led.
Safety Tell students there No running or Tell students to Remind students to keep Remind students how to
is no running back yelling if there is a walk from station items on the table when properly use the markers
to seats or to rug as spill. Do hit others to station and to not moving them around and other materials
well as no throwing with building keep hands to self and to be couscous when provided to them when
coins at one another materials. I will when working near moving items around. making their cards.
during partner carefully monitor others.
activity. students and other
adults in the class
will as well.
Cleaning materials
ready at the sand
station.