Mount Aloysius College

Education Department
2018 Lesson Plan Format

I. Heading

Lesson Title: Science Fair

Teacher Name: Ms. Kayla Hopkins
Date Lesson is Taught: Friday, March 20th, 2020
Subject/Discipline: Literacy & Science
Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Number of Students: 25 Students
Allocated Instructional Time: 1:00-3:00
Multiple Intelligences Addressed: Verbal-linguistic, Spatial Intelligence, Naturalistic
Pennsylvania Common Core Standards or Early Learning Standards:
CC.1.2.2.A: Identify the main idea of a multiple-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific
paragraphs within the text.
CC.1.2..2.B: Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
4.1.1.F: Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion. Ask questions about objects,
organisms and events. Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and
answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known. Plan and conduct
a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of
investigations. Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and
understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their
senses to gather information. Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that
scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current
scientific knowledge. Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence
and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so
they can be reproduced and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.

II. Rationale and Background (Danielson 1b: Demonstrating Knowledge of Students)

The purpose of this activity is for students to work together in teams to enrich their literary skills
in a fun way. The book provided for this unit incorporates science in a fun way and
encourages the students to think outside the about how to make the world a clearer healthier
place to live.

III. Lesson Objectives (Danielson 1c: Setting Instructional Objectives)

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 Objective #1: TLWBAT understand the main idea and plot of the first chapter in the novel and
ask questions about what they have read. They will also be able to reflect what they learned is
short writing prompts. (CC.1.2.2.A), (CC.1.2.2.B). (CC.1.4.2.A).
Objective #2: TLWBAT conduct their own science experiment in their group and present it to
the class or school science fair. (4.1.2.F).

IV. Materials (Danielson 1d: Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources)

Student Materials: Ivy and Bean Chapters Packet, Pencils, Ivy and Bean: What’s the Big Idea
book, chrome books, teacher provided materials for their projects.
Teacher Materials: Ivy and Bean book, specific science materials for each group.

V. Procedures (Danielson 1a: Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy) (Danielson

1e: Designing Coherent Instruction) (Danielson 3a: Communicating with Students) (3b Using
Questioning and Discussion Techniques) (Danielson 3c Engaging Students in Learning)

I will introduce this lesson by bringing the class together and doing a recap about what we
learned about the novel during the week. We will have a discussion about their favorite
parts of the book as well as the projects they came up with for the Science Fair.

A. Lesson Body

1. The students will be broken up into their groups for one last time to go over any
other details about their projects.
2. The students will set up their projects in the gym along with the rest of the school.
3. During the science fair the students will take turns seeing other projects as well
as demonstrating their own.
4. Once the science fair is of the students will clean up and come back to the room
to reflect on the science fair and finish the last page of their packets.

B. Simplification and Extensions (aka strategies for differentiated instruction) (Danielson 3e:
Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness)

1. For a gifted student, I will give them a more advanced packet and vocabulary words to
focus on. I will also allow them to do more in depth research on their topic.
2. For a child with ADHD, I will assign them the job of passing things out to their group, so
they are able to get small breaks throughout the lesson.
3. For an ELL student, I will provide the vocabulary words in their native language and
encourage them to research from their own culture

C. Closure/Conclusion

To conclude this lesson, I will make sure everyone has completed their packets and we will
have a final discussion about how the science fair went and any other topics the students
what to discuss out of the book.

VI. Home-School Connection/Homework Assignment/Independent Practice (Danielson 4c:

Communicating with Families)
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 For home-schooled students I will upload all of the activities to my classroom website as well
as the packet I created for the class. I will also provide the parents with the school science fair
information and encourage them to sign up as well and participle in either coming or creating
their own project to enter in the fair.

VII. Evaluation

A. Student Assessment (Danielson 1f: Designing Student Assessment) (Danielson 3d: Using
Assessment in Instruction)

I will assess my students based upon the entire packet and their participation in the science
fair.

B. Reflective Practice/Self-Evaluation (To be completed after the lesson is taught) (Danielson

4a: Reflecting on Teaching)

Reflect on your teaching experience and answer these questions:

1. What were two strengths of the lesson?

2. What are two areas of the lesson that need improvement?
3. What would I do differently, if I were to reteach this lesson?
4. What biases, if any, existed in the materials, activities, language, or interactions with
children?
5. Did anything surprise me?

** Be sure to attach all resources such as handouts and teacher-created materials.**

Barrows, A., & Blackall, S. (2011). Ivy Bean: whats the big idea? Edina, MN: Spotlight.