Mini-

Lesson

Plan Formal 5

Collett Elementary

GRADE LEVEL:
2ndGrade
BLOOMS TAXONOMY:

Understand,apply,
analyze,andcreate
DOK:

Level3&4/Strategic
ThinkingandExtendedThinking

Science

Lab Vinegar and Baking Soda

Mrs. Ali Grade 2 March 17, 2016

SUBJECT/ FOCUS:
Science
LESSONs PURPOSE
Thepurposeofthislessonistoactuallyseethewhat
mayhappenwhenyellowvinegarandbluebaking
sodacombined.Athemedscienceexperimentforthe
themeofSt.Patrick'sday.

INSTRUCTIONAL TYPE:
SmallgroupminilessondiscussionduringDaily5

LESSON LENGTH:
One15minutelessoninoneday

STANDARDS:
InvestigationandExperimentation
4.d.Scientificprogressismadebyaskingmeaningfulquestionsandconductingcareful
investigations.Asabasisforunderstandingthisconceptandaddressingthecontentinthe
otherthreestrands,studentsshoulddeveloptheirownquestionsandperforminvestigations.
Studentswill:
d.Writeordrawdescriptionsofasequenceofsteps,events,andobservations.

ComprehensionandCollaboration:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.SL.2.1
Participateincollaborativeconversationswithdiversepartners
aboutgrade2topicsandtextswithpeersandadultsinsmallandlargergroups.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.SL.2.1.A
Followagreeduponrulesfordiscussions(e.g.,gainingthefloorinrespectfulways,listening
tootherswithcare,speakingoneatatimeaboutthetopicsandtextsunderdiscussion).
CCSS.ELALITERACY.SL.2.1.B
Buildonothers'talkinconversationsbylinkingtheircommentstotheremarksofothers.
2012ELDStandards
Interpretive

5.ListeningactivelytospokenEnglishinarangeofsocialandacademiccontexts
.

OBJECTIVES-

Studentswillbeabletoarticulateincompletesentenceswhattheirpredictions,

observations,andconclusionsareduringthebeginning,middle,andendofthe
scienceexperiment.
Studentswillbeabletousestrategicandextendedthinkinginorderto
understandthatwhenyellowvinegarandbluebakingsodamixtheywillget
green.

VOCABULARY
Experiment
Prediction
observation

Vinegar
Baking soda
beaker

MATERIALS/PREPLANNING

Materials

Butcherpaper
Plastictrashbags
Vinegar
Bakingsoda
Yellowandbluefoodcoloring

OPENING
Displaysentencestarteronthewhiteboard,Mypredictionis..:
Teacher:
GroupGroup,wearegoingtobescientistandwillpredictwhatmayhappenwhenweuse
yellowvinegarandbluebakingsoda.Tellmewhatyouthinkmayhappen.Whywouldyou
thinkitwouldturnoutlikethis.Therearemanyscientistthattestouttheirhypothesisina
experiment.Todaywewillbedoingjustthat.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
All Students

SWD

repetitionofinstructionsandrephasing
questions
frequentchecksforcomprehension
differentiateinstructionandusemorethanone
waytodemonstrateorexplaininformation
refertoIEP
repetitionofinstructionsandrephasing
questions
frequentchecksforcomprehension

ELs

keepillustrationsbrief

usephotos,illustrations,examples,
demonstrations,videos,andmodelingto
developstudentsbackgroundknowledge
Emerging:
providewaittimeandthinktime
frequentchecksforcomprehension
usegestures,realobjects,speakingata
slowerpace,andusingshortsentencesand
phrases
sentenceframes
visualrepresentation

SUGGESTED PACING

Task 1

TheteacherandstudentsintheDaily5rotationswill
discusstheimportanceofpredictingwhatmight
happeninanscientificexperiment.Thechildrenwill
discussitwiththeirpeersandtheteacherwillask
questionstogetahigherlevelstrategictypeof
thinking.

Task 2

Theteacherwillaskwhatdoyouobservefirst?
Thestudentswillrespondwith,thattheyobserved
yellowvinegarinajarandbluebakingsodaina
container.
Theteacherwillaskthestudentstomakeaprediction
usingthesentencestartertocomeupwithideasof
whatmighthappen.Thenthestudentswillwritea
completesentenceofwhattheirpredictionwas.

Task 3

Theteacherwillpourthevinegarintothebeakerthat
hasthebakingsodaalreadyatthebottomofthe
beaker.Thechildrenwillobservethatwhenthetwo
colorsmixthestudentswillseethecolorgreenand
themixturefizzingoutofthejar.

Students:
Studentswilldrawoutwhattheyobservedfirstwith
thetwomaterialsusedintheexperimentandthen

Task 4

AssignIndependentPractices,
AssessPerformance,andProvide

CorrectiveFeedback

drawoutwhathappenedwhenthetwoelementswere
mixedtogether.

CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENTS/ TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT

ClassroomArrangements
Backtablereadingand
cooperativegroupingtable

TechnologySupport
NA

CLOSURE

Theteacherwilldiscusstheimportanceofpredictingandtestingoutyourown
hypothesisinascienceexperiments.Thestudentswillfinishdrawingoutwhatthey
observed.

EVALUATION/
ASSESSMENTS

Type1
InformalEvaluation:

Thediscussionofwhatthestudentspredictions
maybeduringthelesson.

Type2
FormalAssessment:

Thedrawinganddatacollectedfromtheexperiment.

BACK- UP

AvideoofChicagodyingtheirrivergreenforSt.PatricksDay.Thiswouldbeabetter
visualforlargebodyofwater.Thiswillexplainandgivetheclassaunderstanding
howtwocolorsmixtomakeadifferenttypeofcolor.Themixingofthemixturesisa
muchbetterconnectionandexperiment.
FOLLOW- UP

Followupquestionsofhowthestudentsfeltwhentheysawthemixturechanging
color.Graphtheirresultsoftheirpredictionsbeforetheexperimentstarted.