Georgia Southwestern State University Lesson Plan Guidelines

Created by GSW School of Education

EDEC 4550 Fall 2016
(Revised by Dr. Chuchu Wu)

Name: Kathleen Wright

Lesson Date: 4/17/18

Lesson Start Time: 9:00am Lesson End Time: 10:20am

Classroom/Lesson Context

____ Whole Group _____ Small Group _____ One-on-One

_____ Students with IEPs/504s _____ ELL Students

____ Other (Please specify: ______________________________________________

Please specify the number of students:

7 Girls 8 Boys

Learning Central Focus

A. Lesson Plan Title: Day and Night Sky

B. Grade Level: Kindergarten

C. Central Focus:
 What is the central focus for the content in the learning segment?
 Students will be able to obtain, evaluate, and communicate observations
about time patterns (day to night and night to day) and objects (sun,
moon, stars) in the day and night sky.

D. Content Standard:
 What standard(s) are most relevant to the learning goals?
 SKE1

Student Learning Goal(s)/ Objective(s):

A. Skills/procedures:
 What will the students be doing in this lesson? For example, The students will
analyze….
o The students will be able to identify the sun and moon. They will be able to
identify the characteristics that make the day and night sky, and their differences.
 B. Prior Academic Knowledge and Conceptions:

 What knowledge, skills, and concepts must students already know to be successful with
this lesson?
o The student’s prior knowledge will be from Pre-K or from their own observations
at home. They should know the difference between day and night, the sun and
the moon, and be able to name some objects seen in either sky.

 What prior knowledge and/or gaps in knowledge do these students have that are
necessary to support the learning of the skills and concepts for this lesson?
o Some students may not know or be able to describe the difference between day
and night. Some may not know what object are in the night sky because they are
asleep when that night sky is out.

 What are your students’ abilities regarding the oral and written language associated with
this lesson?
o Students should be able to orally answer the prior knowledge questions that I will
ask them at the beginning of class.

Common Errors, Developmental Approximations, Misconceptions, Partial

Understandings, or Misunderstandings:

 What are common errors or misunderstandings of students related to the central focus of
this lesson? How will you address them for this group of students?
o Some students may not know what objects are in the day or night sky. They may
become confused as to which objects go into which sky.

Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks

A. Launch: 15 Minutes
 How will you gain attention?
o I will gain their attention by showing them a video about day and night by Disney
Pixar.

 How will you start the lesson to engage and motivate students in learning?
o Get students involvement, pause the video and ask if they have ever heard of
day and night. I will also ask what they have seen in the day or night, or both.

 What are your rules for the lesson?

o Students are to listen to the teacher as she gives instructions. All eyes and ears
are ready to learn. Students are to be respectful and wait for their turn. Raise
hands to ask questions.

B. Instruction: 20 Minutes
 What will you do to engage students in developing understanding of the lesson
objective(s)?
o The student’s objective of the lesson is to be able to know the differences
between night and day, and be able to name and categorize objects seen in the
day and/or night sky. There will be multiple examples and presentations for the
students to observe as we start discussion.
 How will you link the new content (skills and concepts) to students’ prior academic
learning and their personal/cultural and community assets?
o During their activity, I will ask students to share what they may do during the day
and night, give examples. I will ask them how do they think day and night coming
and going works. (When the Earth spins, the side the sun is shining on is called
day, and the side that the sun is not shining on is called night).

 What will you say and do? What questions will you ask?
o Throughout the lesson:
 What in the lesson have you learned so far?
 Making sure they understand the concepts as we go – targets
lower learners
 How does day and night relate to your life?
 Targets higher level learners

 How will you engage students to help them understand the concepts?
o I will demonstrate what they will need to do in their activity. The class is to guess
where each picture goes into the diagram. Some critical thinking will be involved
when it comes to the pictures that go into the BOTH box. As we are going over
this, students are write down which picture belongs into which box. After the
demonstration, students are to work on their activity by themselves with the aid of
their notes from the movie and my demonstration. I will be walking around the
room as they work independently.

 What will students do?

o Students will be actively engaged in the instruction from me, as well as in the
activity.

o They are to write down what they have discovered about night and day, and what
objects they may see in the day and night sky, as I am demonstrating the activity.

o After I have shown them what their activity should look like, they are to try the
activity by themselves.

o Have practice in the groups on what they are learning.

o Independently they will place pictures of objects they would see in the sky into
boxes marked as either being DAY, NIGHT, or BOTH. This activity will be turned
in for a grade and use as an assessment for the days lesson.

 How will you determine if students are meeting the intended learning objectives?
o The activity from station 1, the students will turn that in. Also, I will go around
stations making sure students are understanding and getting feedback to know if
I need to go back and repeat something from today’s lesson.

C. Structured Practice and Application: __35___ Minutes

 How will you give students the opportunity to practice so you can provide feedback?
o After watching the video, and the teacher demonstrating what to do with their
activity, students are to work on their activity on their own.
 How will students apply what they have learned?
o Students will be able to apply what they have learned, by knowing which objects
are seen in the day and night sky without any help or prompt, and be able to tell
the difference in night and day.

 How will you determine if students are meeting the intended learning objectives?
o Students will turn in their activity sheet for a grade, and there will be a test at the
end of the week.

o They will fill out a Ticket-out-the-Door as an assessment at the end of the

activity.

D. Closure: 10 Minutes

 How will you end the lesson?

o Have students complete a ticket out the door:

 One thing they enjoyed form todays activity

 One thing they learned new from the lesson
 One thing they think they still need help with