Candidate’s Name: Malka Wallerstein
Grade Level: Grade 6
Title of the lesson: Rainbow
Length of the lesson: 45 minutes
Central focus
Sample: What causes a rainbow to form?
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Knowledge of students to inform teaching (prior knowledge/prerequisite skills and personal/cultural/community assets)
Students are Familiar with different weather patterns and seasons.
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Common Core State Standards (List the number and text of the standard. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the relevant part[s].)
2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
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Support literacy development through language (academic language)
Describe and explain how a rainbow is created.
Learn new vocabulary words: Prism, Reflection, Refraction, Hue
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Learning objectives
Sample:
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Formal and informal assessment (including type[s] of assessment and what is being assessed)
Informal assessment - While the class is experimenting making their own rainbows the teacher will walk around the classroom assessing their knowledge.
Formal assessment - The teacher will collect the students science journals where the students will write a reflection about what they learnt about rainbows and what causes them to form.
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Instructional procedure: The teacher will begin the lesson by showing a short video clip about rainbows This will grab the students attention and interest. The teacher will lead a class discussion about how rainbows are formed using Big cutouts of the new vocabulary words. Students will discuss how a rainbow is an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere (google definition of a rainbow). The teacher will then do an experiment with the class to make their own rainbow. Have your students fill the glass about ¼ of the way full with water. Ask them to put the mirror in the glass.Then, turn the glass so the mirror faces the sun.Position the glass of water so that the sunlight shines on it.Help your student by holding the sheet of paper in front of the glass so that the rainbow can be easily seen.The sunlight will pass through the water in the glass and refract (bend), forming many different colors on the surface of the sheet.Encourage your students to experiment by holding the glass of water at different heights and angles while she watches for sunlight bouncing off the mirror.
After the experiment have students discuss with a partner what occurred. Students will write their findings in their science journals.
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Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning.
Smartboard
Sunny day
Short drinking glass
Small mirror
Sheet of white paper
Water
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Reflection
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