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Instructional Resources/Technology Integration: PowerPoint Presentation, Microsoft Word, laser pointers, a bowling
ball, a soccer ball, a baseball, worksheets, quiz, KQHL.
CLASS DESCRIPTION: The class is made up of about forty students. The class is set up so that the rows of
students, in their individual seats, are in an amphitheater setting. The seats ascend on steps per two rows. The
teachers desk is made up of a large lab table, with sink and white board behind the desk. The class has
demographics based of mostly Latin American, White and Asian American ethnicities. The students have a half of the
room dedicated to multiple lab tables with sinks, for lab based work.
LESSON SUMMARY (ONE BRIEF PARAGRAPH OR A FEW BULLET POINTS WILL SUFFICE)
The lesson will begin with a method of inquiry in the form of a demonstration and assessment of prior
knowledge. The teacher will present the students with balls of different sizes to present them with a
familiar object for demonstration. The students will work with a partner to complete a worksheet that
involved three different problems involving Newtons Second Law. The final problem will promote further
inquiry in the students by having them choose values for mass and discover how the relationship mass has
with acceleration functions, based on data taken by students. The lesson will conclude by presenting the
students with a final problem on PowerPoint to complete individually.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
(ELD)
HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to
support the claim
that Newtons
Second Law of
Motion describes
the mathematical
relationship
among the net
force on a
macroscopic
object, its mass
and its
acceleration.
CCSS.ELALiteracy.RST.11-12.8
Type
(TITLE/ AND FORM)
IS THIS A FORMAL OR
INFORMAL ASSESSMENT?
IS IT EL, PM, OR S?
Purpose
HOW DOES THIS
ASSESSMENT BENEFIT
INSTRUCTION; YOU, THE
TEACHER; AND STUDENTS?
WITH WHICH OBJECTIVE(S)
DOES THIS ASSESSMENT
ALIGN?
Implementation
DESCRIBE HOW WILL YOU,
THE TEACHER, ADMINISTER
THE ASSESSMENT?
INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP? INCLASS OR OUT?
Feedback Strategy
(to the students)
HOW WILL STUDENTS BE
INFORMED OF RESULTS/
CORRECT ANSWERS?
IF ALL STUDENTS DO
PARTICULARLY WELL ON AN
ASSESSMENT, THE TEACHER
MAY
EL
Students will be
informally given
feedback based on
the verbal
suggestions or
feedback provided
by the teacher. The
students who decide
to share with the
class their
knowledge will gain
a sense of informal
feedback by how the
teacher responds to
their input in the
discussion. The
students who do not
speak up can still
benefit from informal
feedback, because
the responses and
statements the
teacher makes can
give them
information about
how similar or
different their prior
knowledge was with
the statements of
the teacher. The
students will gain
more formal
feedback when the
teacher returns the
KQHL sheets that
they fill out during
the lesson. This will
be assessed by the
This method of
assessment will
inform teaching
rather minimally. The
main way this
assessment will
inform teaching is
informally, through
the process or
gaining a consensus
of what most the
students think of
force, mass and
acceleration. This
will only come from a
collection of all those
responses from the
students. The
unfortunate aspect
of this informal
assessment is that
the students who do
not speak up will not
be able to contribute
to the census of
understanding how
mass affects
acceleration and
force.
PM
see a linearity in
what the students
document in the
KQHL chart.
intermediate. This
assessment should
last no more than 14
minutes.
material based on
the confidence levels
they feel as they are
performing this
summative
assessment. The
students who are
struggling with this
material will likely
feel more stress
throughout the
assessment. The
teacher will remind
the students at the
end of class to come
by the teachers
class sometime and
ask for help if they
didnt feel too good
about this last
assessment.
TIME
TEACHER(S)
STUDENTS
LENGT
DESCRIPTION:
DESCRIPTION:
H IN
MINUTE
S:
12
The students will settle into the class and as they do, their
attention will be grabbed from the teacher. The teacher will
start off by passing out the students KQHL sheets. The students
will observe the three balls that their teacher presents to them,
and they will reflect on which factors will affect how the balls
accelerate. The students will observe, as the teacher rolls each
ball different times, and think critically on which factor is in play
to affect the balls acceleration.
AS THE STUDENTS ARE OBSERVING, THE TEACHER WILL ASK THEM TO SHARE
WITH THE CLASS WHAT IDEAS THEY HAVE FOR PARAMETERS THAT ARE
AFFECTING THE ACCELERATION OF EACH OBJECT. THE STUDENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO FILL OUT THE Q AND H SECTIONS OF THEIR KQHL SHEETS.
BODY OF LESSON
HOW WILL YOU, THE TEACHER, TEACH, SUPPORT, AND MONITOR STUDENT LEARNING?
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU, THE TEACHER; CO-TEACHER (S); AND STUDENTS WILL BE DOING, INCLUDING IF/HOW STUDENTS WILL BE GROUPED.
TIME
TEACHER(S)
STUDENTS
LENGTH
(MINUTE
S)
DESCRIPTION:
DESCRIPTION:
28
LESSON CLOSURE
HOW WILL YOU, THE TEACHER, AND THE CO-TEACHER HELP STUDENTS PROCESS AND ORGANIZE WHAT WAS LEARNED? DESCRIBE WHAT
(S) AND STUDENTS WILL BE DOING, INCLUDING IF/HOW STUDENTS WILL BE GROUPED.
TIME
TEACHER(S)
STUDENTS
LENGTH
(MINUTE
S)
DESCRIPTION:
DESCRIPTION:
15
PARALLEL TEACHING
YES
OBSERVE
NOT APPLICABLE
ENGLISH
STRIVING READERS
LEARNERS
STUDENTS
WITH
IDENTIFIED
SPECIAL NEEDS
ADVANCED
STUDENTS
Advanced students will
benefit from the first day
of the lesson by getting
the opportunity to be
challenged with the
summative assessment.
This assessment requires
the students to work
through an intensive
Newtons Second Law
problem completely
individually without any
aid. This may be difficult
for some students such as
SSN but for Advanced
Students it will be a
beneficial way of keeping
them engaged with the
pace of the content.
Working in pairs will also
be a great for Advanced
Students. Getting an
alternative perspective
could be valuable for any
student thats learning
how to handle physics
problems. Working in pairs
may also give them the
opportunity to help
another student through
their understanding of the
problems. This would also
be incredibly valuable
because, teaching and
tutoring material is one of
the best ways to
understand the material.
RATIONALE SECTION:
WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR YOUR DECISIONS? PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY YOU CHOSE YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, STUDENT ACTIVITIES,
ASSESSMENTS, AND ADAPTATIONS.
As I reflect on the lesson at hand, I see a variety of valuable ways to practice these problems involving Newtons
Second Law. I specifically had this lesson designed to give the students a variety of different mediums to approaching
and practicing these essential exercises for Newtonian mechanics. By giving the students chances to practice the
problems with partners, I feel that the practice will stay focused (by not having too many people in the group) and will
still give the students time for valuable discussion and insight from others. After they work in groups, I think it is very
beneficial to have the students work on a problem individually, just to practice their autonomy in approaching these
problems, as well as an effective way of gauging where the students strengths and weaknesses are. I understand that
there may be some difficulty in doing these problems by oneself, and thats why I designed the task before to be done
with a partner. Having the students work in partners will help ELL and SSN and I just hope that they wont feel too
rushed as they do a problem by themselves after. The other beneficial aspect of the exercises worked with a partner is
that they will involved some experimental analysis of observing the relationships between acceleration and mass. This
will also help engage and motivate students with ELL and SSN by giving them a chance to observe and make
conclusions based on data analysis. It will also draw connections to the real world, and the amount of time will be good
enough to complete the task with a partner. Working through this experimental focused activity will also be a great
way at satisfying the common core state standards. If the students are still unsure of their progress and the levels of
their abilities after the individual problem is worked, they will get the opportunity of receiving feedback the next day
during the introduction of the class.
The KQHL graphic organizer that the students use during the first day will be a fantastic way for ELL and SSN to
monitor their progress throughout the lesson. The students will get to have these KQHL charts the following day and by
reviewing it they can get insight into how well they progressed through their understanding in the lesson. By using this
graphic organizer, along with the other worksheets in the lesson, the students will be able to have physical
representations that display how well they have understood the material. The KQHL graphic organizer will also satisfy
the ELA standard as well.
Giving immediate feedback from the previous day, during the beginning of the next day of class will help ELL and SSN
feel satisfied with understanding where their progress lies. This will be great for the students because it will give the
entire class the opportunity to gain more insight from the teacher in completing these problems. The teacher will go
through the problem step by step and check if students are understanding or following along by answering their
questions. By having them take notes on the teachers progress through a problem, the students will be able to retain
the steps more clearly. Having the students do the quiz after seeing the teacher go through a problem, and work
through a second new problem with the students will be justly and effectively implemented, because right before the
students attempt the quizzes themselves, and individually do the three problems, they will have moments before just
seen the teacher work through two problems. This will be most beneficial especially to ELL and SSN, by giving them
concrete examples right before they do practices individually. It will also assess how effectively students may pay
attention to the teachers examples in class.