PSH Lesson Plan
PSH Lesson Plan
Shadows
Name: Letitia Kintzel Grade: First Grade
Content Area/Subject: Science/Language Arts Duration: 40 Minutes
(5) RATIONALE: This is the first lesson on shadows. This lesson is meant to extend children’s learning on shadows.
(5) LEARNING OBJECTIVES(S)
• After reading, What Makes a Shadow, students will analyze at least one purpose of the text.
• Given illustrations, students will explain why shadows fall in different places at different times of the day.
(6)*ASSESSMENT:
• Students will illustrate in their journals what they learned about time affecting shadows.
• Students will identify and justify the authors intended purpose of the text.
(5) PENNSYLVANIA STANDARDS:
• L.F.1.1.1: Identify and/or analyze the author’s intended purpose of a text.
• 3.3.1.B1: Explain why shadows fall in different places at different times of the day.
| | | |Differentiation | |Time Needed |
| |What the teacher will do |tudents met the objective(s).)to: |(Content, Process, |Materials/Technology Needed | |
| | |ical needs, including |Product, Environment) | | |
| | |giftednesstions/modifications for:e| | | |
| | |this determination once they | | | |
| | |haveWhat the students will do | | | |
|(5) INTRODUCTION |1. Teacher asks students what|Students will respond with their |None at this point |whiteboard, dry erase marker |5mins. |
| |is a shadow. |answers | | | |
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| |2. Teacher compiles students | | | | |
| |thought on the class KWL | | | | |
| |chart on the board. | | | | |
|(5) PROCEDURE: (How you will |1. Teacher will have the |1. Students will come to the |1. --- |1. --- |2mins. |
|teach the lesson?) |students come to the reading |reading carpet | | | |
| |carpet | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | |2. The students will listen to the |2. ----- |2. What Makes a Shadow? | |
| | |story | | |5mins. |
| |2.Teacher will introduce the | | | | |
| |story and will read What | | | | |
| |Makes a Shadow? | | | | |
| | |3. Students will go to their groups|3. The groups are made up of |3. journals |2mins. |
| |3. Teacher will ask the |and pull out their journals |high, middle, and low | | |
| |students to go to their | |performers. This grouping | | |
| |designated groups and pull | |structure will help the | | |
| |out their journals. | |struggling students with | | |
| | | |today’s lesson. | | |
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| | | |4. Teacher will ask a few of | | |
| |4. Teacher will ask students |4. Students will respond with |the struggling students to | | |
| |what the story about? |their predictions and write the |reiterate the predictions and |4. journals |2min |
| | |answer in the journal. |thoughts of other students as | | |
| | | |to why. | | |
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| | | |5. Teacher will ask a few of | | |
| | |5. Students will respond with |the struggling students to | | |
| |5. Teachers will ask the |their predictions and will write |reiterate the predictions and | | |
| |students why do you think the|the answer in their journal. |thoughts of other students as | | |
| |author wrote the story and | |to why. |5. Journals |2min. |
| |what from the story gives you| | | | |
| |that idea. | | | | |
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| |6. Teachers will then go | | | | |
| |back to the story and show | | | | |
| |how over time, the shadow | |6. --- | | |
| |changes. |6. Students will listen. | |6. --- | |
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| |7. Teachers will ask the | | | | |
| |students why do they think | | | | |
| |that the shadow changes based| |7. Teacher will ask a few of | | |
| |on what time it is | |the struggling students to |6. What Makes a Shadow |5mins. |
| | |7. Students will respond with |reiterate the predictions and | | |
| |8. Teacher will ask students |their predictions and illustrate |thoughts of other students as | | |
| |to share what they learned |the answer in their journals. |to why. | | |
| |and will finish the KWL | | | | |
| |chart. | |8. --- |7. Journals |5min |
| | |8. Students will share what they | | | |
| | |learned and finish the KWL chart. | | | |
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| | | | |8. --- |5min |
|(5) CLOSURE: |1. Teacher will ask students |1. Students will discuss what they |1. --- |1. --- |3min. |
| |to turn to a partner and |saw learned about time and shadows.| | | |
| |describe what they learned | | | | |
| |about shadows and time. | | | | |
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| |2. Teacher will circulate | | | | |
| |among the students and listen| | | | |
| |to their explanations. | | | | |
ACCOMMODATIONS/MODIFICATIONS:
• Level 1 Student will work with their groups and listen to what is being said. They will be capable of illustrating the answers in their journals. These students will be able to listen to the conversation and story, but will not be able to verbalize what they are hearing. These students will be given extra time to do so if needed.
• Level 3 Students will work with their groups. These students will answer periodically to give short answers. They will also be called upon to reiterate what other students have explained. These students will be able to complete the assessment on time.
(5)LESSON EXTENSION: If there is time, students will trace a partners shadow.
PRE-ASSESSMENT: The students will create a KWL chart and share what they know about shadows.
(5) CONNECTIONS BEYOND THE LESSON: The students will be asked to share this lesson with their family via their backpack worksheets. The students will complete the tasks on the worksheets. Based off of the suns location, students will color in the objects shadows.
(5) CITATION: Department of Education. (2012, April 02). Pennsylvania deptment of education. Retrieved from
(The number in parenthesis indicates the semester this component is formally taught.)
*Assessment as a course is only part of the PreK-4 program.
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