Intern Name: Taylor Schoolar

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Different Types of Lights

Grade: 5
Length of Lesson:
Date Taught: March 19, 2018
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
Students will be able to identify Transparent, Opaque and Translucent and the
Overview amount of light that passes through each of them.

Standards of SCI.5.5.2
Learning
What is the difference in the amount of light that can pass through transparent ,
translucent, and opaque objects?
Essential Questions

Students will be able to…

The student will investigate and understand basic characteristics of light and
Objectives how it behaves. Key Concepts include
opaque, transparent, and translucent.
I will be able to explain the difference in the amount of light that can pass
Learning Target through transparent, translucent, and opaque objects.
Necessary Prior
Information about light.
Knowledge
Block Paper
Markers
Windows around the room (to talk about light going through)
Materials Air vents (to talk about light going through)
Flash lights
Little white boards (to talk about light going through)
desks

Ask the class questions about light types and see what they already know.
What is transparent light? Examples?
Introduction/Hook What is translucent light? Examples?
What is opaque light? Examples?

Talk through each of the types.

Instructional Create a definition as a class.
Activities & locate examples around the room.
Strategies
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
 Activity: Have the class go on a scavenger hunt and find unique examples of
each type (5) of each.

Key Vocabulary or Translucent

Transparent
Concepts Opaque
Assessments N/A
Exit ticket worksheet
Closure Activity worksheet

N/A
Accommodations

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Resources

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Taylor Schoolar
Lesson Title (Subecjt/Topc): Scince/ light
Date of Lesson Taught: March 18, 2018
Cooperating Teacher & School: Mrs Prater. John B. Dye
Grade: 5
Time of Day: 11:30

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?

I went through my cooperating teacher to do this lesson. She told me that I needed to teach the class about the
different light types and she gave me ideas to do it.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?

I knew that they needed to learn so I spent my focus on those terms so that they could master that. I wanted to
make sure they knew what they needed to and tried not to focus on much more.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
The scavenger hunt worked out the way that I thought it would. It worked out because I was able to let the
class loose and walk around to engage in conversation with students that looked troubled.

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

The only changes I needed to do was add more materials, it was hard to think about every one before I started
because once I got going I thought of more things that would be fun to include in the lesson.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

I did pretty well anticipating the materials needed but as I got going I realized that I could of added more things
for the scavenger hunt to make it bigger and better.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)

I did not use an assessment because this was just one thing inside of a big section. I used the exit ticket to see if
they learned what I needed them too. I think that this was a better thing to do because it is less stress and I did
not want to test them on something that they had just learned that day.

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of
the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)

This lesson was very successful. I know that because they stayed engaged and asked many questions. Also I
evaluated their exit tickets to make sure everyone was on the same page and they were. I also enjoyed following
up with the scavenger hunt because I could see the results of my teaching.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success?

Everything went really well and it was exciting to see my teacher skills go into effect and see that what I was
teaching was actually reaching the students minds. To see them engaged was the best part.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?

I think if I did this again I would pick out certain materials to use as examples during the lesson rather than
allowing the class to find things on their own.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

It was a smooth lesson that I think went very well. The students seemed to enjoy every moment of it. Doing the
scavenger hunt allowed for the students to stand up and get out of their seats after sitting and listening to a
long lesson.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
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Intern Name: ______________________________

Refer to the comments written ​on​ your lesson plan for detailed feedback.
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Overview, SOLs, essential questions, objectives (10)
Introduction/hook & closure (10)
Instructional activities (20)
Accommodations (10)
Assessment (5)
Vocab, materials, resources (5)
Supplemental materials, if applicable (5)

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Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Total: _____/75

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)