Lesson Reflective Summary

Teacher Candidate for Science Endorsement: Jodi Wilder

Instructor: Terri George

School: Big Shanty Grade: 5

Lesson Topic: Physical and Chemical Changes- Lesson 2 Foldables/Sort Game

Write a brief summary of your experiences teaching this lesson, addressing the following
questions:

 What went well? What did not go well? (Cite specific examples)
The lesson was well contained in the allowed time of 45 minutes. Reviewing the
vocabulary from Lesson 1 using the foldables for their science journals gave a
good visual reminder for the student and also gave them a definition for each
type of change to make the sorting game easier.

 How well were the lesson’s student performance objectives attained?

With the foldables as a reference during the sorting game, the students were
able to perform the task of sorting the cards into the proper category and spark
discussion of some cards that were not clearly physical or chemical change.

 Did classroom activity center on science understanding, inquiry, and sense-

making by all students?
The lesson was focused on science understanding and accessing prior knowledge
about changing states of matter and possible ways to sort them. Inquiry was
exhibited when the students questioned why an item belonged in one category
and not the other. During the game students were engaged in meaningful
scientific discussions to agree on where the items belonged.

 Did your scientific content knowledge enable you to support students’

construction of knowledge and understanding of important scientific concepts
and processes?
With my knowledge and active participation in questioning the items in the
sorting game, students were able to inquire more about how one change is
physical or chemical and continue the debate started on day one. The debate
continued to give the students and co-teachers a chance to better understand
what makes a change chemical or physical.

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 When you have the opportunity to re-teach this lesson, what will you do
differently (strategies, teaching tools, assessments, etc.) to improve student
learning for all students?
If I re-teach this lesson, I would put the students into groups of 4-5 to encourage
more conversation and debate about the sorting game. I would have each group
share one of the debated items and their reasons for choosing the category they
agreed on.