Collaboration Lesson Plan

School:
TAG Teacher:
Reg.Ed.
Teacher(s)
Date:

Alpharetta Elementary
Suzanne OBrien
K. Sewell

Subject:
Standards:

Social Studies
SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at
the turn of the century.
d. Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States,
from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

Essential
Question:

EQ: How can we use questions to inquire about a mystery object?

I can: I can use questions to inquire about a mystery object.

11/14/2016

Procedures:
EQ: How can we use questions to inquire about a mystery picture?
I can: I can use questions to inquire about a mystery picture.
Hook: Interactive puzzle: 4 people http://tinyurl.com/pjbuqqz
Original link: http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1cf505ec325b

The purpose of an inquiry lesson is to expose the students to convergent, logical

thinking in a fast format. Students must phrase questions in terms that can be
answered yes or no which promotes clear and logical thinking. This strategy is
ideal as an introduction to a unit or an idea. It is to be very quick.
Give each team of 3 students a copy of a mystery photo or a mystery item.
Provide some general background information about the object.
Explain to students that they are to determine what the object is / what is what used
for / where it came from, etc.
Directions for students:
1. By yourself, come with a hypothesis.
2. With your team, discuss your ideas, and together, come up with one initial
hypothesis.
3. Craft five yes or no questions that you will ask the teacher. Encourage them

to begin with very broad vs. specific questions. For example, asking if it is a
living thing is a better start than asking if it is a dog. Tell them to only include
one question. For example, asking if it is a brown dog is really asking two
questions it is brown? Is it a dog?
Going around the room, one group at a time, each group can ask on of their questions.
All groups will ask one question before any group asks a second question.
As you answer the questions, keep track of the answers with a Yes/No table on the
board.
When all questions have been asked (and the object has not yet been identified):
1. With your team discuss your ideas and come up with a second hypothesis.
2. Write five yes or no questions that you will ask the teacher.
This procedure continues for three round.
When a team thinks they have a final hypothesis, they are to state it and support their
hypothesis with facts gathered from the questions.

Additional Hook puzzles:

4 people
http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1cf505ec325b
http://tinyurl.com/pjbuqqz
lines
http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0ba2c8b1cbac
http://tinyurl.com/ppnccus
lines 2 http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3d5112c36431
http://tinyurl.com/nq6wbg9
What are they doing?
http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?
rc=play&pid=258ce01f476b
http://tinyurl.com/pt7lltn
Lines 3 http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3d9924e511d3
http://tinyurl.com/nddxj6h

Vocabulary:
Emigration
Immigration
An emigrant is someone who leaves her home country to settle in another country.
An immigrant is someone who has come from another country to settle in a new
place, usually permanently.

Optional Follow Up Activity:

Interactive tour of Ellis Island:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop1.htm

Resources:
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ellisisland-portraits.jpg
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/timeline_photos/1892_lrg_full
size.jpg
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/images/stop5/photo-b.jpg
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/The-pens-at-EllisIsland-Registry-Room-or-Great-Hall.-These-people-have-passed-the-first-mentalinspection..jpg
http://fasttrackteaching.com/ffap/Unit_4_Cities/Ellis_Island_Trachoma_Inspectio
ns_dbPHS.gif
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop1.htm

Assessment of Learning:
Formative assessment (by observation) of questioning skills as the students work in
groups.
Ticket Out the Door:
What was challenging about formulating inquiring questions?
What types of questions help you narrow down a mystery picture so you can figure out

what it is?

QR code for the hook (cut appart and give one to each group):

5 Additional Inquiry Puzzles

Group Members:_____________________________________________

Work page
Complete the puzzle and make a list as many possible hypotheses as you can think
of for the mystery picture. Look carefully at the picture to collect data through
observation.

Tentative Hypothesis #1

Tentative Hypothesis #2

Tentative Hypothesis #3

Round 1 Yes /No Question:

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Round 2 Yes /No Question:
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Round 3 Yes /No Question:
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Mystery Object:______________________________

Hypothesis:

Supporting Evidence: