Developmental Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidates: Katie Dalla Piazza, Carly Haberle, Heather Bower

Date: 4/18/19 Group Size: 20 Students Allotted Time: 1 hour (60 minutes)

Grade Level: 4th Grade

Subject or Topic: Electricity Inquiry: Lesson 4

Common Core/PA Standard(s):

3.2.3.B4: Identify and classify objects and materials that are conductors or insulators of
electricity.
3.2.4.B4: Apply knowledge of basic electrical circuits to the design of simple direct current
circuits.

Learning Targets/Objectives:
● The 4th grade students will dissect the components of musical greeting cards and try to
figure out how they work.
● The 4th grade students will be able to apply their knowledge and create a circuit
diagram of the cards’ components.

Assessment Approaches: Evidence:

1. Group Monitoring 1. Anecdotal observations
2. Circuit Diagram 2. Drawing of Circuit Diagram
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Assessment Scale:
1. Group Monitoring
Advanced: Accurate use of vocabulary 100% of the time
Proficient: Accurate use of vocabulary most of the time
Basic: Accurate use of vocabulary half of the time
Below Basic: Rarely used vocabulary accurately

2. Circuit Diagram
 Advanced: Labeled every component to the circuit diagram
Proficient: Labeled at least three components of the diagram
Basic: Labeled less than two of the components of their diagram
Below Basic: Less than one of the components are labeled

Subject Matter/Content: Science -- Electricity -- Inquiry Based

Prerequisites:
Students are expected to have an understanding of electricity from lesson of the
previous day. An anchor chart will be used to review electricity content.

Key Vocabulary:
Reiterating from the previous day:
● Circuit: flow of electricity in a loop that is complete
● Electricity: the flow of electrical power or charge
● Battery: supplies electricity
● Wires: carry electricity
● Speaker: makes sound
● Microchip: holds the music data
● Switch: completes the circuit so electricity can flow through the components
Content/Facts:
Reiterating from previous day:
● A circuit is a complete path around which electricity can flow. It must include a
source of electricity, such as a battery.
● An electric circuit is made up of parts called components. These components
include a battery, a switch, a microchip, and a speaker, all connected by a wire.
● When components are connected together to make a circuit, electricity flows
around the circuit. If there’s a break in the circuit, the electricity stops flowing.
● Electricity doesn’t flow around the circuit by itself, it needs a push to make it
flow. This push comes from batteries.
● Electricity cannot flow through all materials. Materials that electricity can flow
through are known as conductors, they are usually metals. Materials electricity
cannot flow through are known as insulators which is why wires are usually
covered in a plastic, so electricity cannot flow out of them.

Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies: 10 minutes

● Start with a Anchor chart from previous day- Electricity vocabulary

● Show students a musical greeting card and tell the class to open up their cards all
together to show how it plays music when it’s opened.
○ Ask the students what happens when the cards open.
 ○ The ask students what they think is on the inside of the card that makes the
music play.
○ Ask questions like: What produces the sound? Why does it only play when it is
open? Why does it immediately stop playing when it is closed?
● Tell students they will be taking apart musical greeting cards to see what’s on the
inside and what makes them work.

Development/Teaching Approaches: 40 minutes

● Students will be placed into groups of three to four (their tables).

○ Each group will be given a musical greeting card.
○ Have students carefully tear back the paper to reveal what’s on the inside. Have
students use sticky notes to label any parts they know (use anchor chart), they
are allowed to guess.
○ Visit each group, look at labels, and have them explain how they think their
card works and the functions of the parts inside.
● Show students the Making a Circuit book and explain that what’s inside may help them
find out how their cards work. Show them page 18- the different components of a
circuit.
● Show slide that displays a simple circuit that will help students to label their own.
○ Students can now try to label the components of their greeting cards: batteries,
wires, microchip/speaker, and switch.
○ Walk around to check labels and discuss as a class the function of each
component.

Closure/Summarizing Strategies: 10 minutes

● Students are to create their own circuit diagrams of a musical greeting card using
symbols from book/slide.
○ They should draw lines to show how components are connected.
● Explain to students that it is safe to work with electrical circuits in the greeting cards
because the current is very weak; however, in the circuits in our homes and schools,
the electricity is very powerful.
● Finish by showing a slide that has my personally labeled circuit and ask if their’s looks
similar.

Accommodations/Differentiation:

● For circuit diagram, lines will be made so student is able to write on the line and so
they know exactly which components to label.

Materials/Resources:
● Making a circuit book
● 6 Musical Greeting cards
● Sticky notes
● Slide show
 ● https://books.google.com/books/about/Making_a_Circuit.html?id=GgmZ3aCGkm
sC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false

Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels

Remediation Plan (if applicable)

Personal Reflection Questions

● Did the students understand the lesson?
● Did the lesson move too fast or too slow?