Achievement First Lesson Planning Template
Teacher:
Date:
AIMS for the class (on the board before class
starts): SWBAT use their sense of touch to observe
the physical properties of various substances.
AGENDA with times for each item (on board before
class starts):
Do now: Review of 5 senses
Intro: Using the sense of touch
Guided: How to treat materials / Words to use
Touch the different materials.
Independent: Glue/draw/tape materials into their
feely book.
Subject: Science
Class:
EXIT SLIP / Assessment of FIRM MASTERY of the Aims:
SW create a Feelie book to describe the way different
materials feel, with new vocabulary.
Materials (provided):
Tree shapes (enough for 1 per scholar)
Cotton, Lotion, Sandpaper sheets, Tape/Adhesive, Shaving
cream
Trays with water (station)
Chart with each of the materials listed.
Feelie Books/ Notebooks
Preparation (not provided):
Retrieve cold water from refrigerator.
Retrieve hot water from water cooler.
Set up stations/devise rotation
Vocab words for word wall/chart.
For scholars individually or to share:
Crayons, pencils, glue
Quick Questions / Do Now (Cumulative Review and Geared for Quick Success) 3-5 minutes
Ask the students what part of the body they use to see. Eyes. To hear? Ears. Taste? Tongue. Feel? All over the
body? Does your hair "feel" it when you cut it? What about your fingernails? Why doesn't it hurt when you cut your
fingernails? You feel with your skin. Only the skin? If you break a bone does the bone hurt inside? Can you feel
under your skin? Yes, your sense of feeling is everywhere in your body. We will discover a lot of the answers to
these questions as we perform our activities.
2) Students go over the AIMS and AGENDA for the class (on the board) 30 seconds to 1 minute
3) Mini-Lesson / Modeling (“I” or “I/We”) 5-15 minutes
Key Vocabulary 0-5
minutes, interwoven
 TW explain that when we touch things, they feel a certain way. There are
Cold
lots of juicy words to help us describe how they feel.
 TW explain that things may feel hard, bumpy or rough. TW ask scholars to Warm foamy
Wet
think of any things that they think are rough.
 TW explain that some things are dry and some are wet. TW ask scholars to dry
soft
sticky
think of any things they think are dry/wet.
fluffy
 TW explain that some things are fluffy, soft, or foamy. TW ask scholars to
name things they know that are fluffy, soft or foamy (which means it is full hard
rough
of air, puffy)
 TW ask scholars to name things that are sticky.
 These are all words to describe how things feel when we touch them
 We will be touching a lot of different materials in centers.
 When we are touching the materials, we should treat them gently so that
the next group can use them too.
 TW model touching or dipping in fingers gently so as not to drip water and
make a mess.
 CFU: how should we feel the water? (just dip your fingers)
 CFU: how should we leave our centers (clean, like the way we found them)
4) Guided Practice (“We”) 5-20 minutes
Key questions to check for
understanding during GP:
 SW spend about 4 minutes at different stations:
(Level 1 and Level 2)
 1) different temperatures of water
 2) sandpaper & cotton
 3) lotion & shaving cream
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4) tape/adhesive
SW carry their “Feely Book”. At each station, scholars will be asked to decide
which word describes the materials they are touching (they will write the
correct one on the line for the material’s page).
 After scholars have cycled through the stations, call them back to the carpet
and share their findings on a chart.
 On the chart, prepared with the materials, go through each material, and ask
“How did it feel when you touched the sandpaper”. If scholars do not produce
correct vocabulary, ask, Don’t you think the sandpaper felt rough on your skin?
 TW write the correct descriptive word next to the material on the chart (as
given by scholar answers)
5) Way to Check for Understanding before Independent Practice 1-3 minutes (proceed only if class masters)
TW model gluing the materials on their feelie books.
Preparation (pass out squares of sandpaper and cotton balls for gluing)
6) Independent (or pair / small group) Practice (“You”):
SW construct a "Feelie Book" in which they tape or glue or draw (for wet materials) a different material or object on
each page. Students label each page as rough, scratchy, bumpy, soft, smooth, etc.
- Glue sandpaper and cotton
- Draw lotion, shaving cream, water (hot and cold)
- Tape a piece of tape
6a) Cumulative Review #1 If time permits, 3-5 minutes
SW come to carpet and share their Feelie Books with a partner. SW share their favorite material to touch and why.
8) Exit Slip / Final Assessment of FIRM MASTERY of the Aim: 1-5 minutes
At least 2 of the pages are correctly labeled with a descriptive word appropriate to the material.
Material
sandpaper
cotton
lotion
tape (sticky side)
tape (other side)
water
shaving cream
How did it feel?