Room Decor

Class
5th grade- purple college (29 Students)

Trackers are updated with unit 1 information and class average

is posted. (5th grade: 72%, 78%, 82% and 6th grade: 70%, 73%,
72%).
Objective
KIPPsters will be able to explain what an atom is.

Student responses to vision and goals questions:

1) What are the goals for this class?
2) Why are these goals important for you?
3) What does success mean to you within this class?
4) How is the objective you are working on today connecting to the goals for the class and your goals?
To become better scientists and to go to college.
To get 80 or 100 on OCCT and so that way when our next teacher does a review we can do it in a snap.
To get 80% mastery and to work hard to get to college.
Time
10:06

Teacher Actions
Teacher is giving shoutouts to those
coming in silently. Teacher is
circulating the room managing
misbehaviors.

10:08
After you have finished questions,
use a little bit of glue to paste this
into your science journals. (glue is
already on table in cups)

Student Actions

Thoughts & Questions

Students are for the most part silently

completing the first 5.
Back table group is arguing about
when they should paste the paper in
their science journal.

Materials are all prepared for

students.
You have this on PowerPoint so
direct students attention to
this.

10:14

10:16

Good Morning. In team time we had

way more zest than this.
Today we are continuing our second
unit on energy and matter. Who can
remind me what matter means? Is
this paper matter? Teacher uses selfinterruption. If I cut up this paper, is
it still matter? What is science word
for weight? What is science word for

Tons of zesty hands. Anything with

matter and volume. Yes , because it
takes up space.
Yes because it still has weight and
takes up space. Mass. Volume.

take up space?
10:17

Turn to partner and talk about how

many times I could cut up this paper.
Teacher brings students back with
raised hands and saying thank you.

10:20
10:20

10:21

10:22

10:23

Teacher asks tons of kids for their

guesses. Teacher starts cutting. Is
this thing still paper?
Could I make this smaller? Do you
think there is a point where I cant
cut it anymore? Turn to your partner.
Less than a minute partner talk.
Raise your hand if there is a point
where I cant cut anymore. Who
thinks I can keep cutting it forever.
There is a point where I cant cut it
anymore and it is still paper. This is
an atom. It is important we are all
saying it together.
Teacher starts writing notes on what
atom definition is.

10:25

Turn to partner and tell them what an

atom is. Teacher uses clap to get
them together. Who else wants a
piece of gold? Like the bricks of this
building make the building atoms
make up all things.

More students raise hands and all

class is silent within seconds.

Kids count out as she cuts. YES!!!!

Cut off edges or use different tools.

Not all students raise hands.

Students say atoms many times.

About 6 students dont start writing.

Oh yeah. Tons of hands raised.

Tons of students raise hands.

No it is on our books.

Weight. No hot air balloon. 8 students

provide examples.
Teacher starts labeling parts of atom.

Give them quick space to

share with whole class where
they have seen it before.

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10:31

10:32

10;33 10:35
10:37

10;40

Put hand on head if you are done.

Give me some examples of things
with matter.
There is a lot of different types of
matter. There is not a lot of different
types of atoms they are just different
combinations.
Jon Bie this is a reminder for shouting
out.
Raise your hand if you have heard of
H20. What is H2O?
All the matter we know can be found
on this table.
Yes this is part of our matter and
energy unit but most important is
what atoms are. Everyone put a star
next to this definition on our notes.
Turn to your partner and tell them
what a periodic table is for. (less than
a minute)
We are going to watch a quick video.
When I pause it is not because I
forgot what I was going to say it is
because I am waiting on teammates
to ready themselves.

Student shouts out air. Student with

raised hand called on by teacher says
water.

Will we take a test on this?

Students turn to partners and share.

75% of partner pairs do this quickly
and stay on topic for entire period of
time.

Wow. What about our classroom?

Students want to see more of the
video.

How much are they supposed

to write in this box?

Students start talking.

10;41

10;43

Video starts. Teacher stops video to

reiterate blueberry and grapefruit
analogy.
Atoms are so so small and the
nucleus is so so small.
Summarize in your own words in the
box how small are atoms.Teacher
claps. That is my fault because I was

Keyon are atoms smaller than ants.

Another student answers yes. Then
he asks are they smaller than germs.

2 students putting out supplies and

Not as much circulating

anymore.
It doesnt seem like the
clapping is as effective as the
hand raising.

not clear. You are doing this silently

and independently.
Who can answer Keyons question?

students are talking.

Girl in back corner not
following directions and is
spicy.

10:44 - 10;46

As I pass out supplies to game, put

away your science journals and
trapper keeper. Teacher is talking to
first group.

Teacher does countdown. Then

affirms those tables that are ready.

10:58

Teacher gives directions rather longly.

We are going to do practice question.
Students discuss.Person 2 write
answer on board. Write table on
board so I can see.

What is an atom?

Is fire matter? Why or why Not?

(rigorous question)
You are right fire is not matter it is
energy. It doesnt take up space or
have weight.

Your homework this weekend is to

Very structured review activity

that served as CFUs!!!

Table C your heads are down but they

didnt lose point. The boys table lost a
point earlier for not having heads
down.
Only 3 groups out of 8 groups put
down correct definition for unit of
matter.
I took pictures of student responses.
All student groups participated and 6
of 8 groups had thorough responses
that utilized their knowledge of
matter.

Tons of positive narration

read an article and unravel it. Read

the directions closely and check off
each step as you do it.
As soon as you have hwk, put it
behind orange folder and pack up.