Mrs. Chausse’s Chemistry Gifted Lesson Plan: Unit 11 Chemical Reactions
January 4 – 21, 2016
Monday, January 4, 2016
GLE/Standard: Naming and writing formulas
Objective: SWBAT write the formula and chemical name for various ionic bonds (binary and
ternary) at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, syllabus, make up policy form, Do Now sheet, periodic table, table of contents, flow chart, worksheet
Lesson plan:
 15-minute homeroom before 1st period to get schedules
 Do now: Compare and contrast ionic and covalent bonds. When finished, students will copy the table of contents and the homework for the unit
plan in their planners.
 Review policies: Students will receive another copy of the syllabus to review. They will also go over the science department make up work policy
form
 Students will go over the Do Now and re-take notes from before the break on how to name ionic compounds in a flowchart
 Students will practice writing the name or formula for ionic compounds. (criss cross, names, formulas)
Homework: finish worksheet if didn’t finish in class
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
GLE/Standard: Naming and writing formulas
Objective: SWBAT write the formula and chemical name for various covalent bonds and acids
at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, Do Now sheet, periodic table, flow chart, worksheet
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will write the formula for three ionic compounds and write the chemical name for three ionic compounds
 Students will go over the Do Now and review the worksheets from the previous day
 Students will re-take notes from before the break on how to name covalent compounds and acids in the flowchart from yesterday
 Students will practice writing the name or formula for covalent compounds and acids
Homework: finish worksheet
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT determine the reactants and products in skeleton equations that follow
the Law of Conservation of Mass at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, Do Now worksheet, worksheet, periodic table
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will write either the formula or chemical name for three covalent compounds and three acids
 Students will review the material from the previous day
 Students will take notes on reactants and products of a chemical reaction in terms of an equation
 Students will practice writing skeleton equations
Homework: finish worksheet
Thursday, January 7, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT explain the Law of Conservation of Mass after conducting a mini lab at 85%
accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, Alka-Seltzer tablet, water, ziplock bag, balance,
Lesson plan: (pass by homeroom today for report cards)
 Do now: Students will write a skeleton equation for a sample problem
 Students will review the work from the previous day
 Students will review the procedures for the mini lab and all lab safety procedures (Students will get goggles and aprons)
 Students will conduct lab according to procedures on the lab manual in order to explain the Law of Conversation of Mass by calculating the masses
of water and an Alka-Seltzer tablet before and after a chemical reaction
 Students will answer response questions and complete a lab report
Homework: study for a quiz tomorrow on writing skeleton equations
Friday, January 8, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT take a quiz on writing skeleton equations at 85% accuracy.
SWBAT balance skeleton chemical equations at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table, worksheet
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will calculate the mass of one product when given the masses of the reactants and the other product and explain how they used
the Law of Conservation of Mass to determine it.
 Students will use the example from Do Now from Thursday to balance as a teacher model example
 Students will practice two more balancing skeleton chemical equation examples
 Students will take the quiz on writing skeleton equations.
 Students will finish the lab from yesterday if they have not already and submit it
 Students will practice balancing equations (skeleton equations)
 Students will check answers with their partner
Homework: finish worksheet if not finished in class
Monday, January 11, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT balance chemical equations after writing the skeleton equations at 85%
accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table, worksheet
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will balance one chemical equation
 Students will review the quiz from Friday. Students who did not take the quiz will take a different version today in class.
 Students will review the work from Friday.
 Students will practice balancing equations from the skeleton equations they write
Homework: finish worksheet if not finished in class
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT classify a chemical equation as one of the six types of chemical reactions
at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table, worksheet, product predictions packet
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will write a skeleton equation and balance it
 Students will review the work from the previous day
 Students will take notes on the six types of chemical reactions including the formula set up and clues to recognize them
 Students will practice classifying them from example skeleton equations
 Students will review the packet used for the next few lessons and begin the prep work
Homework: prep packet
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT predict the products of a combustion chemical reaction at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table, product prediction packet
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will classify four skeleton equations by the type of chemical reaction
 Students will continue to work on the product prediction packet
 Students will predict the products for the combustion reactions
Homework: finish pack prep work by tomorrow
Thursday, January 14, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT predict the products for the single replacement, double replacement, and
acid-base reactions at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table, product prediction packet
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will predict the products for a combustion reaction and balance the equation
 Students will take notes on how to predict the products for single replacement, double preplacement, and acid-base reactions
 Students will practice predicting the products for the examples in the packet for these types of reactions
Homework: finish these problems
Friday, January 15, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT predict the products for the synthesis and decomposition reactions at 85%
accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table, product prediction packets
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will predict the products for a single replacement, double replacement and an acid-base reaction
 Students will review the material from the previous day
 Students will take notes on the different types of products formed in synthesis and decomposition reactions and work examples
 Students will practice the remaining problems in the packet and review the answers
 Students will review the procedures for the lab on Tuesday
Homework: none; closed-toed shoes TUESDAY!!!!!
Monday, January 18, 2016 -no school MLK day
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT
Materials: Elmo,
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students
Homework: none
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT predict the products formed after classifying the type of reaction formed
while conducting a lab at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, lab reports, lab manuals, aprons, goggles
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will don lab aprons and goggles as per lab safety procedures due to working with chemicals.
 Students will predict the products of various reactions in different stations of the labs after classifying the type of reaction based on the reactants
 Students will answer response questions
 Any students who do not complete the lab today will have to make it up tomorrow after school
Homework: finish lab report if not finished in class
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT review for the test on Thursday by practicing a study guide with a partner
at 85% accuracy.
Materials: Elmo, periodic table, worksheets, study guide
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will submit the lab reports
 Students will review the lab from the previous day in a discussion.
 Students will complete a study guide and practice problems as a review for the test tomorrow with a partner and review the answers with each
other
 Answers will be posted on TeacherWeb by the end of the day
Homework: study for test tomorrow
Thursday, January 21, 2016
GLE/Standard:
Objective: SWBAT take an assessment on chemical reactions at 85% accuracy.
Materials: periodic table, test, pencil
Lesson plan:
 Do now: Students will get into testing taking arrangements including getting a pencil out. Teacher will provide a clean periodic table. A calculator
may be use for this test.
 Students will take the assessment.
 When students are finished, students may copy the table of contents posted for the next unit.
Homework: none