This document provides resources for planning lessons on chemical reactions for 8th grade science. It includes pacing guides, lesson pages, and references to textbooks and websites. The purpose is to support teaching of chemical reactions and formulas based on Texas state standards. Suggested lessons focus on evidence of chemical changes through experiments and activities. Differentiation strategies and formative assessments are embedded to meet varied student needs.

1. Core Content Coaching
Science Grade 8

2. To provide support for grade-level, unit content planning for the Chemical Reactions Unit
Purpose

3. Resources for planning
• Teacher Yearly Resource Document (or Yearly Itinerary)
• CRM 2: Chemical Reactions and Formulas
• Blank Pacing Calendar
• 8th Grade 2nd Six Weeks Lessons: Chemical Reactions Pacing Guides, Chemical Reactions
Daily Lesson Pages
• Computer with Internet Access

4. Teacher yearly resource document

5. 2nd Six Weeks Planner (24 days)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Oct. 6
Chemical
Reactions
7 8 9 10
Oct. 13
Student Holiday
14
Chemical
Formulas
15 16 17
Oct. 20
Chemical
Formulas
21 22
Force & Motion
23 24
Oct. 27
Force & Motion
28 29 30 31
Nov. 3
Force & Motion
4 5 6 7

6. TEKS & Student expectations
Content TEKS Skills TEKS
8.1A, 8.5: Matter and energy. The student knows that 8.2B, 8.3B, 8.4A-B
matter is composed of atoms and has chemical
and physical properties. The student is
expected to:
8.5E investigate how evidence of
chemical reactions indicate
that new substances with
different properties are formed

7. CRM 2: TEKS & Acquisition section

8. Inquiry in Action: Investigating Matter Through Inquiry
http://www.inquiryinaction.org/
ACS Teacher Background Video
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/teacherbackground/chapter6/chemical_reactions.php
NSTA Leaning Center- http://learningcenter.nsta.org/
Search Resources & Opportunities: Chemical Reactions
ScienceFusion Grade 7 Teacher Edition: Content Refresher: p. 139
Teacher Content support

9. Vertical alignment
6TH GRADE
•6.5D identify the
formation of a new substance
by using the evidence of a
possible chemical change
such as production of a gas,
change in temperature,
production of a precipitate, or
color change
7TH GRADE
•7.6B distinguish
between physical and
chemical changes in matter
in the digestive system
8TH GRADE
8.5: Matter and energy. The
student knows that matter is
composed of atoms and has
chemical and physical
properties. The student is
expected to:
8.5E investigate how
evidence of chemical
reactions indicate that new
substances with different
properties are formed

10. PRIOR LEARNING
• A chemical change occurs when two or
more substances are mixed together.
• When a chemical change occurs, the
combined substances have different
properties than the original substances.
• Measureable and observable changes
occur during a chemical change such as
production of a gas, change in
temperature, production of a precipitate
and color change.

11. 2014 STAAR-Released Question
15%
78%
4%
2%

12. 2014 STAAR-Released Question
9%
15%
65%
12%

13. 2013 STAAR-Released Question
9%
71%
11%
10%

14. Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers
emphasize during lessons?
• Dissolving and an increase in temperature by an outside energy source are not evidence of a
chemical reaction.
• Students should create an acronym or use another memorization strategy to remember the 4 pieces
of evidence. Color Change, Temperature Change, Gas, Precipitate
Example: Click the green pen.
OR
E (Effervescence- bubbles, gives off gas)
P (Precipitate)
O (Odor, change of smell)
C (Color Change)
H (Heat, heats up or cools down)

15. Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers
emphasize during lessons?

16. Components of a good lesson plan
1. Engage Student Interest
2. Review/Scaffold to TEKS
3. Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS
• Labs, Activities, Videos
1. Organize and Practice Vocabulary
2. Reading & Comprehension Strategies
3. Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds
4. Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities
5. Differentiation
6. Formative Assessment & Reteach

17. Embedded in lessons:
Engage Student Interest
• Journal Entry: “What do you think of
when you hear the term “chemical
reaction”?
• Vocabulary Magic: Chemical
Reactions & Formulas
• Chemical Reactions with Flavor!
• Burning Paper Assessment Probe

18. Recommended in lessons:
Review / Scaffold to TEKS
• Vocabulary Magic: Chemical Reactions & Formulas
• Chemical Reactions & Formulas Unit Overview
• Quizlet: Chemical Reactions & Formulas

19. Embedded in lessons:
Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the
TEKS (Labs, Activities, Videos)
• Video: Reaction of Sodium &
Chlorine
• Demonstration: What is a Chemical
Reaction?
• Methane & Oxygen Reaction Atoms
Model
• Methane Reacting with Oxygen
Animation
• Exploring Chemical Reaction Lab

20. Embedded in lessons:
Organize and Practice Vocabulary
• Chemical Reactions & Formulas Unit
Overview
• Card Sort Extension
• Burning Paper Assessment Probe
• Journal Entries
• Law of Conservation of Mass Vocabulary Card
• Vocabulary Magic Review Games:
Concentration
• Exit Ticket
• Nails in a Jar Assessment Probe
• Evidence of a Chemical Reaction Concept
Map
• Evidence of a Chemical Reaction Acronym

21. Embedded in lessons:
Reading & Comprehension Strategies
ScienceFusion Grade 8
• What Happens to Atoms During a Chemical
Changes? p 139
• What Are the Signs of a Chemical Reaction?
p 150
• How are Chemical Reactions Modeled?
p 151
Comprehension Strategies
• Reader/Writer/Speaker Response Triads:
Students form groups of three. One student
reads the text aloud; one writes the group’s
reactions or responses to questions about the
text, a third reports the answers to the group.
After reporting to the group, the students
switch roles.

22. Embedded in lessons:
Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds
• Journal Entries
• Burning Paper Assessment Probe
• Exit Ticket
• Nails in a Jar Assessment Probe
• Scaffolds: Sentence Frames, Word Bank, Write/Share/Revise, Write/Pair/Share

23. Embedded in lessons:
Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities
In this picture I see…
I think this picture might match the
word … because…

24. • Special Education:
1. Mixed-Ability Partners
2. Pre-Teach Vocabulary
3. Divide Words into Smaller Sets
4. Preteach/Reteach Opportunity
5. Audio Option on Quizlet
6. Top-Down Web Unit Overview
7. Word Bank
8. Sentence Frames
9. Print Copy of Daily Guiding Questions
10. Anchor of Support Interactive Foldable
11. Key Points
12. Visual Cue
13. Anchor of Support
14. Total Response Signal
15. Manipulatives
16. Review Important Concepts
17. Model
18. Manipulatives
19. Concept Map Skeleton with Word Bank
20. Total Physical Response
21. Acronym
22. Real World Connection
• English Language Learners:
1. Preteach/Reteach Opportunity
2. Audio Option on Quizlet
3. Mixed-Ability Partners
4. Pre-Teach Vocabulary
5. Smaller Sets of Vocabulary
6. Word Bank
7. Sentence Frames
8. Print Copy of Daily Guiding Questions
9. Dual Language Glossary
10. Multiple Views of Vocabulary Trailer
11. Build Background Knowledge
12. Key Points
13. Active Use of Word Wall
14. Review Important Concepts
15. Model
16. Visual Cues
17. Concept Map Skeleton with Word Bank
18. Total Physical Response
Embedded in lessons:
Differentiation

25. Embedded in lessons:
Formative Assessment & Reteach
Formative Assessment Reteach Opportunities
• Quizlet
• Ciencias “Chemical Reaction” p. 50
• ScienceFusion Optional Lessons
• Other Lessons Folder Activities
• Journal Entries
• Vocabulary Magic: Chemical Reactions &
Formulas
• Card Sort Extension
• Chemical Reactions with Flavor!
• Burning Paper Assessment Probe
• Vocabulary Magic Review Games: Concentration
• Exit Ticket
• Nails in a Jar Assessment Probe
• Evidence of a Chemical Reaction Concept Map
• Evidence of a Chemical Reaction Acroym

26. Higher level questions
• “Research shows there’s a link between critical thinking skills and increased student achievement in the
classroom.” (Moore & Stanley, 2010)
• Higher level questions must be planned in order to be implemented effectively in the classroom.
• Levels of Questions
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation
• Plan and provide a variety of questions at each level and build student knowledge and critical thinking by providing
Higher Level Questions.

27. Lower Levels of questions

28. Higher Levels of questions

29. Sample Unit questions
• A sample from this unit using the Daily Guiding Questions.
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluate
What is a chemical
reaction?
How do scientists
represent a
chemical reaction in
writing?
How would you
classify the type of
change in the
following example?
Give examples of a
chemical reaction that
occur in your kitchen
at home.
What evidence can
you find to support
that burning paper is
a chemical reaction?
Design an experiment
to test the mixing of
sodium sulfite, citric
acid, and sodium
iodate as a chemical
reaction.
What information
would you use to
support your view that
oxidation is a
chemical reaction?

30. Recommended Anchors of Support
• Chemical Reactions & Formulas Unit Overview
• Card Sort Extension Labeled Graphic
• Law of Conservation of Mass Vocabulary Card
• Evidence of a Chemical Reaction Concept Map
• Evidence of a Chemical Reaction Acronym

31. Anchors of Support
Other Resources
•Interactive Word Wall- Current, working models with student contributions
• Interactive Word Walls Article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/files/ss1103_45.pdf
• “Word walls can be arranged on cupboard doors or classroom walls, or hung from
the ceiling with wire and string.”
• “Maximum instructional potential and efficiency are achieved when interactive word-wall
construction is aligned with lessons and students are allowed to participate in
the process. As a result, walls are usually built over many days and are finished as
a unit nears completion. Word walls support units and are changed or replaced as
units change.”
• Interactive Word Walls Rubric: Next Slide
• ScienceFusion Textbook, Science Glossaries, Dual Language Science
Glossaries

33. Academic vocabulary
DAILY LESSON PAGE
CURRICULUM ROAD MAP