Teepee Talk
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Learn some of the background and customs of the Native Americans
• Make a replica of a teepee
• Understand that hand-drawn pictures are a form of storytelling and communication
• Learn some of the background and customs of the Native Americans
• Make a replica of a teepee
• Understand that hand-drawn pictures are a form of storytelling and communication
Simple Machines
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Learn the names and functions of the six simple machines
• Understand the functions well enough to make small models to illustrate
• Be able to give examples of real-life machines that use the simple machines principles
• Learn the names and functions of the six simple machines
• Understand the functions well enough to make small models to illustrate
• Be able to give examples of real-life machines that use the simple machines principles
What’s the Matter?
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• That matter has three forms: Solid, liquid and gas
• That evaporation and melting are changes that occur when objects are heated
• To identify in which stage matter is, at the time
• That matter has three forms: Solid, liquid and gas
• That evaporation and melting are changes that occur when objects are heated
• To identify in which stage matter is, at the time
Plethora of Polygons
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• What polygons are and the names for the first six
• How a protractor works to measure degrees based on a 360-degree circle
• Optional: How to use a protractor
• What polygons are and the names for the first six
• How a protractor works to measure degrees based on a 360-degree circle
• Optional: How to use a protractor
Design Mobile
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Recognize movement and balance in both still works of art as well as moving works of art
• See objects as they relate to one another and create positive and negative shapes in space
• Work with others to create a unified mobile (sculpture) comprised of individual parts they created
• Recognize movement and balance in both still works of art as well as moving works of art
• See objects as they relate to one another and create positive and negative shapes in space
• Work with others to create a unified mobile (sculpture) comprised of individual parts they created
Speak to Me!
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• How to define, recognize and use: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
• Combine the parts of speech into sentences
• Apply the guidelines to their own writing
• How to define, recognize and use: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
• Combine the parts of speech into sentences
• Apply the guidelines to their own writing
Punctuation Demonstration
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Recognize the forms of punctuation
• Listen to sentences to know which punctuation to use
• Practice the use of punctuation through a fun activity
• Recognize the forms of punctuation
• Listen to sentences to know which punctuation to use
• Practice the use of punctuation through a fun activity
Serpentine Values
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• To see light and dark values in black and white photos
• How to physically mix paint to create new values
• To distinguish and create an even transition among five values
• To see light and dark values in black and white photos
• How to physically mix paint to create new values
• To distinguish and create an even transition among five values
It’s About Time
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Understand the difference between analog and digital time
• Read an analog clock- to the level of detail you determine
• See the relationship between the hour and minute hands on the analog clock
• Create a learning tool that can be used throughout the year
• Understand the difference between analog and digital time
• Read an analog clock- to the level of detail you determine
• See the relationship between the hour and minute hands on the analog clock
• Create a learning tool that can be used throughout the year
World Habitats
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Recognize various habitats and the animals living in them
• Interpret drawings of animals into dimensional characters and put them in their habitat
• Work cooperatively with other students
• Recognize various habitats and the animals living in them
• Interpret drawings of animals into dimensional characters and put them in their habitat
• Work cooperatively with other students
Super Hero Writers
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Think creatively, about their dreams for themselves and their admiration for others
• Showcase their writing
• Follow step-by-step instructions and use fine motor skills
• Think creatively, about their dreams for themselves and their admiration for others
• Showcase their writing
• Follow step-by-step instructions and use fine motor skills
Show Me The Money!
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Identify the names of the various coins
• See the difference in size and surfaces among the coins
• Know the values of the coins and their relationships to one another
• Add and subtract money and start making change
• Identify the names of the various coins
• See the difference in size and surfaces among the coins
• Know the values of the coins and their relationships to one another
• Add and subtract money and start making change
Shish-Kebab Values
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Primary colors to get secondary colors
• Unequal amounts of primary colors to get intermediate colors
• Tints and shades of all twelve colors by adding white or black
• Primary colors to get secondary colors
• Unequal amounts of primary colors to get intermediate colors
• Tints and shades of all twelve colors by adding white or black
Community Boards
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Recognize the difference in appearance between urban, suburban and rural communities
• Understand that there are different types of homes, jobs, schools and lifestyles within each
• Discuss how the type of community affects the lives of the people in them
• Recognize the difference in appearance between urban, suburban and rural communities
• Understand that there are different types of homes, jobs, schools and lifestyles within each
• Discuss how the type of community affects the lives of the people in them