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
Third Grade Rules
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Identify the marks on a ruler: inch, 1/2" and 1/4" increments
• Recognize the written numerals and fractions
• Measure the length of something and connect it with the written measurement
• Identify the marks on a ruler: inch, 1/2" and 1/4" increments
• Recognize the written numerals and fractions
• Measure the length of something and connect it with the written measurement
Shine On Moons
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Understand how the Earth blocks the sun, creating a certain amount of shadow on the moon
• Understand that the shadow amount is measured in moon phases, which have been identified and named
• Recognize the moon phases
• Understand how the Earth blocks the sun, creating a certain amount of shadow on the moon
• Understand that the shadow amount is measured in moon phases, which have been identified and named
• Recognize the moon phases
Metallic Form Sculpture
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Understand the difference between 2-Dimensional shape and 3-Dimensional form
• Recognize and name the basic forms: Cube, cylinder, cone and sphere
• Work in a group to create a unique way that the forms can be combined into a sculpture
• Understand the difference between 2-Dimensional shape and 3-Dimensional form
• Recognize and name the basic forms: Cube, cylinder, cone and sphere
• Work in a group to create a unique way that the forms can be combined into a sculpture
Building Better Burgers
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Organize thoughts into sentences on the same topics
• Think creatively, about how sentences combine to make a paragraph
• Apply the guidelines to their own writing
• Organize thoughts into sentences on the same topics
• Think creatively, about how sentences combine to make a paragraph
• Apply the guidelines to their own writing
Branches of Government
OBJECTIVES Students learn to:
• Understand why the people who set up the U.S. government created three separate branches
• Know the three branches
• Know the general hierarchy within the branches
• Understand why the people who set up the U.S. government created three separate branches
• Know the three branches
• Know the general hierarchy within the branches