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What resources in my curriculum are useful here? What is missing from my curriculum resources? Where can I find resources to support the curriculum I already have? Do I need to develop this lesson using resources outside of my curriculum? Where can I make connections to other subject areas and find the resources to do so?

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What will be my focus standard or standards? What cross-curricular connections could I make here? What is the objective or what are the objectives of my lesson? What do students need before coming into this lesson?

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Focus on Week 1 reading comprehension standard (ELA.1.R.3.3- Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic. )

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SC.1.E.5.1 |  Observe and discuss that there are more stars in the sky than anyone can easily count, and that they are not scattered evenly in the sky.

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SP.PK12.US.1.4a

Develop mathematical skills and/or computational fluency for everyday living, such as money skills, estimation skills, time and measurement skills, and comprehension of graphs, tables, schedules, and charts.

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Students could measure from one letter to another for math focus standard

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Students will read text one. They will begin thinking about the patters of stars in the sky and how those patters can connect to make constellations. Every student will read this then on a Kahoot students will answers some questions based on the text and some questions about graphs because later they will make their own constellations and graph them. These questions will determine student readiness and will tell the teacher what groups they should be placed in for the lesson.

Kahoot questions:

1.       What is a Path?

A sequence of vertices such that from each vertex there is an edge to the next vertex in the sequence, as if one were visiting vertices by walking along the edges. In a directed path, the direction of the edge’s matters; one would be allowed to walk only in the direction of the arcs.

2.       What is a Graph?

A graph is a diagram of points and lines connected to the points. It has at least one line joining a set of two vertices with no vertex connecting itself.

3.       Which one of these is … Two or more lines that meet at a point are intersecting?

Horizontal..Intersecting lines..Line.. Line segment

4.       What is a pattern?

(Open response)

5.       Are constellations patters?

Yes.

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Students will be given graph paper and be told to make a constellation.

The constellation measurement doc will be up for an example. The students have free choice in what their constellations will look like. Teacher will go around and observe the student’s progress. Once completed during a set time the teacher will inform the students to then find these key graphing terms on their graphs.

Abscissa - The horizontal line, or x-axis, of a graph.

Arc - A portion of the circumference of a circle.

Axis - One of the lines that is used to form a graph.

Collinear - A set of three or more points that are lying on the same straight line are collinear.

Coordinates - A set of two numbers that indicate where a point is on a graph. The first number indicates the x-axis and the second number the y-axis.

Coplanar lines - Two or more lines that are on the same plane or flat surface.

Diameter - A line segment that passes through the center of a circle with each end point being on the circumference.

Endpoint - The point at the end of a line segment or ray.

Horizontal - A flat or level line or plane that is perpendicular to the vertical.

Intersecting lines - Two or more lines that meet at a point are intersecting.

Line - A straight object that is infinitely long and thin. It is only in one dimension.

Line segment - A portion of a line with two endpoints.

Midpoint - The point of a line segment that is the same distance from both endpoints. Noncollinear points - A set of three points that are not located on the same line.

Number pair - Two numbers that represent a point on a graph, also called the coordinates. Ordinate - The vertical line, or y-axis, of a graph.

Origin - The origin is the point where the X and Y axis intersect on a graph. This is the point (0,0) in a two-dimensional graph.

Parallel lines - Lines that never intersect or cross are parallel lines. Parallel lines Perpendicular lines - Two lines that form a right angle (90 degrees) are perpendicular lines.

Read more at: https://www.ducksters.com/kidsmath/graphs_lines_glossary.php

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Estimate the length of an object to the nearest inch. Measure the length of an object to the nearest inch or centimeter. (1.M.1.1)

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This has some good ideas, although not all applies to the stars focus science standard.

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Have you been muddling through the Next Gen Science Standards this year? I'm not going to lie: they can be a little difficult to understand...but I love a lot of the new content for first grade! My favorite addition is sun, moon and stars! This content meshes perfectly with my i ntegrated science unit on weather and has made this already popular unit an even better 6 week unit! Here's a look at some of the activities from this Sun + Moon + Stars Mini Unit.

Anchor Charts

Anchor charts are a HUGE part of learning new content for young learners. My firsties use our anchor charts all. the. time. I especially love finding ways to make each anchor chart unique by using coordinating colors or shapes so that it's easy to remember and easy to find in our room.

Each anchor chart can be printed and posted around the room...

Or you can fill it out on your Smart Board if you're short on space!

Sun Science

One of my favorite science experiments in first grade is our shadow experiment. You can read about it in detail here, but the look on my firsties' faces when they see their shadow change is priceless every single year!

Moon Science

Brand new to the weather unit this year is phases of the moon! After charting our learning about the moon, we sequence the phases of the moon using the interactive powerpoint from the mini-unit...

Then, we work at stations to sequence moon phases using the sequencing cards.

And later we work independently to sequence the cycle of the moon!

Stars Science

The last part of this mini-unit is all about stars! I love tying in some literacy by reading Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with this study. It's a simple nursery rhyme, but perfect for deepening our discussion on stars with questions like, Why does the author say stars are like diamonds in the sky?
Then, during our science time we research facts about stars and chart our learning on stars in a can-have-are chart.

The next day, we use the slideshow from the unit (seen in the youtube video earlier) to talk about 5 famous constellations, what they look like and how they got their constellation. Then, for a STEM connection, we work in productive groups to build our own constellations with marshmallows and toothpicks. The groups name their constellations and tell the story of how it landed in the sky!

This STEM challenge can be found separately here. or with the rest of the activities and plans in this Sun + Moon + Stars Mini Unit!

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Have you been muddling through the Next Gen Science Standards this year? I'm not going to lie: they can be a little difficult to understand...but I love a lot of the new content for first grade! My favorite addition is sun, moon and stars!

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go over key terms of graphs.

Students will then go up and share their constellations to the whole class. This will be brief, and they will pick one key graphing term they found on their graphed constellation and describe it. They will then stick their constellation to the front board. This will show a collection of everyone’s stars. In order to show mastery students will need to Observe and discuss that there are more stars in the sky than anyone can easily count, and that they are not scattered evenly in the sky. This will be discussed after everyone has shared and we can look up at the board and see that there are patters and clusters to stars. They will also show mastery by indicating one key term from their graph that was presented to them to find.

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I needed to add in graph paper as a workspace.

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I also added a special skills standard.

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On Constellations- shapes connection

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A group of stars is called a constellation. The shape seems to form a picture. Here are four constellations. Have you seen them in the night sky? Scorpius is one of the brightest constellations in the sky. It looks like…

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I could offer the read aloud text instead of the reading for depending on student reediness or learning profile.

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I am going to use

SP.PK12.US.1.4a & SC.1.E.5.1

The second standard is a great extension for exceptional students. The kahoot can be made and adapted based on the highest level in the class this will determine what other components need to be present within the lesson. I will also use both the video and reading based on the students level.

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Display key graph terms on a anchor chart for students to look back on.