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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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Video Resource on Launch, Release, Return

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Video Resource on Launch, Release, Return

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Flipping the I Do, You Do, We Do Approach

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Mike Flynn offers a quick explanation on how we can switch from the I do, you do, we do approach to teaching mathematics to a more student-centered approach.

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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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What resources do I have to work with from the collection phase? What is my plan for instructional delivery? How am I choosing my instructional method? How do these resources fit into this plan? How am I supporting diverse student needs? Are there multiple access points for engagement? Are students offered choice anywhere in this lesson? How can I make sure they experience productive struggle? Where will I need to intentionally make teacher moves?

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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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Collect students together and group them for the reading/science lesson!
Present texts printed out & a computer for students to review in groups.
Assign clear roles for specific students: (allow choice, honor student preferences)
1 to be the 'captain' of supplies (plays the read aloud video, tidies the station when done)
2 to read the texts allowed (1 for each source)
1 note taker (comparisons and contrasts)
Allow students to discuss what has been read and ask questions regarding stars as well as comparing texts.
Invite curiosity and welcome all student response!

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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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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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Structure heterozygous groups for students to work in.
While students are working in groups offer support as well as enrichment for either level of worker.
Providing sentence frames as well as additional material for students that are struggling.
Students are to read the texts, as well as watch the videos provided to compare and contrast them and discuss amongst themselves what they have learned, what they are still confused about, etc.

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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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Allow students the time to listen to the multimedia article, read each text, and then discuss their findings/ideas
Bring all groups back together with an attention getter "Hands on top, moving stops!"
Bring the whole class together by questioning the students and what they learned, allowing whoever wants to respond aloud the opportunity
Allow all types of responses:
drawings, explanations, examples, questions.
When students are reluctant to share or have misunderstandings address them one on one.

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

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What do I have? What is missing? How am I supporting diverse student needs? Are their multiple access points for engagement?

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What am I going to use/not use? What do I need to adjust? What is my plan for implementation with the materials? Are these materials and my instructional design meeting all students' needs?

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This video will give students more background about stars & constellations.

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Improve your students' reading comprehension with ReadWorks. Access thousands of high-quality, free K-12 articles, and create online assignments with them for your students.

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This will act as an enrichment activity if students finish the lesson early. This word search contains Space Vocab they will see through out their previous readings.

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Looking for a space word search for kids? This is the perfect word search for you! 🚀 🪐

When investigating the wonders of outer space with your younger students, use this printable word search to help build their vocabulary.

An answer page is provided.

Check out an upper grades version of the word search here:

A space-themed word search.

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Looking for a space word search for kids? This is the perfect word search for you! 🚀 🪐 When investigating the wonders of outer space with your younger students, use this printable word search to help build their vocabulary. An answer page is provided.

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Offering Instruction at Multiple Access Points

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Offering Instruction at Multiple Access Points

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- Making sure the resources for students are at multiple access levels. (Different levels of reading difficulty throughout the text for Tiered instruction, Offering Audio sources for ELLs, Providing sentence stems, Offering additional resources for enrichment for students)

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-Implementing grouping of students of all different levels creates a self scaffolding for students (Student jobs at different levels of difficulty)
-Having students work in groups makes it easier for the teacher to float around and help each group.

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-I believe there could be more visual aids for ELLs to gain a better understanding (Vocab Word Wall with correlating content)
-Will students be given rulers? What is their method of measurement?