When You Wish Upon a Star

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When You Wish Upon a Star

• Kimberly Beyer
• Lindsay Sabo

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Overview - Timeline
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Overview - Timeline
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Overview - Timeline
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Overview Concept Map
KEY Orange Main subjects Blue Not integrated
lessons Pink Integration
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Introducing the Theme Cycle

• KWL chart
• Activate previous knowledge
• Find out misconceptions

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WEEK ONE English

• Star Essay
• Who is a star in your life?
• Maria Mitchell
• Writing process
• Bulletin board

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WEEK ONE - Science

• Life Cycle of Stars
• Power Point
• Star properties chart
• Brightness and temperature
• Flip books
• Play

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WEEK ONE - Math

• Probability
• Place colored stars in a bag
• Unknown number of stars in bag
• Symmetry
• What shapes are symmetrical?
• Fold and find shapes

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WEEK TWO - English

• Poetry
• Poetry versus prose
• Figurative language
• Create tongue twisters
• Wally the wishing wanderer wanted whiskers.
• Create a poem using alliteration

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WEEK TWO - Science

• Telescopes
• Power Point
• Hubble Telescope
• Build your own!
• Field Trip to Observatory

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WEEK TWO - Math

• Angles
• Read Angle story
• Create own story about the Angle family
• Angle Cheer

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WEEK THREE - English

• Constellation Myths
• Greek and Roman
• Choose a constellation, research, create own myth
• Authors chair and presentation

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WEEK THREE - Science

• Constellations
• Find position of star in night sky in summer
• Make constellation
• Recreate the night sky during presentation

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WEEK THREE - Math

• Perimeter
• What is perimeter?
• Find the perimeter of objects
• Use different units
• Find perimeter of constellations

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Grading

• Rubrics
• Formal assessments
• Portfolio

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Ending the Theme Cycle

• What did students learn?
• KWL
• Journals English and math
• Reflection
• Field Trip!