ST Mastery 35%

Strategies Planned Sorting Items and Creating a Graph Sort pattern blocks as a class, play Guess my Rule as a class (demonstration) Students in groups sorting pattern blocks into their own groups (hands-on experience) Students sort objects and create graph (categorizing) Sorting Items and Attributes Model how to play the Guess my Button game (demonstration) Using buttons and woozle cards (hands-on experience) Sort buttons and woozles (categorizing) Review of previous math lesson (practicing a skill) Talking about attributes (describing) Living and Non-Living Objects Taking pictures with iPads (hands-on experience) Classifying living and non-living things (categorizing) Defining a living and non-living thing (describing) How Living Things Grow Model how to come up with good ideas (demonstration) Teach about good ideas (direct instruction) Solid or Liquid? Mystery bags and oobleck (hands-on experience) Classifying solids and liquids (categorizing) Defining a solid and a liquid (describing) Playing with oobleck (observing) Multiple Intelligences fostered Sorting Items and Creating a Graph Body/Kinesthetic- Moving into groups and placing pattern blocks into groups Sorting Items and Attributes Body/Kinesthetic- Moving into groups and playing hands on button games. Creating their own sorting cards Living and Non-Living Objects Body/Kinesthetic- Going outside to find living and non-living things How Living Things Grow Body/Kinesthetic- Moving into groups to do poster Solid or Liquid? Body/Kinesthetic- Moving from center to center, mystery bags and oobleck

SF Interpersonal 35%
Strategies Planned Sorting Items and Creating a Graph Working in groups playing the Guess my Rule game (group experiences) Discussion during closure about different rules (share ideas) Sorting Items and Attributes Grouping students to sort buttons (group experiences) Discussion about ways to sort the buttons and woozles (share ideas) Living and Non-Living Objects Working with a partner outside (group experiences) How Living Things Grow Working with a partner on poster (group experiences) Present posters (share ideas) Solid or Liquid? Working with others in centers (group experiences) Exploring mystery bags (group investigations) Multiple Intelligences fostered Sorting Items and Creating a Graph Interpersonal- working in groups Musical/Rhythmic- review, double fact song Sorting Items and Attributes Interpersonal- working in groups Living and Non-Living Objects Interpersonal- working with a partner How Living Things Grow Interpersonal- working in small groups and presenting information to class Solid or Liquid? Interpersonal- working in groups at centers

NI - Understanding 20%
Strategies Planned Sorting Items and Creating a Graph Creating own rule and graph (independent hands-on) Figuring out the rule that is being used (problem solving) Sorting pattern blocks (classifying) Sorting Items and Attributes Creating own woozle card (independent hands-on) Determining the secret button based on attributes (problem solving) Sorting buttons and woozle cards (classifying) Living and Non-Living Objects Determining what things were living and non-living (problem solving) Placing pictures on the trifold board (classifying) How Living Things Grow Using what was discussed in previous lesson (applying) Solid or Liquid? Guessing what is in the mystery bags (inquiry) Determining what is a solid and what is a liquid (problem solving) Seeing the differences between solids and liquids (comparing/contrasting) Multiple Intelligences fostered Sorting Items and Attributes Intrapersonal- creating own woozle card Living and Non-Living Objects Verbal/Linguistic- completing trifold board How Living Things Grow Verbal/Linguistic- presenting posters to class Solid or Liquid? Intrapersonal- recording sheet

NF Self-expressive 10%
Strategies Planned Sorting Items and Creating a Graph Exploring own ideas for sorting (discovery learning) Sorting Items and Attributes Exploring how many different ways to sort the buttons (discovery learning) Discussion and questions (open-ended discussion) Living and Non-Living Objects Going outside to explore (discovery learning) Defining a living and non-living thing (hypothesizing) Discussion and questions (open-ended discussion) How Living Things Grow Creating a poster with words and drawings (creative art activities) Pictures must represent words (imagery) Solid or Liquid? Exploring through stations (discovery learning) Defining a solid and liquid (hypothesizing) Discussion and questions (open-ended discussion) Multiple Intelligences fostered Sorting Items and Creating a Graph Logical/Mathematical- exploring relationships and thinking through investigating Visual/Spatial- graphing and hands on pattern blocks Sorting Items and Attributes Logical/Mathematical- exploring relationships and investigating Visual/Spatial- reading story at beginning, hands on buttons and woozle cards Living and Non-Living Objects Logical/Mathematical- creating hypotheses Visual/Spatial- completing trifold board Naturalist- going outside How Living Things Grow Visual/Spatial- completing poster with group Naturalist- being aware of how living things grow Solid or Liquid? Logical/Mathematical- creating hypotheses Visual/Spatial- drawing what is in the mystery bags