- For those interested in printing lesson plans for each week of Unit 4- Communicating With Sound and Light, you can do so by selecting the week below:
- Family Links
- Week 1
-
Week 1: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: senses, hear, motion Introduce Weekly Words: listen, identify, pluck Phrases of Place Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Read 1
Read 2
Max Found Two Sticks Read 1
Sounds All Around
Read 1
Shared Reading: "Tapping Tate" Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening and Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen and Respond (Max Found Two Sticks)
Science and Literacy: What is sound?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Change and Draw; Fluent Reader's Challenge; Short to Long Vowel Memory; Trick Word Memory; Name it, Write it, Mark it
Science and Engineering Lesson 1: Exploring Sound Journal Prompt
Lesson 2: Exploring Sound 2
Studios Writing Basics Deconstruction: Verbs and Adverbs; Joint Construction: Steps
Deconstruction: Adjectives; Joint Construction: Materials, Title, and Goal
Individual Construction: Planning; Joint Construction: Verbs - Week 2
-
Week 2: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: soft, property, detect Introduce Weekly Words: volume vibrate, strum Shades of Meaning Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Read 1
Amazing Sound
Read 1
Read 2 and audio clips
Shared Reading: "Noise Day" Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening and Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images Prompt; Listen and Respond ("Way Down in the Music")
Science Literacy: How can we change sounds?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Sentences; Look, Cover, Write, Check; Fluent Reader's Challenge; Name It, Write It, Mark It
Science and Engineering Lesson 1: Changing Volume Prompt
Lesson 2: Changing Pitch
Children continue making, collecting, and representing sounds. They write book reviews of new texts. They continue investigating changing sounds with the tuning fork, from Science and Engineering lessons.
Writing Basics Individual Construction, Deconstruction and Revision
Individual Construction, Deconstruction and Revision
- Week 3
-
Week 3: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: communicate, produce, effect Introduce Weekly Words: amplify, key, pitch Word Relationships Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk The First Music (video)
Amazing Sound, Read 3
Sounds All Around, Read 2
Sounds All Around, Read 2
Shared Reading: “Way Down in the Music” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (The First Music)
Science Literacy: How does sound travel from the source to the receiver?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Name It, Write It, Mark It; Compound Words; Trick Word Memory; Fluent Reader's ChallengeScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Sound Receivers Journal Prompts
Lesson 2: Echolocation Echolocation Worksheet Bar Graph WorksheetStudios Studio Prompts Drawing Musicians
Children explore and research sounds made
and used by musicians as well as animals.Writing Basics Presentation and Celebration - Week 4
-
Week 4: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: beam, shadow, location Introduce Weekly Words: source, block, determine Possessive Nouns Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Sending Messages with Light and Sound
All About Light Read 1
Read 2
Shared Reading: “Golden Sun” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Sending Messages with Light and Sound, All About Light)
Science Literacy: What is light?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Look, Cover, Write, Check; Making Multisyllable Words; SentencesScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Light is Energy Journal Prompt Data Chart
Lesson 2: Lights Interactions with MaterialsStudios Studio Prompts Making Shadow Puppets Theatre Light Search
Children experiment with light and shadow by making and using shadow puppets. They identify and describe qualities of light and tell and act out new stories.
Writing Basics - Week 5
-
Week 5: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: radiant, electricity, direction Introduce Weekly Words: redirect, reverse, reflection Classify and Describe Objects Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Read 1
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Read 2
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Read 3
The Mid-Unit Assessment is administered this week.
Shared Reading: “Shadow Race” Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Oscar and the Moth)
Science Literacy: What is a light beam?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Trick Word Memory; Name It, Write It, Mark It; Make and Spell Compound Words; Make Multisyllable WordsScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Light and Shadows Journal Prompts
Lesson 2: Mirrors and BeamsStudios Studios Prompts Light and Sound Messages Sun and Shadow Cards
Children continue investigating light with
ongoing activities.Writing Basics - Week 6
-
Week 6: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: warn, reflect, transparent Introduce Weekly Words: opaque, translucent, dim (adj., v.) Prefixes Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Read 1
Read 2
Shared Reading: “The Lighthouse” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Rosie Revere, Engineer)
Science Literacy: What can be seen with no light?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Look, Cover, Write, Check; Sentences; Name It, Write It, Mark ItScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Making Rainbows
Lesson 2: Communicating with LightStudios Studio Prompts Evaluating Our Design
Children refine their plans for designing
communication tools using sound and light
for use by children in K1, gather materials,
and begin building.Writing Basics Individual Construction, Deconstruction, and Revision
Individual Construction, Deconstruction, and Revision - Week 7
-
Week 7: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: engineer, invent, improve Introduce Weekly Words: innovate, creativity, persevere Root Words Carousel Brainstorm Text Talk Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
Read 1
Read 2
Read 3
“Lewis Latimer and the Long-Lasting Light Bulb”
End of Unit
AssessmentRead 1
On Day 4, the End of Unit Assessment is administered.
Shared Reading: “Garrett Morgan” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (Marvelous Mattie)
Science Literacy: How can I use the engineering design process to improve my project?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Trick Word Memory; Fluent Reader's Challenge; Plural Suffix Sort; Name It, Write It, Mark ItScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Using the Engineering Design Process
Studios Children continue working on communication
tools and begin other ideas for the Look and
Listen! Project.Writing Basics Individual Construction, Deconstruction, and Revision
Individual Construction, Deconstruction, and Revision
- Week 8
-
Week 8: At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Vocabulary and Language
Introduce Weekly Words: senses, effect, amplify Introduce Weekly Words: determine, warn, innovate Vocabulary Review No lesson; time used for Unit presentation and celebration Text Talk Read 2
Read 3
Read 1
Read 2
Shared Reading: “With My Own Two Hands” Slides
Independent and Partner Reading
Listening & Speaking: Talk, Draw, Talk Images; Listen & Respond (The Lizard and the Sun)
Science Literacy: What can we learn from all the data we collected in our observations of the sky?
Vocabulary: Draw for Meaning
Word Work: Fluent Reader's Challenge; Trick Word Memory; Name It, Write It, Mark It; Sentences; Name It, Sort ItScience and Engineering Lesson 1: Synthesizing our Journal Work
Lesson 2: Making SundialsJournal Prompts Monthly Daylight Charts Daylight Chart Sundial
Studios Finalizing and preparing projects for presentation.
Writing Basics Introduction to and Beginning Revising and Publishing
Presentation and Celebration