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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Central Elementary 1st grade

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Earth and Space Science Observe and describe the changes and appearance of the sun and moon during daylight Observe and chart the moon when it is visible

__Student learning objective__:
Students will understand how the moon changes over time.

__Materials needed__:
Possible Read Alouds:

//Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me// by Eric Carle

//The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon// by Nancy Willard

//So That’s How the Moon Changes Shape// by Allan Fowler

//The Moon Book// by Gail Gibbons

//Goodnight Moon// by Margaret Wise Brown

//All about the Moon// by David A. Adler

Poems:

__ The Night Light Rock __ (a riddle) One side I see One side I don't At night I see it  In day I won't  Unless I look up in the sky And look about with my eye -Mark Hunt

__ The Moon __ The moon is outside day or night It helps me to have some light Without it I would have a fright And snuggle in my blanket tight -Mark Hunt

__Mister Moon__ Mister Moon looks out of the sky And watches me with his big bright eye And follows me wherever I go- Hello, Mister Moon! Hello!

Of all the children that he can see Why does he choose to follow me? And watch me with his eye so bright- Good night, Mister Moon! Good night!

This is a moon observation chart. Start observations 3 days after the full moon

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
http://www.mensaforkids.org/lessons/TheMoon/MFKLessons-TheMoon-All.pdf

Watch these two short videos on the phases of the moon: o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZNfZJZs3R8&feature=related o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aFGNGEcDOk&feature=related You will have to download these while off of the district internet in order to save them to your computer.

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__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
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__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
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=Day 1=

Engagement
The teacher or a curriculum task accesses the learners’ prior knowledge and helps them become engaged in a new concept through the use of short activities that promote curiosity and elicit prior knowledge. The activity should make connections between past and present learning experiences, expose prior conceptions, and organize students’ thinking toward the learning outcomes of current activities.

Use a book as a read aloud to bring up the ideas of the moon. Have a class discussion using a KWL Chart Use one of the poems as a shared reading

Exploration
Exploration experiences provide students with a common base of activities within which current concepts (i.e., misconceptions), processes, and skills are identified and conceptual change is facilitated. Learners may complete lab activities that help them use prior knowledge to generate new ideas, explore questions and possibilities, and design and conduct a preliminary investigation.

Give students the moon phase chart to document what they see. Give them their journal to document what they think. Explain to the students the process of observing the moon while outside. Go outside and observe the moon. Students can observe the moon in any way they want as long as they can write or draw what they observe. Students come back and put their observations in their journal or on the moon chart.

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Explanation
The explanation phase focuses students’ attention on a particular aspect of their engagement and exploration experiences and provides opportunities to demonstrate their conceptual understanding, process skills, or behaviors. This phase also provides opportunities for teachers to directly introduce a concept, process, or skill. Learners explain their understanding of the concept. An explanation from the teacher or the curriculum may guide them toward a deeper understanding, which is a critical part of this phase.

Students share what they observered. We then observe the moon again. We observe the moon for two weeks.

Elaboration
Teachers challenge and extend students’ conceptual understanding and skills. Through new experiences, the students develop deeper and broader understanding, more information, and adequate skills. Students apply their understanding of the concept by conducting additional activities.

Help the children understand what they are observing by asking pointed questions about the phases or the location or the percieved size of the moon.

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Evaluation
The evaluation phase encourages students to assess their understanding and abilities and provides opportunities for teachers to evaluate student progress toward achieving the educational objectives.

Use anecdotal notes as an evaluation of whether the students understands the moon Have a class discussion chalenging the other studnets