Where can I find this book? (Ms. Czerney has it) Book level? Kindergarten
Summary:
It is almost Thanksgiving and turkey is getting worried. Instead of waiting to become dinner, the turkey decides to disguise himself as the other animals because surely Farmer Jake won't eat any of them for Thanksgiving. Then by the end of the book, he is hiding in the garden and gets an idea. He disguises himself as a pizza delivery man!
STEM Challenges:
- disguise the turkey as another animal
- disguise the turkey as another animal, need to have at least one part of their disguise pop off the page
- hide the turkey through camouflage
- dress the turkey up in a costume
- have them engineer how to create a turkey and hide it around the school. writing: give directions as to how to find it or clues where it is for students to follow
What materials could be used?
- 2D on paper color and disguise the turkey
- craft materials to make a turkey and hide it
- 3D recycling/building materials to make a turkey and disguise
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- animal nonfiction texts on grade level to help students improve
Standards/Skills:
- 2D and 3D objects
- animal knowledge/adaptations
- counting: give requirements or make math problems
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-2
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Fish is Fish
Where can I find this book? Fish is Fish Book level? ATOS 3.7
Summary:
A young fish and young tadpole are friends, but then the frog grows up and is able to leave the pond. The frog sees all these things, that the fish has never seen. The fish imagines these to have fish bodies and adds the information from frog. He uses his schema to come up with a picture of these items. One day fish tries to leave the pond and is gasping for breath on the shore. Frog saves him by pushing him into the water, and fish decides that he lives in the most beautiful place.
STEM Challenges:
- students can design a way for fish to be able to experience being on land
- students can create their own animal with adaptations that can live on land, in water, in the desert, in the cold, etc.
- students can imagine certain objects that are described by a partner
- blind build and the importance of details
What materials could be used?
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
Standards/Skills:
- adaptations
- compare/contrast
- details
- ecosystems
- animals
- directions
- wants/needs
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-2
Summary:
A young fish and young tadpole are friends, but then the frog grows up and is able to leave the pond. The frog sees all these things, that the fish has never seen. The fish imagines these to have fish bodies and adds the information from frog. He uses his schema to come up with a picture of these items. One day fish tries to leave the pond and is gasping for breath on the shore. Frog saves him by pushing him into the water, and fish decides that he lives in the most beautiful place.
STEM Challenges:
- students can design a way for fish to be able to experience being on land
- students can create their own animal with adaptations that can live on land, in water, in the desert, in the cold, etc.
- students can imagine certain objects that are described by a partner
- blind build and the importance of details
What materials could be used?
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
Standards/Skills:
- adaptations
- compare/contrast
- details
- ecosystems
- animals
- directions
- wants/needs
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-2
A Balloon for Isabel
Where can I find this book? Kindergarten Book level? ATOS 2.8
Summary:
Isabel is a porcupine who is about to graduate from Kindergarten, and at graduation all the students get balloons. Well, except for the porcupines. They get bookmarks, and Isabel is sick of getting bookmarks. She and her friend Walter, who is also a porcupine, beg and plead to get a balloon, but when their teacher Mrs. Quill continues to say no, they come up with a plan. Isabel tries a box, pillows, and bubble wrap, but nothing works until she puts gumballs on her quills.
STEM Challenges:
- create a way for Isabel to cover/protect a balloon from being popped on her quills
- create a porcupine
What materials could be used?
- candy
- cotton balls
- tape
- cardboard
- string
- pipe cleaners
- clay/playdough
- balloons for testing
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- build background about porcupines with Teddy and a baby porcupine
- How to Hug a Porcupine (book)
- TB: Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story
- discuss or view balloons (what is inside, what do they do, observations)
Standards/Skills:
- problem solving
- collaboration
- speaking and listening
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-1
Summary:
Isabel is a porcupine who is about to graduate from Kindergarten, and at graduation all the students get balloons. Well, except for the porcupines. They get bookmarks, and Isabel is sick of getting bookmarks. She and her friend Walter, who is also a porcupine, beg and plead to get a balloon, but when their teacher Mrs. Quill continues to say no, they come up with a plan. Isabel tries a box, pillows, and bubble wrap, but nothing works until she puts gumballs on her quills.
STEM Challenges:
- create a way for Isabel to cover/protect a balloon from being popped on her quills
- create a porcupine
What materials could be used?
- candy
- cotton balls
- tape
- cardboard
- string
- pipe cleaners
- clay/playdough
- balloons for testing
Other books/resources to supplement lesson:
- build background about porcupines with Teddy and a baby porcupine
- How to Hug a Porcupine (book)
- TB: Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story
- discuss or view balloons (what is inside, what do they do, observations)
Standards/Skills:
- problem solving
- collaboration
- speaking and listening
Grade levels appropriate for this lesson: K-1
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