Wheels

Author:KyaDenny
Datecreated:02/26/20151:42AMEDTDatemodified:03/03/20157:03PMEDT

VITALINFORMATION
TotalNumberofStudents

23

Area(s)StudentsLiveIn

Rural

Free/ReducedLunch
EthnicityofStudents

AfricanAmerican
Hispanic/Latino
White

EnglishLanguageLearners

1:3
2:2
3:3

StudentswithSpecialNeeds
Subject(s)

LanguageArts(English),Science

TopicorUnitofStudy

Theme7:WheelsGoAround

Grade/Level

Kindergarten

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KEYCONCEPTS&STANDARDS
BigIdea&Essential
Questions

WheelsGoAroundisaLanguageArtsunitthatfocusesonvehiclesandhowtheyusethesimplemachine,
thewheel.StudentshavereadWheelsAroundandTheWheelsontheBusandnowarelearningaboutthe
functionofthewheel.Thisisanintroductorylesson.

LearningOutcome(s)

Studentswillidentify4differentobjectsthathaveorarewheelsbycuttingpicturesoutofmagazinesand
gluingthemontoacollagewithin15minutes.

Summary
Standards

CACaliforniaCommonCoreStateStandards(2012)
Subject:EnglishLanguageArts&LiteracyinHistory/SocialStudies,Science,andTechnicalSubjects
Grade:Kindergartners:
ContentArea:InformationalText
Strand:Reading
Domain:IntegrationofKnowledgeandIdeas
Standard:
7.Withpromptingandsupport,describetherelationshipbetweenillustrationsandthetextinwhichtheyappear
(e.g.,whatperson,place,thing,orideainthetextanillustrationdepicts).

CACaliforniaK12AcademicContentStandards
Subject:Science
Grade:Kindergarten
Area:InvestigationandExperimentation
SubStrand4:Scientificprogressismadebyaskingmeaningfulquestionsandconductingcarefulinvestigations.As
abasisforunderstandingthisconceptandaddressingthecontentintheotherthreestrands,studentsshoulddevelop
theirownquestionsandperforminvestigations.Studentswill:
Standardb:Describethepropertiesofcommonobjects.

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ASSESSMENTS
Assessment/Rubrics

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Morethan4picturesofwheelswithatleast4differenttypes

3
4picturesdifferenttypesofwheels

2
23differentpicturesofwheelsor3pictureswithsimilartypesofwheels

1
12picturesofwheels,possiblydifferenttypes
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MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
InstructionalMaterials&
Technology(handouts,etc.)

LookforWheels
objectswithwheels
magazines
paper
scissors
glue

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IMPLEMENTATION
SequenceofActivities

12.Hook/Connection
We'vereadWheelsAroundandTheWheelsontheBusthisweek.Fromthetitle,whatdidwepredictthe
booksweregoingtobeabout.
3.Objective
Studentswillidentify4differentobjectsthathaveorarewheelsbycuttingpicturesoutofmagazinesand
gluingthemontoacollagewithin15minutes.

4.Steps&CheckforUnderstanding
ReadLookforWheels.Askquestionsthrougout.
Pulloutwheels.Pointoutwheelsaroundtheclassroom.Asktheclasswhatmakesthewheelsthesame?
Whatdotheynoticeabouttheshape?Pairsharebeforediscussingaswholegroup.
Compareobjectsthatarenotwheelstowheelsasagroup.
Givedirectionsforwheelcollage.
Breakupstudentsintogroups.
Regrouponcarpet.Studentssharetheircollages.

5.Modalities
Kinesthetic,visual

6.Vocabulary
Wheel
Axis
7.Bloom'sTaxonomy
Whatdoesthefirstsentenceoneachpagetellyoutodo?[lookforawheel]
Whatdoeseachquestionask?[Whatthewheeldoes]
Wouldyouratherpushthewheelorrideonit?Why?
Whatmakesthewheelonthispageturn?[hampster]

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Identify4differentobjectsthatare/havewheels.Howdoyouknowtheyhavewheels?
8.LifeConnection
Thestudentsusewheelseverydayintheirlivesandtheydonotrecognizejusthowmanytimesadaythey
usethem.
9.EvidenceofmeetingObjective
Studentswillsuccessfullycompletethecollageatalevel3orabove.
1011.Summarize/LessonClosure/TransitiontoNextLesson
So,wehavelearnedthatwecanfindwheelsonalldifferentkindsofobjects.Wherearesomeofthethings
wefindwheelson?Wheredowefindwheels?Forthenextcoupleofweeks,wewillbelearningmoreabout
wheels,wherewecanfindthemandhowtheywork.We'regoingtogoouttorecessandfortherestof
today,Iwantyoutobeonthelookoutfordifferentwayswheelsareusedaroundourschool.
GroupingStrategies

Thestudentswillbeontheruginawholegroupsettingatfirst,toreadanddiscusswheels.
Studentswillthendisperseintogroupsof3tocreatetheircollage.
Aftercompletion,studentswillgatherontherugonceagainandbeinawholegroupsettingtolistento
theirpeers.

DifferentiatedInstruction

Studentswillparticipateincreatingthecollagewiththeircarpetpartners.Thesepartnerswereselected
basedontheneedforallstudentswhoarelearningEnglishasasecondlanguagetobepairedwithanother
studentinwhichtheymayspeaktheirnativelanguage.

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REFLECTIONS
PriortoLesson
PostLesson

3.Eduardo&MarissaJ,Cheyenne,Brian
2.Makailyn&Walker(onlyfound2wheels,bothdifferent,buthadoriginallyfoundmultipleothercirclularobjects
andpulledthemoff)
1.Jesus&Jenny
Others:
Jayden&Karolina,Vivian&Tristanallcutoutobjectsthatwerecircular.Ihadnotanticipatedthat.
4Groupshad4ormorepicturesofthesamekindsofwheels,withlittlevariation.

ItisapparentthatIneedtospendmoretimeallowingthestudentstocreatewheelsbeforethisassignment.Ialsoneedto
givethestudentstimetoplaywiththeobjectspriortothelessonsothatIdonothavetopassthemaroundduring.Having
bettermagazineswouldbehelpful,too.
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