https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earths-Place-in-the-Universe-Patterns-in-the-earth-moon-sun-and-stars-1618782
We've also been revisiting favorite stories and discussing central message, one of our CCSS Reading Literature Standards and an important concept for kids to start thinking about. We noticed how many books have multiple messages! Great conversation starters.
We also started our literature study of Happy Birthday Moon. We are connecting this with our study of earth, moon, and space patterns. This is a retell chart that is located in the unit. I use this chart to retell the story with the kids, highlight story elements, and focus on vocabulary. It is also great as we read through and choral read the story.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Happy-Birthday-Moon-Common-Core-Reading-and-Writing-Unit-1668717
We are finishing up our measurement unit. Our class is using Engage New York/Eureka. We had a blast with a Christmas Measurement unit before break and then we focused on graphing data. The kids had a fantastic time surveying classmates and creating data information packets with graphs and questions. I broke it down super simply for them so that they could feel successful and they LOVED it! (I'm getting it ready for a unit that's not quite ready...)
Our math wall is to the right and below. I'm blessed with a lovely room!
The picture to the right shows our orbits that we made with brads and the masters from the Earth's Place in the Universe unit. We had a blast!
Finally, below are the lesson plans that went with these activities and more. I'm offering them as a freebie on TPT. The link is below.
Warmly,
Valerie
