- Unit 4
- Level 1
- 3 days
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Standards Addressed:
- RF.3.4.b
- RI.3.7
- RL.3.2
- RL.3.5
- RL.3.10
- SL.3.1
- SL.3.1.a
- SL.3.2
Lesson Materials/Resources
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Teachers need to define elements of folktales. Then teachers and/or students read folktales about constellations from at least three different cultures asking students to look for and make notes on the elements just defined.
Discuss differences between two folktales (use Venn diagram to model)
Compare/Contrast
Have students, independently or in pairs, create a Venn diagram comparing/contrasting two different constellation folktales
Assessment/CFU
Read “Sky Bear” TE 128-129 – Follow the lesson guidelines in Treasures.
Genre: Myth, Poetry
Literary Element: Imagery
Practice Book, pg. 246
Teacher reads Coyote Places the Stars by Harriet Peck Taylor to class
- http://www.amazon.com/Coyote-Places-Stars-Aladdin-Picture/dp/0689815352
- Teacher uses comprehension questions and collaborative strategies to lead discussion of story with students. Teacher uses this story as an introduction to the folktales and activities of this lesson.
Opening/Warmup/Connecting Prior Knowledge
Homework Activity
Teachers can access the internet to share a few pictures of the night sky and model how students could connect the stars or “dots” to create their own constellations. (Google Images has some really great pictures. Enter the words night sky full of stars to bring up images.)
Assignment: Students watch the night sky and record or plot the stars they see on a Night Sky map, a sheet of graph paper or black construction paper using white ink, a white out pen, or yellow crayon. They may use these documents later to trace a graphic of a constellation to illustrate their folktales (see writing assignment).
Plan to briefly share homework assignments/work the following day by a) follow your model and have students connect SOME of the stars (dots) on their Night Sky map to create a new constellation, b) ask students to share with a partner discussing similarities between their Night Sky Map, or c) call on 4-5 students to share with the class what they noticed in their observations of the Night Sky.
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